2D materials with mixed crystal phase will lead to the nonuniformity of performance and go against the practical application. Therefore, it is of great significance to develop a valid method to synthesize 2D materials with typical stoichiometry. Here, 2D palladium sulfides with centimeter scale and uniform stoichiometric ratio are synthesized via controlling the sulfurization temperature of palladium thin films. The relationship between sulfurization temperature and products is investigated in depth. Besides, the high-quality 2D PdS 2 films are synthesized via sulfurization at the temperature of 450–550 °C, which would be compatible with back-end-of-line processes in semiconductor industry with considering of process temperature. The PdS 2 films show an n-type semiconducting behavior with high mobility of 10.4 cm 2 V −1 s −1 . The PdS 2 photodetector presents a broadband photoresponse from 450 to 1550 nm. These findings provide a reliable way to synthesizing high-quality and large-area 2D materials with uniform crystal phase. The result suggests that 2D PdS 2 has significant potential in future nanoelectronics and optoelectronic applications.
Cheng Du,Peng Li,Fulin Yang,Gongzhen Cheng,Shengli Chen,Wei Luo
In this study, we report a colloidal synthesis of palladium sulfides (including Pd16S7, Pd4S, and PdS) via a facile one-pot hot-solution synthetic route and their promising application as electrocatalyst for the oxygen reduction reaction (ORR). Among the different palladium sulfides tested, monodisperse Pd4S nanoparticles exhibit the best electrocatalytic activity toward ORR in alkaline medium, with the half-wave potential ca. 47 mV more positive than that of the state-of-the-art Pt/C catalyst. Density functional theory calculations indicate the existence of oxygen absorption sites in Pd4S surface result in optimized oxygen-binding ability for the four-electron oxygen reduction.