Order of magnitude enhancement of monolayer MoS2 photoluminescence due to near-field energy influx from nanocrystal films

Guo, Tianle; Sampat, Siddharth; Zhang, Kehao; Robinson, Joshua A.; Rupich, Sara M.; Chabal, Yves J.; Gartstein, Yuri N.; Malko, Anton V.

doi:10.1038/srep41967

Title: Order of magnitude enhancement of monolayer MoS₂ photoluminescence due to near-field energy influx from nanocrystal films

Journal Article · 02 February 2017 · Scientific Reports

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/srep41967 · OSTI ID:1347434

Guo, Tianle ^[1]; Sampat, Siddharth ^[2]; Zhang, Kehao ^[3]; Robinson, Joshua A. ^[3]; Rupich, Sara M. ^[2]; Chabal, Yves J. ^[2]; Gartstein, Yuri N. ^[2]; Malko, Anton V. ^[2]

The Univ. of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, TX (United States); University of Texas at Dallas
The Univ. of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, TX (United States)
The Pennsylvania State Univ., University Park, PA (United States)

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.

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Research Organization:: The Univ. of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, TX (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES) (SC-22)

Grant/Contract Number:: SC0010697

OSTI ID:: 1347434

Journal Information:: Scientific Reports, Journal Name: Scientific Reports Vol. 7; ISSN 2045-2322

Publisher:: Nature Publishing GroupCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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