The invention provides an atomic-scale precision lossless layer-by-layer
etching method for a two-dimensional layered material. The method comprises the following steps of: manufacturing
lattice defects on the
surface layer of a material to be etched by using a surface treatment technology; depositing a thermal
diffusion sacrificial material on the
surface layer of the material to be etched; performing thermal annealing on the material to be etched at a certain temperature, so that the
diffusion sacrificial material is diffused into the
surface layer of the material to be etched to form an
alloy layer; and removing the
diffusion sacrificial material and the
alloy layer thereof by using a selective
chemical reaction to finish local
etching, wherein the two-dimensional layered material to be etched comprises one or a combination of
metal sulfide,
metal selenide,
metal telluride,
graphene and
black phosphorus, and the diffusion sacrificial material comprises one or combination of low-atomic-
radius metal, low-atomic-
radius non-metal material and small-molecular
organic matter. The sacrificial layer does not diffuse into an internal retention layer of the material to be etched, so that the
etching process does not damage
crystal lattices of the material retention layer, the intrinsic electrical property of the material is maintained, and the atomic-scale precision lossless layer-by-layer etching method is a lossless etching technology.