Band gap engineering of atomically thin two-dimensional layered materials is critical for their applications in nanoelectronics, optoelectronics, and photonics. Here we report, for the first time, a simple one-step chemical vapor deposition approach for the simultaneous growth of alloy MoS2xSe2(1-x) triangular nanosheets with complete composition tunability. Both the Raman and the photoluminescence studies show tunable optical properties consistent with composition of the alloy nanosheets. Importantly, all samples show a single bandedge emission peak, with the spectral peak position shifting from 668 nm (for pure MoS2) to 795 nm (for pure MoSe2), indicating the high quality for these complete composition alloy nanosheets. These band gap engineered 2D structures could open up an exciting opportunity for probing their fundamental physical properties in 2D and may find diverse applications in functional electronic/optoelectronic devices.

Nanoscale near-infrared photodetectors are attractive for their potential applications in integrated optoelectronic devices. Here we report the synthesis of GaSb/GaInSb p-n heterojunction semiconductor nanowires for the first time through a controllable chemical vapor deposition (CVD) route. Based on these nanowires, room-temperature, high-performance, near-infrared photodetectors were constructed. The fabricated devices show excellent light response in the infrared optical communication region (1.55 μm), with an external quantum efficiency of 10(4), a responsivity of 10(3) A/W, and a short response time of 2 ms, which shows promising potential applications in integrated photonics and optoelectronics devices or systems.

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Band-selective infrared photodetectors (PDs) are constructed with InAs(x)P(1-x) alloy nanowires from the complete composition range (0 ≤ x ≤ 1) achieved by a new growth route combining the vapor-liquid-solid mechanism with an additional ion-exchange process. Increasing the composition x value from 0 to 1 in the PDs allows the peak response wavelength to be gradually tuned from ca. 900 to ca. 2900 nm.

Two-dimensional nanophotocatalysts MoS2/TiO2 with a tunable decoration amount of MoS2 nanosheets were fabricated through a hydrothermal route.