| Grain Boundaries and Tilt-Angle-Dependent Transport Properties of a 2D Mo2C Superconductor | |
| Liu, Zhibo1; Xu, Chuan1; Wang, Cheng3,4; Song, Shuang3,4; Wang, Libin3,4; Wang, Yujia1; Kang, Ning3,4; Ma, Xiuliang1,5; Cheng, Hui-Ming1,2,6; Ren, Wencai1,2 | |
| Corresponding Author | Kang, Ning(nkang@pku.edu.cn) ; Ma, Xiuliang(xlma@imr.ac.cn) ; Ren, Wencai(wcren@imr.ac.cn) |
| 2019-02-01 | |
| Source Publication | NANO LETTERS
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| ISSN | 1530-6984 |
| Volume | 19Issue:2Pages:857-865 |
| Abstract | The grain boundaries (GBs) of graphene and molybdenum disulfide have been extensively demonstrated to have a strong influence on electronic, thermal, optical, and mechanical properties. 2D transition-metal carbides (TMCs), known as MXenes, are a rapidly growing new family of 2D materials with many fascinating properties and promising applications. However, the GB structure of 2D TMCs and the influence of GB on their properties remain unknown. Here, we used aberration-corrected scanning transmission electron microscopy combined with electrical measurements to study the GB characteristic of highly crystalline 2D Mo2C superconductor, a newly emerging member of the 2D TMC family. The 2D Mo2C superconductor shows a unique tilt-angle-dependent GB structure and electronic transport properties. Different from the reported 2D materials, the GB of 2D Mo2C shows a peculiar dislocation configuration or sawtooth pattern depending on the tilt angle. More importantly, we found two new periodic GBs with different periodic structures and crystallographic orientations. Electrical measurements on individual GBs show that GB structure strongly affects the transport properties. In the normal state, an increasingly stronger electron localization behavior is observed at the GB region with increasing tilt angle. In the superconducting state, the magnitude of the critical current across the GBs is dramatically reduced, associated with local suppression of superconductivity at GBs. These findings provide new understandings on the GB structure of 2D TMCs and the influence of GB on 2D superconductivity, which would be helpful for tailoring the properties of 2D TMCs through GB engineering. |
| Keyword | 2D materials MXene grain boundaries dislocations superconductivity |
| Funding Organization | National Science Foundation of China ; Chinese Academy of Sciences ; SYNL-T.S. K Research Fellowship ; Youth Innovation Promotion Association of Chinese Academy of Sciences |
| DOI | 10.1021/acs.nanolett.8b04065 |
| Indexed By | SCI |
| Language | 英语 |
| Funding Project | National Science Foundation of China[51325205] ; National Science Foundation of China[51290273] ; National Science Foundation of China[51521091] ; National Science Foundation of China[51802315] ; National Science Foundation of China[51802314] ; National Science Foundation of China[11774005] ; Chinese Academy of Sciences[KGZD - EW - 303 - 1] ; Chinese Academy of Sciences[KGZD - EW - T06] ; Chinese Academy of Sciences[174321KYSB20160011] ; Chinese Academy of Sciences[XDB30000000] ; SYNL-T.S. K Research Fellowship ; Youth Innovation Promotion Association of Chinese Academy of Sciences |
| WOS Research Area | Chemistry ; Science & Technology - Other Topics ; Materials Science ; Physics |
| WOS Subject | Chemistry, Multidisciplinary ; Chemistry, Physical ; Nanoscience & Nanotechnology ; Materials Science, Multidisciplinary ; Physics, Applied ; Physics, Condensed Matter |
| WOS ID | WOS:000459222300030 |
| Publisher | AMER CHEMICAL SOC |
| Citation statistics | |
| Document Type | 期刊论文 |
| Identifier | http://ir.imr.ac.cn/handle/321006/132015 |
| Collection | 中国科学院金属研究所 |
| Corresponding Author | Kang, Ning; Ma, Xiuliang; Ren, Wencai |
| Affiliation | 1.Chinese Acad Sci, Shenyang Natl Lab Mat Sci, Inst Met Res, 72 Wenhua Rd, Shenyang 110016, Peoples R China 2.Univ Sci & Technol China, Sch Mat Sci & Engn, 96 Jinzhai Rd, Hefei 230026, Peoples R China 3.Peking Univ, Key Lab Phys & Chem Nanodevices, 5 Yiheyuan Rd, Beijing 100871, Peoples R China 4.Peking Univ, Dept Elect, 5 Yiheyuan Rd, Beijing 100871, Peoples R China 5.Lanzhou Univ Technol, State Key Lab Adv Proc & Recycling Nonferrous Met, 287 Langongping Rd, Lanzhou 730050, Gansu, Peoples R China 6.Tsinghua Univ, TBSI, 1001 Xueyuan Rd, Shenzhen 518055, Peoples R China |
| Recommended Citation GB/T 7714 | Liu, Zhibo,Xu, Chuan,Wang, Cheng,et al. Grain Boundaries and Tilt-Angle-Dependent Transport Properties of a 2D Mo2C Superconductor[J]. NANO LETTERS,2019,19(2):857-865. |
| APA | Liu, Zhibo.,Xu, Chuan.,Wang, Cheng.,Song, Shuang.,Wang, Libin.,...&Ren, Wencai.(2019).Grain Boundaries and Tilt-Angle-Dependent Transport Properties of a 2D Mo2C Superconductor.NANO LETTERS,19(2),857-865. |
| MLA | Liu, Zhibo,et al."Grain Boundaries and Tilt-Angle-Dependent Transport Properties of a 2D Mo2C Superconductor".NANO LETTERS 19.2(2019):857-865. |
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