Comment on “Rapid Solid-Phase Sulfurization Growth and Nonlinear Optical Characterization of Transfer-Free TiS₃ Nanoribbons”

Reply to Comment on “Rapid Solid-Phase Sulfurization Growth and Nonlinear Optical Characterization of Transfer-Free TiS3 Nanoribbons”

“…Additionally, we completely agree with Dr. Dhingra's third claim 1 that the correct data fitting can indicate whether it is the S 2− sulfur vacancies or the S 2 2− sulfur vacancies that render TiS 3 n-type. On the basis of the fitting data analysis of the revised Figure 3b, the TiS 3 XPS peak ratio of S 2− to S 2 2− is 1:1.94 for the as-synthesized TiS 3 , which implies the existence of sulfur vacancies among the S 2 2− species and is consistent with previous studies.…”

“…Additionally, we completely agree with Dr. Dhingra’s third claim that the correct data fitting can indicate whether it is the S 2– sulfur vacancies or the S 2 2– sulfur vacancies that render TiS 3 n-type. On the basis of the fitting data analysis of the revised Figure , the TiS 3 XPS peak ratio of S 2– to S 2 2– is 1:1.94 for the as-synthesized TiS 3 , which implies the existence of sulfur vacancies among the S 2 2– species and is consistent with previous studies. , The above revision and analysis can improve the quality of the scientific work and unveil that the S 2 2– sulfur vacancies are responsible for the as-observed n-type behavior of TiS 3 , which is expected to provide a certain guidance toward the design and fabrication of TiS 3 transistors and photodetectors …”

“…W e thank Dr. Dhingra for raising interesting points regarding our recent paper on rapid solid-phase sulfurization growth and nonlinear optical characterization of transfer-free TiS 3 . We summarize the suggestions of Dr. Dhingra as made in the comment 1 as follows. First, Dr. Dhingra mentioned that the ratio of 2p 1/2 to 2p 3/2 for each sulfur species should be 1:2 because of the multiplicities of the p 1/2 and p 3/2 states.…”

What happens when transition metal trichalcogenides are interfaced with gold?

“…While there exist several photoemission spectroscopy studies on these three TMTs (i.e., TiS 3 [36,52,68,69,74,89], ZrS 3 [52,69,89,90], and HfS 3 [73]), a comparison of the corelevel photoemission data for the sulfur core-levels of each of these trichalcogenides can provide indications of predominant location of the sulfur vacancies [98,99]. In the case of HfS 3 , such a comparison can help identify the location of sulfur sites that are filled in by oxygen instead.…”