Order of magnitude enhancement of monolayer MoS2 photoluminescence due to near-field energy influx from nanocrystal films
Abstract
Two-dimensional transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDCs) like MoS2 are promising candidates for various optoelectronic applications. The typical photoluminescence (PL) of monolayer MoS2 is however known to suffer very low quantum yields. We demonstrate a 10-fold increase of MoS2 excitonic PL enabled by nonradiative energy transfer (NRET) from adjacent nanocrystal quantum dot (NQD) films. The understanding of this effect is facilitated by our application of transient absorption (TA) spectroscopy to monitor the energy influx into the monolayer MoS2 in the process of ET from photoexcited CdSe/ZnS nanocrystals. In contrast to PL spectroscopy, TA can detect even non-emissive excitons, and we register an order of magnitude enhancement of the MoS2 excitonic TA signatures in hybrids with NQDs. The appearance of ET-induced nanosecond-scale kinetics in TA features is consistent with PL dynamics of energy-accepting MoS2 and PL quenching data of the energy-donating NQDs. The observed enhancement is attributed to the reduction of recombination losses for excitons gradually transferred into MoS2 under quasi-resonant conditions as compared with their direct photoproduction. Furthermore, the TA and PL data clearly illustrate the efficacy of MoS2 and likely other TMDC materials as energy acceptors and the possibility of their practical utilization in NRET-coupled hybrid nanostructures.
- Authors:
-
- The Univ. of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, TX (United States)
- The Pennsylvania State Univ., University Park, PA (United States)
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- The Univ. of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, TX (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1347434
- Grant/Contract Number:
- SC0010697
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Scientific Reports
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 7; Journal ID: ISSN 2045-2322
- Publisher:
- Nature Publishing Group
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 36 MATERIALS SCIENCE; quantum dots; two-dimensional materials
Citation Formats
Guo, Tianle, Sampat, Siddharth, Zhang, Kehao, Robinson, Joshua A., Rupich, Sara M., Chabal, Yves J., Gartstein, Yuri N., and Malko, Anton V. Order of magnitude enhancement of monolayer MoS2 photoluminescence due to near-field energy influx from nanocrystal films. United States: N. p., 2017.
Web. doi:10.1038/srep41967.
Guo, Tianle, Sampat, Siddharth, Zhang, Kehao, Robinson, Joshua A., Rupich, Sara M., Chabal, Yves J., Gartstein, Yuri N., & Malko, Anton V. Order of magnitude enhancement of monolayer MoS2 photoluminescence due to near-field energy influx from nanocrystal films. United States. https://doi.org/10.1038/srep41967
Guo, Tianle, Sampat, Siddharth, Zhang, Kehao, Robinson, Joshua A., Rupich, Sara M., Chabal, Yves J., Gartstein, Yuri N., and Malko, Anton V. Fri .
"Order of magnitude enhancement of monolayer MoS2 photoluminescence due to near-field energy influx from nanocrystal films". United States. https://doi.org/10.1038/srep41967. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1347434.
