PCP2-9

Gate-Controlled Potassium Intercalation and Superconductivity in Molybdenum Disulfide

13:15-14:45 Dec.4

*Alec Romagosa1, Ricky D. Septianto1, Yu Dong2, Hideki Matsuoka2, Toshiya Ideue2, Yutaka Majima3, Yoshihiro Iwasa1
RIKEN1
Tokyo University2
Tokyo Institute of Technology3
Abstract Body

Intercalation of guest ions into the van der Waals (vdW) gap of layered materials is a powerful route to create novel material phases and functionalities. Ionic gating is a technique to control the motions and configuration of ions, both for intercalation and surface electrostatic doping. The advance of ionic gating enables the in-situ probe of dynamics of ion diffusion, carrier doping and transport properties. Here we performed in-situ resistivity and Raman experiments on the potassium ion (K+) intercalation of single crystal MoS2 and constructed a temperature-carrier density phase diagram. The K+-intercalation induces a structural transition from the prismatically coordinated phase to the octahedrally coordinated phase, where anisotropic three-dimensional superconductivity and possible charge density wave state were observed. The present ionic gating offers a comprehensive view of the intercalated phases and proves that the electrostatically induced superconductivity is distinct from that in the intercalated phase.

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