Doping of Monolayer Transition-Metal Dichalcogenides via Physisorption of Aromatic Solvent Molecules

Accès libre Peer reviewed | |
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Version acceptée pour publication (post-print auteur) | |
Paternité - Pas d'utilisation commerciale [CC] [BY] [NC] | |
Auteurs |
Ye Wang Amine Slassi Marc-Antoine Stoeckel Simone Bertolazzi Jerôme Cornil David Beljonne Paolo Samorì |
Unité de recherche du site |
Institut de Science et d'Ingénierie Supramoléculaires - ISIS - UMR7006 |
Langue |
en |
Volume |
10 |
Numéro |
3 |
Page de début |
540 |
Page de fin |
547 |
Date de première publication |
2019-01-16 |
ISSN |
1948-7185 |
Titre de la source (revue, livre…) |
The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters |
Résumé |
Two-dimensional (2D) transition-metal dichalcogenides (TMDs) recently emerged as novel materials displaying a wide variety of physicochemical properties that render them unique scaffolds for high-performance (opto)electronics. The controlled Show moreTwo-dimensional (2D) transition-metal dichalcogenides (TMDs) recently emerged as novel materials displaying a wide variety of physicochemical properties that render them unique scaffolds for high-performance (opto)electronics. The controlled physisorption of molecules on the TMD surface is a viable approach for tuning their optical and electronic properties. Solvents, made of small aromatic molecules, are frequently employed for the cleaning of the 2D materials or as a “dispersant” for their chemical functionalization with larger (macro)molecules, without considering their potential key effect in locally modifying the characteristics of 2D materials. In this work, we demonstrate how the electronic and optical properties of a mechanically exfoliated monolayer of MoS2 and WSe2 are modified when physically interacting with small aromatic molecules of common solvents. Low-temperature photoluminescence (PL) spectra recorded at 78 K revealed that physisorbed benzene derivatives could modulate the charge carrier density in monolayer TMDs, hence affecting the switching between a neutral exciton and trion (charged exciton). By combining experimental evidence with density functional theory calculations, we confirm that charge-transfer doping on TMDs depends not only on the difference in chemical potential between molecules and 2D materials but also on the thermodynamic stability of physisorption. Our results provide unambiguous evidences of the great potential of optical and electrical tuning of monolayer MoS2 and WSe2 by physisorption of small aromatic solvent molecules, which is highly relevant for both fundamental studies and device application purposes. Show less |
DOI | 10.1021/acs.jpclett.8b03697 |
Titre abrégé de la source |
J. Phys. Chem. Lett. |
Type de publication |
ACL |
Domaine |
Chimie/Matériaux |
Unité de recherche extérieure au site |
Laboratory for Chemistry of Novel Materials, Université de Mons, Place du Parc 20, 7000 Mons, Belgium |
Fonction |
aut |
Identifiant idREF |
109288335 |
Audience |
International |
Envoyer vers HAL |
5 |
URL | https://univoak.eu/islandora/object/islandora:75851 |