Synthesis of ultrathin 2D magnetic Cr2Te3 by chemical vapor deposition

• Main Author: Ang, Zhi Peng
• Other Authors: Liu Zheng
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: Nanyang Technological University 2020
• Subjects: Engineering::Materials
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/138582
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Ultrathin two-dimensional (2D) transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDs) have tremendously attracted in the global development of materials science thanks to their nature superior electrical, optical, thermal and mechanical properties that are essential in developing advanced electronics, optoelectronic devices or photocatalytic in this modernizing era. This leads to many researchers to explore synthesis methodologies to produce such material. Those discovered methodologies are capable of synthesizing many forms of 2D TMDs from monolayer to multilayer as well as homostructure and heterostructure. The existing 2D TMDs available in the market is limited, among which, 2D TMDs that possess magnetic properties are rarely reported. This kind of materials are essential in the construction of spintronic logic and memory devices. Herein, the common synthesis methods to grow 2D TMDs will be discussed. Additionally, synthesis of novel ferromagnetic Cr2Te3 using chemical vapor deposition (CVD) and its characterizations will also be discussed.