High temperature ferromagnetism in Cu-doped MoS2 nanosheets

The synthesis of 2D metal chalcogenide based on ferromagnetic nanosheets is in high demand for modern electronics and spintronics applications. Herein, Cu-doped MoS2 nanosheets were successfully prepared by a hydrothermal method. Magnetic measurement results indicate that the doping of Cu ions can introduce ferromagnetism into MoS2 nanosheets, where saturate magnetization increases with increased Cu concentration. Further, the hysteresis curves measured at different temperatures demonstrate a high Curie temperature of 930 K for the Cu-doped MoS2 nanosheets. This result opens a new path to exploring spintronics in pristine 2D nanostructures by non-magnetic atom doping.