Metal chalcogenides (sulfides, selenides and tellurides) are materials of current interest due to their peculiar properties such as optoelectronic, magnetooptic, thermoelectric and piezoelectric displays. These semiconducting materials have potential applications in solar cell devices, infrared detectors and ambient thermoelectric generators. Previously, these materials have been deposited by multiple-source precursor route with several problems associated with this technique. This work describes the synthesis of metal complexes (Zn, Cd, Fe, Ni, Pd, Pt) using the imidodichalcogenodiphosphinate ligand (Woollins ligand). Their thermal decomposition together with structural and spectroscopy analysis was carried out. The complexes were used as single source precursors for the deposition of cadmium selenide, cadmium phosphide, cadmium sulfide, zinc selenide, iron selenide and the tellurides of nickel, palladium, platinum and iron as thin films and powders. These were deposited by AACVD and pyrolysis. The deposited thin films and powders were characterised by powder X-ray diffraction (PXRD), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), energy dispersive analysis of X-rays (EDAX), X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) and superconducting quantum interference device (SQUID). The cadmium complexes [Cd{iPr2P(Se)NP(Se)iPr2}2] and [Cd{iPr2P(S)NP(Se)iPr2}2] deposited the mixture of hexagonal CdSe and monoclinic Cd2P3 films at the flow rate of 160 sccm at 475 and 500 °C. At the flow rate of 240 sccm, only hexagonal CdSe was deposited from [Cd{iPr2P(Se)NP(Se)iPr2}2] at all temperatures. Hexagonal CdS and the mixture of orthorhombic Cd6P7/cubic Cd7P10 were deposited from [Cd{iPr2P(S)NP(S)iPr2}2]. The zinc complexes [Zn{iPr2P(Se)NP(Se)iPr2}2] and [Zn{iPr2P(S)NP(Se)iPr2}2] both deposited cubic ZnSe at all temperatures with the flow rates of 160 and 240 sccm. The iron complexes [Fe{(SePPh2)2N}2] and [Fe{(SePPh2NPPh2S)2N}2] deposited orthorhombic FeSe2 mixed with monoclinic Fe3Se4 by pyrolysis at 500 and 550 °C. An unresolved pattern was observed from the complex [Fe{(SePPh2NPPh2S)2N}2] at 550 °C. XPS analysis of the deposited FeSe2 showed the surface oxidation of the material, while the magnetic measurements on the sample using SQUID confirmed its ferromagnetic properties. The telluride complexes of nickel, palladium, platinum and iron deposited the metal telluride respectively as: hexagonal NiTe, hexagonal PdTe, hexagonal PtTe2 (mixed with rhombohedral PtTe) and hexagonal FeTe2. Conductivity studies on NiTe and PdTe revealed them to be insulators, while the magnetic measurements on FeTe2 indicated its antiferromagnetic behaviour.

[pt] Dicalcogenetos de metais de transição, como dissulfeto de molibdênio, disseleneto de tungstênio, entre outros exibem muitas propriedades interessantes que fazem os materiais desta família boas perspectivas para aplicações futuras, especialmente em diversas applicações da optoeletrônica, desde telecomunicações até medicina, devido à interessante transição de gap de banda indireta para direta que ocorre quando se isola uma única camada destes materiais. Um dos objetivos desta tese é: explorando essa propriedade e modificando a estrutura da dissulfeto de tungstênio usando um método simples e confiável de modificação estrutural, pode-se aprimorar as propriedades dos materiais de forma eficiente, bem como desenvolver novas maneiras de caracterizar esse material e suas modificações, em particular, a determinação de um parâmetro chave para aplicações de WS2, o número de camadas, usando espectroscopia Raman. Neste caso, o tratamento de plasma melhorou a intensidade de fotoemissão em 34 por cento além de p-dopar os cristais monocamada, abrindo portas para a realização de dispositivos baseados em WS2. Além disso, desenvolvemos um método de discriminação de monocamadas que é independente de tensão aplicada, modificação strutural ou dopagem. / [en] Transition metal dichalcogenides, such as molybdenum disulfide, tungsten disulfide, and others exhibit many interesting properties. Such properties make them good prospects for future applications, especially in optoelectronics. From telecommunication to medicine, due to the interesting indirect-to-direct band-gap transition, one isolates a single layer of the material. One of the goals of this thesis is to modify the structure of tungsten disulfide using a simple, reliable, structural modification approach, i.e., plasma treatment. In this way, we were able to enhance the materials luminescence emission intensity up to 34 percent. Also, this treatment pdoped the monolayer structures, opening doors for the realization of devices. Another objective of this work is to develop new ways to characterize this material, particularly the determination of a critical parameter for WS2 applications, the number of layers, using Raman spectroscopy, where we developed a efficient method to discriminate monolayers independently of induced strain, structure modification and doping.