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Title: Exciton broadening in WS 2 /graphene heterostructures

Journal Article · · Physical Review B
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  1. Columbia Univ., New York, NY (United States); Stanford Univ., Stanford, CA (United States)
  2. Columbia Univ., New York, NY (United States); Univ. of Regensburg, Regensburg (Germany)
  3. Columbia Univ., New York, NY (United States); ArcelorMittal Maizieres Research SA, Maizieres-les-Metz (France)

Here, we have used optical spectroscopy to observe spectral broadening of WS2 exciton reflectance peaks in heterostructures of monolayer WS2 capped with mono- to few-layer graphene. The broadening is found to be similar for the A and B excitons and on the order of 5–10 meV. No strong dependence on the number of graphene layers was observed within experimental uncertainty. The broadening can be attributed to charge- and energy-transfer processes between the two materials, providing an observed lower bound for the corresponding time scales of 65 fs.

Research Organization:
Energy Frontier Research Centers (EFRC) (United States). Re-Defining Photovoltaic Efficiency Through Molecule Scale Control (RPEMSC); SLAC National Accelerator Lab., Menlo Park, CA (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)
Grant/Contract Number:
AC02-76SF00515; SC0001085; DMR-1122594; DGE-1069240; CH 1672/1-1
OSTI ID:
1410545
Alternate ID(s):
OSTI ID: 1406391
Journal Information:
Physical Review B, Vol. 96, Issue 20; ISSN 2469-9950
Publisher:
American Physical Society (APS)Copyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Citation Metrics:
Cited by: 38 works
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