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Controlled Vapor-Phase Synthesis of VSe2 via Selenium-Driven Gradual Transformation of Single-Crystalline V2O5
1Department of Electronic Engineering, Gachon University, Seongnam 13120, Republic of Korea.
Abstract:
We report a gas-phase precursor modulation strategy for the controlled synthesis of 1T-phase vanadium diselenide (VSe2) from vanadium pentoxide (V2O5) nanosheets by systematically adjusting the vapor pressure of selenium. By controlling the selenium vapor pressure, selenium-free vapor transport of vanadium dioxide led to the spontaneous oxidation and formation of tens-of-micrometer-sized rectangular V2O5 crystals, while moderate selenium introduction produced intermediate oxygen-rich phases with trapezoidal crystal facets, and a highly selenium-rich environment yielded trigonal VSe2 crystals. Raman scattering measurements confirmed the stepwise transformation from V2O5 to VSe2, and atomic force microscopy revealed well-defined layered morphologies and distinct conformation within an atomically thin regime. Additionally, high-resolution transmission electron microscopy validated the orthorhombic and trigonal crystal structures of V2O5 and VSe2, respectively. This work demonstrates the versatility of fine-tuned vapor-phase growth conditions in vanadium-based layered compounds, providing useful platforms to optimize structural composition with atomic precision.
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