Development of real-time visualization techniques for interlayer intercalation mechanisms at the atomic level

• Project Area: Science of 2.5 Dimensional Materials: Paradigm Shift of Materials Science Toward Future Social Innovation
• Project/Area Number: 22H05478
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Transformative Research Areas (A)
• Allocation Type: Single-year Grants
• Review Section: Transformative Research Areas, Section (II)
• Research Institution: National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology
• Principal Investigator: Lin YungChang 国立研究開発法人産業技術総合研究所, 材料・化学領域, 主任研究員 (90772244)
• Project Period (FY): 2022-06-16 – 2024-03-31
• Project Status: Completed (Fiscal Year 2023)
• Budget Amount: ¥11,180,000 (Direct Cost: ¥8,600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥2,580,000); Fiscal Year 2023: ¥5,590,000 (Direct Cost: ¥4,300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,290,000); Fiscal Year 2022: ¥5,590,000 (Direct Cost: ¥4,300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,290,000)
• Keywords: Intercalation / STEM / 2D materials / graphene / 電子顕微鏡 / 電子エネルギー損失分光 / 二次元材料 / インターカレーション / 二次電池

Outline of Research at the Start

本プロジェクトでは、透過型電子顕微鏡（TEM）研究に用いる新しい試料担体を作製し、層間インターカレーション機構を顕微鏡で直接観察することを可能にします。このプロジェクトの目的は、層状物質のインターカレーションや脱離に伴う金属イオンや化合物の動的挙動を原子レベルで直接観察・記録することである。同時に、インターカレーションされた化合物の電気的・光学的特性を測定し、インターカレーション物質が与える電荷移動の効果についてより深く理解する。

Outline of Annual Research Achievements

We investigated the atomic structure of metal chlorides and alkali metals intercalated into bilayer graphene (BLG) using STEM. Our results revealed structural deviations from the original materials; for instance, MoCl5 intercalation resulted in MoCl3 and other MoClx nanostructures. This emphasizes the need for atomic-resolution imaging to accurately ascertain the properties of intercalation compounds (published in ACS Nano).
Further, we found that K, Rb, and Cs intercalated into BLG form a hcp bilayer, challenging the expected single-metal-layer intercalation. From this, we proposed a new graphite intercalation model where the surface-near interlayer expands to accommodate a metal bilayer, while central layers retain a single-metal form, detailed in Nature Communications.