@article{osti_1347434,
title = {Order of magnitude enhancement of monolayer MoS2 photoluminescence due to near-field energy influx from nanocrystal films},
author = {Guo, Tianle and Sampat, Siddharth and Zhang, Kehao and Robinson, Joshua A. and Rupich, Sara M. and Chabal, Yves J. and Gartstein, Yuri N. and Malko, Anton V.},
abstractNote = {Two-dimensional transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDCs) like MoS2 are promising candidates for various optoelectronic applications. The typical photoluminescence (PL) of monolayer MoS2 is however known to suffer very low quantum yields. We demonstrate a 10-fold increase of MoS2 excitonic PL enabled by nonradiative energy transfer (NRET) from adjacent nanocrystal quantum dot (NQD) films. The understanding of this effect is facilitated by our application of transient absorption (TA) spectroscopy to monitor the energy influx into the monolayer MoS2 in the process of ET from photoexcited CdSe/ZnS nanocrystals. In contrast to PL spectroscopy, TA can detect even non-emissive excitons, and we register an order of magnitude enhancement of the MoS2 excitonic TA signatures in hybrids with NQDs. The appearance of ET-induced nanosecond-scale kinetics in TA features is consistent with PL dynamics of energy-accepting MoS2 and PL quenching data of the energy-donating NQDs. The observed enhancement is attributed to the reduction of recombination losses for excitons gradually transferred into MoS2 under quasi-resonant conditions as compared with their direct photoproduction. Furthermore, the TA and PL data clearly illustrate the efficacy of MoS2 and likely other TMDC materials as energy acceptors and the possibility of their practical utilization in NRET-coupled hybrid nanostructures.},
doi = {10.1038/srep41967},
journal = {Scientific Reports},
number = ,
volume = 7,
place = {United States},
year = {Fri Feb 03 00:00:00 EST 2017},
month = {Fri Feb 03 00:00:00 EST 2017}
}
Free Publicly Available Full Text
Publisher's Version of Record
Other availability
Search WorldCat to find libraries that may hold this journal
Cited by: 12 works
Citation information provided by
Web of Science
Web of Science
Save to My Library
You must Sign In or Create an Account in order to save documents to your library.
Works referenced in this record:
Atomically Thin A New Direct-Gap Semiconductor
journal, September 2010
- Mak, Kin Fai; Lee, Changgu; Hone, James
- Physical Review Letters, Vol. 105, Issue 13, Article No.136805
Electronics and optoelectronics of two-dimensional transition metal dichalcogenides
journal, November 2012
- Wang, Qing Hua; Kalantar-Zadeh, Kourosh; Kis, Andras
- Nature Nanotechnology, Vol. 7, Issue 11, p. 699-712
Extraordinary attributes of 2-dimensional MoS2 nanosheets
journal, August 2014
- Rao, C. N. R.; Maitra, Urmimala; Waghmare, Umesh V.
- Chemical Physics Letters, Vol. 609
Two-dimensional dichalcogenides for light-harvesting applications
journal, April 2015
- Peng, Bo; Ang, Priscilla Kailian; Loh, Kian Ping
- Nano Today, Vol. 10, Issue 2
Valley excitons in two-dimensional semiconductors
journal, December 2014
- Yu, Hongyi; Cui, Xiaodong; Xu, Xiaodong
- National Science Review, Vol. 2, Issue 1
Emerging Photoluminescence in Monolayer MoS2
journal, April 2010
- Splendiani, Andrea; Sun, Liang; Zhang, Yuanbo
- Nano Letters, Vol. 10, Issue 4, p. 1271-1275
Electroluminescence in Single Layer MoS2
journal, March 2013
- Sundaram, R. S.; Engel, M.; Lombardo, A.
- Nano Letters, Vol. 13, Issue 4, p. 1416-1421
Ultrafast Dynamics of Defect-Assisted Electron–Hole Recombination in Monolayer MoS 2
journal, December 2014
- Wang, Haining; Zhang, Changjian; Rana, Farhan
- Nano Letters, Vol. 15, Issue 1
Photocarrier relaxation pathway in two-dimensional semiconducting transition metal dichalcogenides
journal, July 2014
- Kozawa, Daichi; Kumar, Rajeev; Carvalho, Alexandra
- Nature Communications, Vol. 5, Issue 1
Near-unity photoluminescence quantum yield in MoS2
journal, November 2015
- Amani, M.; Lien, D. -H.; Kiriya, D.
- Science, Vol. 350, Issue 6264
Hybrid Resonant Organic–Inorganic Nanostructures for Optoelectronic Applications
journal, September 2011
- Agranovich, V. M.; Gartstein, Yu. N.; Litinskaya, M.
- Chemical Reviews, Vol. 111, Issue 9
New light from hybrid inorganic–organic emitters
journal, April 2008
- Belton, C. R.; Itskos, G.; Heliotis, G.
- Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics, Vol. 41, Issue 9
Silicon Surface Modification and Characterization for Emergent Photovoltaic Applications Based on Energy Transfer
journal, August 2015
- Peng, Weina; Rupich, Sara M.; Shafiq, Natis
- Chemical Reviews, Vol. 115, Issue 23
Plasmonic Nanostructure Design for Efficient Light Coupling into Solar Cells
journal, December 2008
- Ferry, Vivian E.; Sweatlock, Luke A.; Pacifici, Domenico
- Nano Letters, Vol. 8, Issue 12
Plasmonics for improved photovoltaic devices
journal, February 2010
- Atwater, Harry A.; Polman, Albert
- Nature Materials, Vol. 9, Issue 3, p. 205-213
Controlled Deposition and Spectroscopic Signatures of Ordered Multilayer Nanocrystal Assemblies for Optoelectronic Applications
journal, December 2015
- Rupich, Sara M.; Gartstein, Yuri N.; Malko, Anton V.
- Advanced Optical Materials, Vol. 4, Issue 3
Reduced Dielectric Screening and Enhanced Energy Transfer in Single- and Few-Layer MoS 2
journal, October 2014
- Prins, Ferry; Goodman, Aaron J.; Tisdale, William A.
- Nano Letters, Vol. 14, Issue 11
Electrical Control of near-Field Energy Transfer between Quantum Dots and Two-Dimensional Semiconductors
journal, June 2015
- Prasai, Dhiraj; Klots, Andrey R.; Newaz, Akm
- Nano Letters, Vol. 15, Issue 7
Exciton polaritons in transition-metal dichalcogenides and their direct excitation via energy transfer
journal, August 2015
- Gartstein, Yuri N.; Li, Xiao; Zhang, Chuanwei
- Physical Review B, Vol. 92, Issue 7
Distance-dependent energy transfer between CdSe/CdS quantum dots and a two-dimensional semiconductor
journal, January 2016
- Goodfellow, Kenneth M.; Chakraborty, Chitraleema; Sowers, Kelly
- Applied Physics Letters, Vol. 108, Issue 2
Exciton and Trion Energy Transfer from Giant Semiconductor Nanocrystals to MoS 2 Monolayers
journal, March 2016
- Sampat, Siddharth; Guo, Tianle; Zhang, Kehao
- ACS Photonics, Vol. 3, Issue 4
Energy Transfer from Quantum Dots to Graphene and MoS 2 : The Role of Absorption and Screening in Two-Dimensional Materials
journal, March 2016
- Raja, Archana; Montoya−Castillo, Andrés; Zultak, Johanna
- Nano Letters, Vol. 16, Issue 4
Nonradiative Energy Transfer from Individual CdSe/ZnS Quantum Dots to Single-Layer and Few-Layer Tin Disulfide
journal, April 2016
- Zang, Huidong; Routh, Prahlad K.; Huang, Yuan
- ACS Nano, Vol. 10, Issue 4
Anisotropic Optical Properties of Thin-Film Thiacarbocyanine Dye Aggregates
journal, September 2013
- Roodenko, K.; Nguyen, H. M.; Caillard, L.
- The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, Vol. 117, Issue 39
Fluorescence near interfaces: The role of photonic mode density
journal, April 1998
- Barnes, W. L.
- Journal of Modern Optics, Vol. 45, Issue 4
Energy transfer with semiconductor nanocrystals
journal, January 2009
- Rogach, Andrey L.; Klar, Thomas A.; Lupton, John M.
- J. Mater. Chem., Vol. 19, Issue 9
Super-Efficient Exciton Funneling in Layer-by-Layer Semiconductor Nanocrystal Structures
journal, March 2005
- Klar, T. A.; Franzl, T.; Rogach, A. L.
