Probing the interlayer coupling of twisted bilayer MoS2 using photoluminescence spectroscopy

Shengxi Huang; Xi Ling; Liangbo Liang; Jing Kong; Humberto Terrones; Vincent Meunier; Mildred S. Dresselhaus

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Probing the interlayer coupling of twisted bilayer MoS₂ using photoluminescence spectroscopy

Shengxi Huang, Xi Ling, Liangbo Liang, Jing Kong, Humberto Terrones, Vincent Meunier, Mildred S. Dresselhaus

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Abstract

Two-dimensional molybdenum disulfide (MoS₂) is a promising material for optoelectronic devices due to its strong photoluminescence emission. In this work, the photoluminescence of twisted bilayer MoS₂ is investigated, revealing a tunability of the interlayer coupling of bilayer MoS₂. It is found that the photoluminescence intensity ratio of the trion and exciton reaches its maximum value for the twisted angle 0° or 60°, while for the twisted angle 30° or 90° the situation is the opposite. This is mainly attributed to the change of the trion binding energy. The first-principles density functional theory analysis further confirms the change of the interlayer coupling with the twisted angle, which interprets our experimental results.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	5500-5508
Number of pages	9
Journal	Nano Letters
Volume	14
Issue number	10
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1021/nl5014597
State	Published - Oct 8 2014
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Molybdenum disulfide
exciton
interlayer coupling
photoluminescence
trion
twisted bilayer

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Probing the interlayer coupling of twisted bilayer MoS₂ using photoluminescence spectroscopy

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