Research Progress Status

令和5年度が最終年度であるため、記入しない。

Strategy for Future Research Activity

令和5年度が最終年度であるため、記入しない。

Research Products

• [Journal Article] Alkali metal bilayer intercalation in graphene (2024)
  • Author(s): Lin Yung-Chang、Matsumoto Rika、Liu Qiunan、Solis-Fernsndez Pablo、Siao Ming-Deng、Chiu Po-Wen、Ago Hiroki、Suenaga Kazu
  • Journal Title: Nature Communications Volume: 15 Issue: 1 Pages: 425-425
  • DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-44602-3
  • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
• [Journal Article] Ready-to-transfer two-dimensional materials using tunable adhesive force tapes (2024)
  • Author(s): Nakatani Maki、Fukamachi Satoru、Solis-Fernandez Pablo、Honda Satoshi、Kawahara Kenji、Tsuji Yuta、Sumiya Yosuke、Kuroki Mai、Li Kou、Liu Qiunan、Lin Yung-Chang、Uchida Aika、Oyama Shun、Ji Hyun Goo、Okada Kenichi、Suenaga Kazu、Kawano Yukio、Yoshizawa Kazunari、Yasui Atsushi、Ago Hiroki
  • Journal Title: Nature Electronics Volume: 7 Issue: 2 Pages: 119-130
  • DOI: 10.1038/s41928-024-01121-3
  • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
• [Journal Article] Direct Observation of Locally Modified Excitonic Effects within a Moire Unit Cell in Twisted Bilayer Graphene (2023)
  • Author(s): Liu Ming、Senga Ryosuke、Koshino Masanori、Lin Yung-Chang、Suenaga Kazu
  • Journal Title: ACS Nano Volume: 17 Issue: 18 Pages: 18433-18440
  • DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.3c06021
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Molybdenum Chloride Nanostructures with Giant Lattice Distortions Intercalated into Bilayer Graphene (2023)
  • Author(s): Liu Qiunan、Lin Yung-Chang、Kretschmer Silvan、Ghorbani-Asl Mahdi、Solis-Fernandez Pablo、Siao Ming-Deng、Chiu Po-Wen、Ago Hiroki、Krasheninnikov Arkady V.、Suenaga Kazu
  • Journal Title: ACS Nano Volume: 17 Issue: 23 Pages: 23659-23670
  • DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.3c06958
  • Peer Reviewed / Int'l Joint Research
• [Journal Article] Excitonic Effects in Energy-Loss Spectra of Freestanding Graphene (2023)
  • Author(s): Guandalini Alberto、Senga Ryosuke、Lin Yung-Chang、Suenaga Kazu、Ferretti Andrea、Varsano Daniele、Recchia Andrea、Barone Paolo、Mauri Francesco、Pichler Thomas、Kramberger Christian
  • Journal Title: Nano Letters Volume: 23 Issue: 24 Pages: 11835-11841
  • DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.3c03863
  • Peer Reviewed / Int'l Joint Research
• [Journal Article] Large-area synthesis and transfer of multilayer hexagonal boron nitride for enhanced graphene device arrays (2023)
  • Author(s): Fukamachi Satoru、Solis-Fernandez Pablo、Kawahara Kenji、Tanaka Daichi、Otake Toru、Lin Yung-Chang、Suenaga Kazu、Ago Hiroki
  • Journal Title: Nature Electronics Volume: 6 Issue: 2 Pages: 126-136
  • DOI: 10.1038/s41928-022-00911-x
  • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
• [Journal Article] Vapor-Phase Indium Intercalation in van der Waals Nanofibers of Atomically Thin W6Te6 Wires (2023)
  • Author(s): Natsui Ryusuke、Shimizu Hiroshi、Nakanishi Yusuke、Liu Zheng、Shimamura Akito、Hung Nguyen Tuan、Lin Yung-Chang、Endo Takahiko、Pu Jiang、Kikuchi Iori、Takenobu Taishi、Okada Susumu、Suenaga Kazu、Saito Riichiro、Miyata Yasumitsu
  • Journal Title: ACS Nano Volume: 17 Issue: 6 Pages: 5561-5569
  • DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.2c10997
  • Peer Reviewed / Int'l Joint Research
• [Journal Article] Patterning and doping of transition metals in tungsten dichalcogenides (2022)
  • Author(s): Lin Yung-Chang、Chang Yao-Pang、Chen Kai-Wen、Lee Tai-Ting、Hsiao Bo-Jiun、Tsai Tsung-Han、Yang Yueh-Chiang、Lin Kuang-I、Suenaga Kazu、Chen Chia-Hao、Chiu Po-Wen
  • Journal Title: Nanoscale Volume: 14 Issue: 45 Pages: 16968-16977
  • DOI: 10.1039/d2nr04677f
  • Peer Reviewed / Int'l Joint Research
• [Journal Article] Twist Angle-Dependent Molecular Intercalation and Sheet Resistance in Bilayer Graphene (2022)
  • Author(s): Araki Yuji、Solis-Fernandez Pablo、Lin Yung-Chang、Motoyama Amane、Kawahara Kenji、Maruyama Mina、Gao Yanlin、Matsumoto Rika、Suenaga Kazu、Okada Susumu、Ago Hiroki
  • Journal Title: ACS Nano Volume: 16 Issue: 9 Pages: 14075-14085
  • DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.2c03997
  • Peer Reviewed / Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] Atomic Structure Analysis of Metal Chlorides and Alkali Metals Intercalated in Bilayer Graphene (2023)
  • Author(s): Yung-Chang Lin
  • Organizer: 2023 Materials Research Society (MRS) Fall Meeting
  • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
• [Presentation] Unveiling the atomic structure of alkali metals intercalated in graphene layers (2023)
  • Author(s): Yung-Chang Lin
  • Organizer: The 20th International Microscopy Congress
  • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
• [Presentation] Bilayer graphene intercalation: A study of interlayer coupling and atomic structures of intercalants (2023)
  • Author(s): Yung-Chang Lin
  • Organizer: 6th EU‐Japan Workshop on Graphene and Related 2D Materials (2023)
  • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
• [Presentation] 準安定相WS2の三角形型結晶成長とその成長機構考察 (2023)
  • Author(s): 岡田 光博
  • Organizer: 第70回応用物理学会春季学術講演会
• [Presentation] 電子らせん波を利用した単原子磁気モーメントの研究 (2022)
  • Author(s): Yung-Chang Lin
  • Organizer: 公益社団法法人本顕微鏡学会第 65 回シンポジウム
  • Invited
• [Presentation] Phase-engineered synthesis of tungsten disulfide atomic layers (2022)
  • Author(s): 岡田 光博
  • Organizer: 第63回フラーレン・ナノチューブ・グラフェン総合シンポジウム
• [Presentation] Improved metal intercalation into crystalline W6Te6 bundles (2022)
  • Author(s): 夏井隆佑
  • Organizer: 第63回フラーレン・ナノチューブ・グラフェン総合シンポジウム
• [Presentation] 原子レベルでの層間インターカレーション機構のリアルタイム可視化技術の開発 (2022)
  • Author(s): Yung-Chang Lin
  • Organizer: 学術変革領域研究（A）「２.５次元物質科学：社会変革に向けた物質科学のパラダイムシフト」 第３回 領域会議
  • Invited
• [Remarks] グラフェン層間に２層アルカリ金属の最密配列を発見
  • URL: https://www.aist.go.jp/aist_j/press_release/pr2024/pr20240124/pr20240124.html
• [Remarks] 世界初、グラフェンなどの二次元材料テープを開発
  • URL: https://www.aist.go.jp/aist_j/press_release/pr2024/pr20240213/pr20240213.html
• [Remarks] 無機ナノファイバーに金属原子を挿入する技術を開発 次世代のエレクトロニクス応用に期待
  • URL: https://www.aist.go.jp/aist_j/press_release/pr2023/pr20230303/pr20230303.html
• [Remarks] 六方晶窒化ホウ素の大面積合成とグラフェン集積デバイスを実現
  • URL: https://www.jst.go.jp/pr/announce/20230207/index.html