Unique excitonic effects in tungsten disulphide monolayers on two-layer graphene
arXiv:1804.10384 · doi:10.1021/acsnano.6b03518
Abstract
Light emission in atomically thin heterostructures is known to depend on the type of materials, number and stacking sequence of the constituent layers. Here we show that the thickness of a two-dimensional substrate can be crucial in modulating the light emission. We study the layer-dependent charge transfer in vertical heterostructures built from monolayer tungsten disulphide (WS2) on one- and two-layer epitaxial graphene, unravelling the effect that the interlayer electronic coupling has on the excitonic properties of such heterostructures. We bring evidence that the excitonic properties of WS2 can be effectively tuned by the number of supporting graphene layers. Integrating WS2 monolayers with two-layer graphene leads to a significant enhancement of the photoluminescence response, up to one order of magnitude higher compared to WS2 supported on one-layer graphene. Our findings highlight the importance of substrate engineering when constructing atomically thin layered heterostructures.
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