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ArticleNature communications2021

Mechanistic insight into the chemical treatments of monolayer transition metal disulfides for photoluminescence enhancement.

Zhaojun Li, Hope Bretscher, Yunwei Zhang, Géraud Delport, James Xiao, Alpha Lee, Samuel D Stranks, Akshay Rao

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Article in Nature communications, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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7citing papers in PubMed
2.2field-weighted citation impact, top 12% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed, 40 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Zhaojun LiCavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge, JJ Thomson Avenue, CB3 0HE, Cambridge, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2651-1717
Hope BretscherCavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge, JJ Thomson Avenue, CB3 0HE, Cambridge, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6551-4721
Yunwei ZhangCavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge, JJ Thomson Avenue, CB3 0HE, Cambridge, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7856-9190
Géraud DelportCavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge, JJ Thomson Avenue, CB3 0HE, Cambridge, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3882-2782
James XiaoCavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge, JJ Thomson Avenue, CB3 0HE, Cambridge, UK.
Alpha LeeCavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge, JJ Thomson Avenue, CB3 0HE, Cambridge, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9616-3108
Samuel D StranksCavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge, JJ Thomson Avenue, CB3 0HE, Cambridge, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8303-7292
Akshay RaoCavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge, JJ Thomson Avenue, CB3 0HE, Cambridge, UK. ar525@cam.ac.uk.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4261-0766
University of Cambridge · GBUppsala University · SE

Funding

EC | EU Framework Programme for Research and Innovation H2020 | H2020 Priority Excellent Science | H2020 European Research Council (H2020 Excellent Science - European Research Council) 756962EC | EU Framework Programme for Research and Innovation H2020 | H2020 Priority Excellent Science | H2020 European Research Council (H2020 Excellent Science - European Research Council) 758826Royal Society UF150033Vetenskapsrådet (Swedish Research Council) 2018-06610
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

There is a growing interest in obtaining high quality monolayer transition metal disulfides for optoelectronic applications. Surface treatments using a range of chemicals have proven effective to improve the photoluminescence yield of these materials. However, the underlying mechanism for the photoluminescence enhancement is not clear, which prevents a rational design of passivation strategies. Here, a simple and effective approach to significantly enhance the photoluminescence is demonstrated by using a family of cation donors, which we show to be much more effective than commonly used p-dopants. We develop a detailed mechanistic picture for the action of these cation donors and demonstrate that one of them, bis(trifluoromethane)sulfonimide lithium salt (Li-TFSI), enhances the photoluminescence of both MoS

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