Chemical vapor deposition growth of high-quality 2D ultrathin hexagonal CoSb crystals.

CoSb has emerged as an important two-dimensional (2D) atomic crystal for its potential application in energy conversion and superconductivity. Controllable growth in terms of thickness and structural phase is necessary to elucidate its intrinsic properties at the 2D limit. Here we demonstrate the chemical vapour deposition of ultrathin hexagonal CoSb crystals on the mica substrate. The thickness could be controlled by growth time and the structural phase could be tuned by the precursor's supply ratio. Electrical transport measurements show that the chemical vapor deposition-grown ultrathin hexagonal CoSb is a good metal with non-Fermi liquid behavior. No apparent superconductivity has been observed down to 2.8 K.