- Advanced Materials, Vol. 17, Issue 6
Efficient Directed Energy Transfer through Size-Gradient Nanocrystal Layers into Silicon Substrates
journal, May 2014
- De Benedetti, William J. I.; Nimmo, Michael T.; Rupich, Sara M.
- Advanced Functional Materials, Vol. 24, Issue 31
Ultrafast charge transfer in atomically thin MoS2/WS2 heterostructures
journal, August 2014
- Hong, Xiaoping; Kim, Jonghwan; Shi, Su-Fei
- Nature Nanotechnology, Vol. 9, Issue 9
Synthesis and Micrometer-Scale Assembly of Colloidal CdSe/CdS Nanorods Prepared by a Seeded Growth Approach
journal, October 2007
- Carbone, Luigi; Nobile, Concetta; De Giorgi, Milena
- Nano Letters, Vol. 7, Issue 10
Large-Scale Synthesis of Nearly Monodisperse CdSe/CdS Core/Shell Nanocrystals Using Air-Stable Reagents via Successive Ion Layer Adsorption and Reaction
journal, October 2003
- Li, J. Jack; Wang, Y. Andrew; Guo, Wenzhuo
- Journal of the American Chemical Society, Vol. 125, Issue 41, p. 12567-12575
Synthesis and Characterization of Highly Luminescent CdSe−Core CdS/Zn 0.5 Cd 0.5 S/ZnS Multishell Nanocrystals
journal, May 2005
- Xie, Renguo; Kolb, Ute; Li, Jixue
- Journal of the American Chemical Society, Vol. 127, Issue 20
Efficient Radiative and Nonradiative Energy Transfer from Proximal CdSe/ZnS Nanocrystals into Silicon Nanomembranes
journal, May 2012
- Nguyen, Hue M.; Seitz, Oliver; Peng, Weina
- ACS Nano, Vol. 6, Issue 6
Quantization of Multiparticle Auger Rates in Semiconductor Quantum Dots
journal, February 2000
- Klimov, V. I.
- Science, Vol. 287, Issue 5455
Photo-Induced Bandgap Renormalization Governs the Ultrafast Response of Single-Layer MoS 2
journal, December 2015
- Pogna, Eva A. A.; Marsili, Margherita; De Fazio, Domenico
- ACS Nano, Vol. 10, Issue 1
Efficient Excitonic Photoluminescence in Direct and Indirect Band Gap Monolayer MoS 2
journal, September 2015
- Steinhoff, A.; Kim, J. -H.; Jahnke, F.
- Nano Letters, Vol. 15, Issue 10
Local field effects for spherical quantum dot emitters in the proximity of a planar dielectric interface
journal, January 2014
- Gordon, J. M.; Gartstein, Y. N.
- Journal of the Optical Society of America B, Vol. 31, Issue 9
Silicon Surface Modification and Characterization for Emergent Photovoltaic Applications Based on Energy Transfer
journal, August 2015
- Peng, Weina; Rupich, Sara M.; Shafiq, Natis
- Chemical Reviews, Vol. 115, Issue 23
Efficient Excitonic Photoluminescence in Direct and Indirect Band Gap Monolayer MoS 2
journal, September 2015
- Steinhoff, A.; Kim, J. -H.; Jahnke, F.
- Nano Letters, Vol. 15, Issue 10
Nonradiative Energy Transfer from Individual CdSe/ZnS Quantum Dots to Single-Layer and Few-Layer Tin Disulfide
journal, April 2016
- Zang, Huidong; Routh, Prahlad K.; Huang, Yuan
- ACS Nano, Vol. 10, Issue 4
Hybrid Resonant Organic–Inorganic Nanostructures for Optoelectronic Applications
journal, September 2011
- Agranovich, V. M.; Gartstein, Yu. N.; Litinskaya, M.
