Hybrid Heterostructures to Generate Long-Lived and Mobile Photocarriers in Graphene

Valencia-Acuna, Pavel; Rudayni, Fatimah; Rijal, Kushal; Chan, Wai-Lun; Zhao, Hui

doi:10.1021/acsnano.2c12577

Title: Hybrid Heterostructures to Generate Long-Lived and Mobile Photocarriers in Graphene

Journal Article · Thu Feb 16 00:00:00 EST 2023 · ACS Nano

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1021/acsnano.2c12577· OSTI ID:2242382

Valencia-Acuna, Pavel ^[1]; Rudayni, Fatimah ^[2];

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University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS (United States)
University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS (United States); Jazan University (Saudi Arabia)

We report the generation of long-lived and highly mobile photocarriers in hybrid van der Waals heterostructures that are formed by monolayer graphene, few-layer transition metal dichalcogenides, and the organic semiconductor F₈ZnPc. Samples are fabricated by dry transfer of mechanically exfoliated MoS₂ or WS₂ few-layer flakes on a graphene film, followed by deposition of F₈ZnPc. Transient absorption microscopy measurements are performed to study the photocarrier dynamics. In heterostructures of F₈ZnPc/few-layer-MoS₂/graphene, electrons excited in F₈ZnPc can transfer to graphene and thus be separated from the holes that reside in F₈ZnPc. By increasing the thickness of MoS₂, these electrons acquire long recombination lifetimes of over 100 ps and a high mobility of 2800 cm² ^V–1 s^–1. Graphene doping with mobile holes is also demonstrated with WS² as the middle layers. Furthermore, these artificial heterostructures can improve the performance of graphene-based optoelectronic devices.

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Research Organization:: Univ. of Kansas, Lawrence, KS (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES). Materials Sciences & Engineering Division (MSE); National Science Foundation (NSF)

Grant/Contract Number:: SC0020995; DMR-2109979

OSTI ID:: 2242382

Journal Information:: ACS Nano, Vol. 17, Issue 4; ISSN 1936-0851

Publisher:: American Chemical Society (ACS)Copyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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