Interlayer Transition and Infrared Photodetection in Atomically Thin Type-II MoTe2/MoS2 van der Waals Heterostructures

  • Kenan Zhang
  • , Tianning Zhang
  • , Guanghui Cheng
  • , Tianxin Li
  • , Shuxia Wang
  • , Wei Wei
  • , Xiaohao Zhou
  • , Weiwei Yu
  • , Yan Sun
  • , Peng Wang
  • , Dong Zhang
  • , Changgan Zeng
  • , Xingjun Wang
  • , Weida Hu
  • , Hong Jin Fan
  • , Guozhen Shen*
  • , Xin Chen
  • , Xiangfeng Duan
  • , Kai Chang
  • , Ning Dai
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

We demonstrate the type-II staggered band alignment in MoTe2/MoS2 van der Waals (vdW) heterostructures and an interlayer optical transition at ∼1.55 μm. The photoinduced charge separation between the MoTe2/MoS2 vdW heterostructure is verified by Kelvin probe force microscopy (KPFM) under illumination, density function theory (DFT) simulations and photoluminescence (PL) spectroscopy. Photoelectrical measurements of MoTe2/MoS2 vdW heterostructures show a distinct photocurrent response in the infrared regime (1550 nm). The creation of type-II vdW heterostructures with strong interlayer coupling could improve our fundamental understanding of the essential physics behind vdW heterostructures and help the design of next-generation infrared optoelectronics.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)3852-3858
Number of pages7
JournalACS Nano
Volume10
Issue number3
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 22 Mar 2016
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • MoS
  • MoTe
  • interlayer transition
  • type-II band alignment
  • van der Waals heterostructure

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