- Chemical Reviews, Vol. 111, Issue 9
Large-Scale Synthesis of Nearly Monodisperse CdSe/CdS Core/Shell Nanocrystals Using Air-Stable Reagents via Successive Ion Layer Adsorption and Reaction
journal, October 2003
- Li, J. Jack; Wang, Y. Andrew; Guo, Wenzhuo
- Journal of the American Chemical Society, Vol. 125, Issue 41, p. 12567-12575
Synthesis and Micrometer-Scale Assembly of Colloidal CdSe/CdS Nanorods Prepared by a Seeded Growth Approach
journal, October 2007
- Carbone, Luigi; Nobile, Concetta; De Giorgi, Milena
- Nano Letters, Vol. 7, Issue 10
Electroluminescence in Single Layer MoS2
journal, March 2013
- Sundaram, R. S.; Engel, M.; Lombardo, A.
- Nano Letters, Vol. 13, Issue 4, p. 1416-1421
Plasmonic Nanostructure Design for Efficient Light Coupling into Solar Cells
journal, December 2008
- Ferry, Vivian E.; Sweatlock, Luke A.; Pacifici, Domenico
- Nano Letters, Vol. 8, Issue 12
Emerging Photoluminescence in Monolayer MoS2
journal, April 2010
- Splendiani, Andrea; Sun, Liang; Zhang, Yuanbo
- Nano Letters, Vol. 10, Issue 4, p. 1271-1275
Efficient Radiative and Nonradiative Energy Transfer from Proximal CdSe/ZnS Nanocrystals into Silicon Nanomembranes
journal, May 2012
- Nguyen, Hue M.; Seitz, Oliver; Peng, Weina
- ACS Nano, Vol. 6, Issue 6
Photocarrier relaxation pathway in two-dimensional semiconducting transition metal dichalcogenides
journal, July 2014
- Kozawa, Daichi; Kumar, Rajeev; Carvalho, Alexandra
- Nature Communications, Vol. 5, Issue 1
Plasmonics for improved photovoltaic devices
journal, February 2010
- Atwater, Harry A.; Polman, Albert
- Nature Materials, Vol. 9, Issue 3, p. 205-213
Science and technology roadmap for graphene, related two-dimensional crystals, and hybrid systems
journal, January 2015
- Ferrari, Andrea C.; Bonaccorso, Francesco; Fal'ko, Vladimir
- Nanoscale, Vol. 7, Issue 11
Quantization of Multiparticle Auger Rates in Semiconductor Quantum Dots
journal, February 2000
- Klimov, V. I.
- Science, Vol. 287, Issue 5455
Photo-Induced Bandgap Renormalization Governs the Ultrafast Response of Single-Layer MoS2
text, January 2017
- Pogna, Eva A. A.; Marsili, Margherita; De Fazio, Domenico
- arXiv
Works referencing / citing this record:
Controllable Interlayer Charge and Energy Transfer in Perovskite Quantum Dots/ Transition Metal Dichalcogenide Heterostructures
journal, September 2019
- Liu, Huan; Wang, Chong; Wang, Ting
- Advanced Materials Interfaces, Vol. 6, Issue 23
Environmental engineering of transition metal dichalcogenide optoelectronics
journal, June 2018
- LaMountain, Trevor; Lenferink, Erik J.; Chen, Yen-Jung
- Frontiers of Physics, Vol. 13, Issue 4
Microsecond charge separation at heterojunctions between transition metal dichalcogenide monolayers and single-walled carbon nanotubes
journal, January 2019
- Sulas-Kern, Dana B.; Zhang, Hanyu; Li, Zhaodong
- Materials Horizons, Vol. 6, Issue 10
Size-dependent optical properties of MoS 2 nanoparticles and their photo-catalytic applications
journal, January 2020
- Bhattacharya, Didhiti; Mukherjee, Subhrajit; Mitra, Rajib Kumar
- Nanotechnology, Vol. 31, Issue 14
Guiding and binding of cavity photons with patterned two-dimensional semiconductors
journal, January 2018
- Gartstein, Yuri N.; Malko, Anton V.
- Optics Express, Vol. 26, Issue 16