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Investigation of weak interlayer coupling in 2D layered GeS2 from theory to experiment

Hui-Juan Yan1,3Zongbao Li2()Shun-Chang Liu1,3Xia Wang2Xing Zhang1,3Ding-Jiang Xue1,3()Jin-Song Hu1,3
Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences (BNLMS) CAS Key Laboratory of Molecular Nanostructure and Nanotechnology Institute of ChemistryChinese Academy of Sciences Beijing 100190 China
School of Material and Chemical Engineering Institute of Cultural and Technological Industry Innovation of Tongren Tongren University Tongren 554300 China
University of Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing 100049 China
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Interlayer coupling as a unique feature for two-dimensional (2D) materials may influence their thickness-dependent physical properties, especially the bandgap due to quantum confinement effect. Widely-studied 2D materials usually possess strong interlayer coupling such as most of transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDs), PtS2 and so on. However, 2D materials with weak interlayer coupling are rarely referred that mainly focus on ReS2, as well as its counterpart ReSe2. Here we report a new member of weak interlayer coupling 2D materials, germanium disulfide (GeS2). The interlayer interaction in GeS2 is investigated from theory to experiment. By density functional theory calculations, we find that this extraordinarily weak interlayer coupling in GeS2 originates from the weak hybridization of interlayer S atoms. Thickness-dependent Raman spectra of GeS2 flakes exhibit that the Raman peaks remain unchanged when increasing the thickness; and a small first-order temperature coefficient of –0.00857 cm−1·K−1 is obtained from the temperature-dependent Raman spectra. These experimental results further confirm the weak interlayer coupling in GeS2.

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Yan H-J, Li Z, Liu S-C, et al. Investigation of weak interlayer coupling in 2D layered GeS2 from theory to experiment. Nano Research, 2022, 15(2): 1013-1019. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12274-021-3589-3
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