凯发

2D materials hold great potentials in nanoelectronics, energy storage and conversion, as well as catalysis, etc, because of their excellent mechanical and electronic properties that are derived from their unique 2D structure. To fully realize the applications of 2D materials, controllable synthesis of 2D materials at large scale is indispensable. Currently, chemical vapor deposition (CVD) has become to be the most promising method of massively synthesizing high-quality 2D materials. Here, I will present a mechanistic discussion on the epitaxial growth of 2D materials from a theoretical perspective, aiming to provide useful guidelines to the controllable synthesis of high-quality 2D materials.