Engineering Interlayer Electron-Phonon Coupling in WS2/BN Heterostructures

Yifei Li; Xiaowei Zhang; Jinhuan Wang; Xiaoli Ma; Jin An Shi; Xiangdong Guo; Yonggang Zuo; Ruijie Li; Hao Hong; Ning Li; Kai Xu; Xinyu Huang; Huifeng Tian; Ying Yang; Zhixin Yao; Peichi Liao; Xiao Li; Junjie Guo; Yuang Huang; Peng Gao; Lifen Wang; Xiaoxia Yang; Qing Dai; Enge Wang; Kaihui Liu; Wu Zhou; Xiaohui Yu; Liangbo Liang; Ying Jiang; Xin Zheng Li; Lei Liu

doi:10.1021/acs.nanolett.1c04598

Engineering Interlayer Electron-Phonon Coupling in WS₂/BN Heterostructures

Yifei Li, Xiaowei Zhang, Jinhuan Wang, Xiaoli Ma, Jin An Shi, Xiangdong Guo, Yonggang Zuo, Ruijie Li, Hao Hong, Ning Li, Kai Xu, Xinyu Huang, Huifeng Tian, Ying Yang, Zhixin Yao, Peichi Liao, Xiao Li, Junjie Guo, Yuang Huang, Peng GaoLifen Wang, Xiaoxia Yang, Qing Dai, Enge Wang, Kaihui Liu, Wu Zhou, Xiaohui Yu, Liangbo Liang, Ying Jiang, Xin Zheng Li, Lei Liu

Nanomaterials Theory Institute

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Abstract

In van der Waals (vdW) heterostructures, the interlayer electron-phonon coupling (EPC) provides one unique channel to nonlocally engineer these elementary particles. However, limited by the stringent occurrence conditions, the efficient engineering of interlayer EPC remains elusive. Here we report a multitier engineering of interlayer EPC in WS₂/boron nitride (BN) heterostructures, including isotope enrichments of BN substrates, temperature, and high-pressure tuning. The hyperfine isotope dependence of Raman intensities was unambiguously revealed. In combination with theoretical calculations, we anticipate that WS₂/BN supercells could induce Brillouin-zone-folded phonons that contribute to the interlayer coupling, leading to a complex nature of broad Raman peaks. We further demonstrate the significance of a previously unexplored parameter, the interlayer spacing. By varying the temperature and high pressure, we effectively manipulated the strengths of EPC with on/off capabilities, indicating critical thresholds of the layer-layer spacing for activating and strengthening interlayer EPC. Our findings provide new opportunities to engineer vdW heterostructures with controlled interlayer coupling.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	2725-2733
Number of pages	9
Journal	Nano Letters
Volume	22
Issue number	7
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.nanolett.1c04598
State	Published - Apr 13 2022

Funding

This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Project Nos. U1932153, 11974001, 11934003, 52025023, 51991342, 11888101, 52125307, 52021006), the National Key R&D Program of China (2019YFA0307800, 2021YFA1400500), the Beijing Natural Science Foundation (Z190011), the Key Research Program of Frontier Sciences, CAS (QYZDB-SSW-JSC019), and the Strategic Priority Research Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (Grant No. XDB28000000). We acknowledge the Electron Microscopy Laboratory at Peking University for the use of an electron microscope. L.L. acknowledges work at the Center for Nanophase Materials Sciences, which is a U.S. Department of Energy Office of Science User Facility.

Funders	Funder number
Center for Nanophase Materials Sciences
Key Research Program of Frontier Sciences, CAS	QYZDB-SSW-JSC019
U.S. Department of Energy
National Natural Science Foundation of China	51991342, 52021006, 11888101, 11974001, 52025023, U1932153, 11934003, 52125307
Chinese Academy of Sciences	XDB28000000
Natural Science Foundation of Beijing Municipality	Z190011
National Key Research and Development Program of China	2021YFA1400500, 2019YFA0307800

Keywords

electron-phonon coupling
high-pressure engineering
interlayer spacing
isotope engineering
vdW heterostructure

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