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Article: Molecular-beam epitaxy of monolayer and bilayer WSe2: a scanning tunneling microscopy/spectroscopy study and deduction of exciton binding energy
Title | Molecular-beam epitaxy of monolayer and bilayer WSe2: a scanning tunneling microscopy/spectroscopy study and deduction of exciton binding energy |
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Keywords | 2D crystal Exciton MBE,STM/S Photoluminescence WSe2 |
Issue Date | 2015 |
Publisher | Institute of Physics Publishing Ltd. The Journal's web site is located at http://iopscience.iop.org/2053-1583/ |
Citation | 2D Materials, 2015, v. 2 n. 3, p. 034004: 1-034004: 8 How to Cite? |
Abstract | Interest in two-dimensional (2D) transition-metal dichalcogenides (TMDs) has prompted some recent efforts to grow ultrathin layers of these materials epitaxially using molecular-beam epitaxy (MBE). However, growths of monolayer (ML) and bilayer (BL) WSe2—an important member of the TMD family—by the MBE method remain uncharted, probably because of the difficulty in generating tungsten fluxes from the elemental source. In this work, we present a scanning tunneling microscopy and spectroscopy (STM/S) study of MBE-grown WSe2 ML and BL, showing atomically flat epifilm with no domain boundary (DB) defect. This contrasts epitaxial MoSe2 films grown by the same method, where a dense network of the DB defects is present. The STS measurements of ML and BL WSe2 domains of the same sample reveal not only the bandgap narrowing upon increasing the film thickness from ML to BL, but also a band-bending effect across the boundary (step) between ML and BL domains. This band-bending appears to be dictated by the edge states at steps of the BL islands. Finally, comparison is made between the STS-measured electronic bandgaps with the exciton emission energies measured by photoluminescence, and the exciton binding energies in ML and BL WSe2 (and MoSe2) are thus estimated. |
Persistent Identifier | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/214486 |
ISSN | 2023 Impact Factor: 4.5 2023 SCImago Journal Rankings: 1.483 |
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DC Field | Value | Language |
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dc.contributor.author | Liu, H | - |
dc.contributor.author | Jiao, L | - |
dc.contributor.author | Xie, L | - |
dc.contributor.author | Yang, F | - |
dc.contributor.author | Chen, J | - |
dc.contributor.author | Ho, WK | - |
dc.contributor.author | Gao, CL | - |
dc.contributor.author | Jia, JF | - |
dc.contributor.author | Cui, X | - |
dc.contributor.author | Xie, MH | - |
dc.date.accessioned | 2015-08-21T11:30:15Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2015-08-21T11:30:15Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2015 | - |
dc.identifier.citation | 2D Materials, 2015, v. 2 n. 3, p. 034004: 1-034004: 8 | - |
dc.identifier.issn | 2053-1583 | - |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/214486 | - |
dc.description.abstract | Interest in two-dimensional (2D) transition-metal dichalcogenides (TMDs) has prompted some recent efforts to grow ultrathin layers of these materials epitaxially using molecular-beam epitaxy (MBE). However, growths of monolayer (ML) and bilayer (BL) WSe2—an important member of the TMD family—by the MBE method remain uncharted, probably because of the difficulty in generating tungsten fluxes from the elemental source. In this work, we present a scanning tunneling microscopy and spectroscopy (STM/S) study of MBE-grown WSe2 ML and BL, showing atomically flat epifilm with no domain boundary (DB) defect. This contrasts epitaxial MoSe2 films grown by the same method, where a dense network of the DB defects is present. The STS measurements of ML and BL WSe2 domains of the same sample reveal not only the bandgap narrowing upon increasing the film thickness from ML to BL, but also a band-bending effect across the boundary (step) between ML and BL domains. This band-bending appears to be dictated by the edge states at steps of the BL islands. Finally, comparison is made between the STS-measured electronic bandgaps with the exciton emission energies measured by photoluminescence, and the exciton binding energies in ML and BL WSe2 (and MoSe2) are thus estimated. | - |
dc.language | eng | - |
dc.publisher | Institute of Physics Publishing Ltd. The Journal's web site is located at http://iopscience.iop.org/2053-1583/ | - |
dc.relation.ispartof | 2D Materials | - |
dc.rights | 2D Materials. Copyright © Institute of Physics Publishing Ltd. | - |
dc.rights | This is an author-created, un-copyedited version of an article published in [insert name of journal]. IOP Publishing Ltd is not responsible for any errors or omissions in this version of the manuscript or any version derived from it. The Version of Record is available online at http://dx.doi.org/[insert DOI]. | - |
dc.subject | 2D crystal | - |
dc.subject | Exciton | - |
dc.subject | MBE,STM/S | - |
dc.subject | Photoluminescence | - |
dc.subject | WSe2 | - |
dc.title | Molecular-beam epitaxy of monolayer and bilayer WSe2: a scanning tunneling microscopy/spectroscopy study and deduction of exciton binding energy | - |
dc.type | Article | - |
dc.identifier.email | Liu, H: liuhenry@hku.hk | - |
dc.identifier.email | Ho, WK: howk@hku.hk | - |
dc.identifier.email | Cui, X: xdcui@hku.hk | - |
dc.identifier.email | Xie, MH: mhxie@hku.hk | - |
dc.identifier.authority | Cui, X=rp00689 | - |
dc.identifier.authority | Xie, MH=rp00818 | - |
dc.description.nature | postprint | - |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1088/2053-1583/2/3/034004 | - |
dc.identifier.scopus | eid_2-s2.0-84934980967 | - |
dc.identifier.hkuros | 248611 | - |
dc.identifier.volume | 2 | - |
dc.identifier.issue | 3 | - |
dc.identifier.spage | 034004: 1 | - |
dc.identifier.epage | 034004: 8 | - |
dc.identifier.isi | WOS:000367748600017 | - |
dc.publisher.place | United Kingdom | - |
dc.identifier.issnl | 2053-1583 | - |