Charge Transfer Dynamics in MoSe2/hBN/WSe2 Heterostructures
- University of California, Berkeley, CA (United States); Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
- University of California, Berkeley, CA (United States)
- Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ (United States)
- National Institute for Materials Science, Tsukuba (Japan)
Ultrafast charge transfer processes provide a facile way to create interlayer excitons in directly contacted transition metal dichalcogenide (TMD) layers. More sophisticated heterostructures composed of TMD/hBN/TMD enable new ways to control interlayer exciton properties and achieve novel exciton phenomena, such as exciton insulators and condensates, where longer lifetimes are desired. In this work, we experimentally study the charge transfer dynamics in a heterostructure composed of a 1 nm thick hBN spacer between MoSe2 and WSe2 monolayers. We observe the hole transfer from MoSe2 to WSe2 through the hBN barrier with a time constant of 500 ps, which is over 3 orders of magnitude slower than that between TMD layers without a spacer. Furthermore, we observe strong competition between the interlayer charge transfer and intralayer exciton–exciton annihilation processes at high excitation densities. Here, our work opens possibilities to understand charge transfer pathways in TMD/hBN/TMD heterostructures for the efficient generation and control of interlayer excitons.
- Research Organization:
- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES). Materials Sciences & Engineering Division (MSE); JSPS KAKENHI
- Grant/Contract Number:
- AC02-05CH11231; SC0020653; 19H05790; 20H00354
- OSTI ID:
- 1988110
- Journal Information:
- Nano Letters, Vol. 22, Issue 24; ISSN 1530-6984
- Publisher:
- American Chemical SocietyCopyright Statement
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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