Strategies, status, and challenges in wafer scale single crystalline two-dimensional materials synthesis

L Zhang, J Dong, F Ding - Chemical reviews, 2021 - ACS Publications
The successful exfoliation of graphene has given a tremendous boost to research on various
two-dimensional (2D) materials in the last 15 years. Different from traditional thin films, a 2D …

Bridging the gap between reality and ideal in chemical vapor deposition growth of graphene

L Lin, B Deng, J Sun, H Peng, Z Liu - Chemical reviews, 2018 - ACS Publications
Graphene, in its ideal form, is a two-dimensional (2D) material consisting of a single layer of
carbon atoms arranged in a hexagonal lattice. The richness in morphological, physical …

Single-crystal, large-area, fold-free monolayer graphene

M Wang, M Huang, D Luo, Y Li, M Choe, WK Seong… - Nature, 2021 - nature.com
Chemical vapour deposition of carbon-containing precursors on metal substrates is currently
the most promising route for the scalable synthesis of large-area, high-quality graphene …

Quasi-graphitic carbon shell-induced Cu confinement promotes electrocatalytic CO2 reduction toward C2+ products

JY Kim, D Hong, JC Lee, HG Kim, S Lee, S Shin… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
For steady electroconversion to value-added chemical products with high efficiency,
electrocatalyst reconstruction during electrochemical reactions is a critical issue in catalyst …

Recent advances in the synthesis and modification of carbon-based 2D materials for application in energy conversion and storage

R Kumar, E Joanni, RK Singh, DP Singh… - Progress in Energy and …, 2018 - Elsevier
Graphene, reduced graphene oxide (rGO) and derived materials have emerged as
promising solutions for applications in renewable energy storage/conversion devices. No …

Toward mass production of CVD graphene films

B Deng, Z Liu, H Peng - Advanced Materials, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Chemical vapor deposition (CVD) is considered to be an efficient method for fabricating
large‐area and high‐quality graphene films due to its excellent controllability and scalability …

Environment friendly chemical mechanical polishing of copper

Z Zhang, J Cui, J Zhang, D Liu, Z Yu, D Guo - Applied Surface Science, 2019 - Elsevier
Chemical mechanical polishing slurry of copper usually contains more than four
compositions, in which strong acids, alkalis or hazardous chemicals are normally employed …

Vapour phase growth and grain boundary structure of molybdenum disulphide atomic layers

S Najmaei, Z Liu, W Zhou, X Zou, G Shi, S Lei… - Nature materials, 2013 - nature.com
Single-layered molybdenum disulphide with a direct bandgap is a promising two-
dimensional material that goes beyond graphene for the next generation of nanoelectronics …

The role of surface oxygen in the growth of large single-crystal graphene on copper

Y Hao, MS Bharathi, L Wang, Y Liu, H Chen, S Nie… - Science, 2013 - science.org
The growth of high-quality single crystals of graphene by chemical vapor deposition on
copper (Cu) has not always achieved control over domain size and morphology, and the …

Colossal grain growth yields single-crystal metal foils by contact-free annealing

S **, M Huang, Y Kwon, L Zhang, BW Li, S Oh, J Dong… - Science, 2018 - science.org
Single-crystal metals have distinctive properties owing to the absence of grain boundaries
and strong anisotropy. Commercial single-crystal metals are usually synthesized by bulk …