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  • Materials Science
  • Nanotechnology
  • Optoelectronics

Background:

  • Defect engineering is crucial for tailoring the optical and catalytic properties of 2D materials like molybdenum disulfide (MoS2).
  • Controlling defects, such as sulfur (S) vacancies and crystallinity, significantly impacts the nonlinear optical (NLO) behavior of MoS2.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To develop a strategy for fabricating wafer-scale 2D MoS2 nanofilms with tunable S vacancies and crystallinity.
  • To investigate the influence of S vacancies and crystallinity on the NLO properties, specifically saturable absorption (SA) and two-photon absorption (TPA), and the damage threshold of MoS2 nanofilms.

Main Methods:

  • A modified solvothermal method combined with a polyelectrolyte-assisted annealing process was employed.
  • Fabrication of wafer-scale 2D MoS2 nanofilms with controlled sulfur vacancies and crystallinity.
  • Characterization of nonlinear optical properties including saturable absorption, two-photon absorption, and damage threshold.

Main Results:

  • Sulfur vacancies induce saturable absorption (SA) in MoS2 by creating new energy bands within the band gap.
  • Increased crystallinity significantly enhances the two-photon absorption (TPA) coefficient, reaching (4.3 ± 0.5) × 10^2 cm GW^-1.
  • Polyelectrolyte-assisted annealing improves the damage threshold to ~74.1 GW cm^-2, over double that of untreated films.

Conclusions:

  • Defect engineering via controlled sulfur vacancies and crystallinity is an effective strategy to tailor the NLO properties of 2D MoS2 nanofilms.
  • The polyelectrolyte-assisted annealing process offers a viable method for enhancing the performance of MoS2 in optical and photonic devices.
  • This approach is potentially applicable to other 2D transition metal dichalcogenides for advanced optoelectronic applications.