• Journal of Inorganic Materials
  • Vol. 35, Issue 6, 682 (2020)
Shilin TAN, Shunda YIN, and Gang OUYANG*
Author Affiliations
  • Key Laboratory of Low-Dimensional Quantum Structures and Quantum Control of Ministry of Education, Hunan Normal University, Changsha 410081, China
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    DOI: 10.15541/jim20190386 Cite this Article
    Shilin TAN, Shunda YIN, Gang OUYANG. Size Effect on the Interface Modulation of Interlayer and Auger Recombination Rates in MoS2/WSe2 van der Waals Heterostructures[J]. Journal of Inorganic Materials, 2020, 35(6): 682 Copy Citation Text show less

    Abstract

    To explore the interface engineering on the carrier recombination in two-dimensional (2D) van der Waals (vdW) heterostructures, we developed a theoretical model to address the size-dependent interlayer and Auger recombination rates in MoS2/WSe2 in terms of interface bond relaxation method and Fermi's golden rule. It is found that the Auger recombination lifetime in MoS2/WSe2 increases with increasing thickness due to the weakening of Coulomb interaction between holes and electrons, as well as the Auger recombination rate is much smaller than that of MoS2 and WSe2 units. However, when the thin h-BN layer is introduced into the MoS2/WSe2, the interlayer and Auger recombination rates show opposite trends as the h-BN thickness increases. When the thickness of h-BN reaches 9.1 nm under the condition of 1L MoS2/h-BN/1L WSe2, the Auger recombination rate approaches 5.3 ns -1. These results indicate that the relevant recombination processes can be tuned by interface and dimension. Therefore, our results provide a useful guidance for the optimal design of 2D transition metal dichalcogenides-based optoelectronic nanodevices.
    Shilin TAN, Shunda YIN, Gang OUYANG. Size Effect on the Interface Modulation of Interlayer and Auger Recombination Rates in MoS2/WSe2 van der Waals Heterostructures[J]. Journal of Inorganic Materials, 2020, 35(6): 682
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