Designable exciton mixing through layer alignment in WS-graphene heterostructures
arXiv:2401.17928 · doi:10.1038/s41699-024-00484-7
Abstract
Optical properties of heterostructures composed of layered 2D materials, such as transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDs) and graphene, are broadly explored. Of particular interest are light-induced energy transfer mechanisms in these materials and their structural roots. Here, we use state-of-the-art first-principles calculations to study the excitonic composition and the absorption properties of WS-graphene heterostructures as a function of interlayer alignment and the local strain resulting from it. We find that Brillouin zone mismatch and the associated energy level alignment between the graphene Dirac cone and the TMD bands dictate an interplay between interlayer and intralayer excitons, mixing together in the many-body representation upon the strain-induced symmetry breaking in the interacting layers. Examining the representative cases of the 0 and 30 interlayer twist angles, we find that this exciton mixing strongly varies as a function of the relative alignment. We quantify the effect of these structural modifications on exciton charge separation between the layers and the associated graphene-induced homogeneous broadening of the absorption resonances. Our findings provide guidelines for controllable optical excitations upon interface design and shed light on the importance of many-body effects in the understanding of optical phenomena in complex heterostructures.
arXiv comment8 pages, 4 figures
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