Controlled Growth of Large-Area Bilayer Tungsten Diselenides with Lateral P-N Junctions

Bilayer two-dimensional (2D) van der Waals (vdW) materials are attracting increasing attention due to their predicted high quality electronic and optical properties. Here we demonstrate dense, selective growth of WSe(2) bilayer flakes by chemical vapor deposition with the use of a 1:10 molar mixture of sodium cholate and sodium chloride as the growth promoter to control the local diffusion of W-containing species. A large fraction of the bilayer WSe(2) flakes showed a 0 (AB) and 60° (AA’) twist between the two layers, while moiré 15 and 30°-twist angles were also observed. Well-defined monolayer-bilayer junctions were formed in the as-grown bilayer WSe(2) flakes, and these interfaces exhibited p-n diode rectification and an ambipolar transport characteristic. This work provides an efficient method for the layer-controlled growth of 2D materials, in particular, 2D transition metal dichalcogenides and promotes their applications in next-generation electronic and optoelectronic devices.