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Interlayer Transition and Infrared Photodetection in Atomically Thin Type-II MoTe₂/MoS₂ van der Waals
Kenan Zhang1, Tianning Zhang1, Guanghui Cheng2
1National Laboratory for Infrared Physics, Shanghai Institute of Technical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences , Shanghai 200083, China.
Abstract:
We demonstrate the type-II staggered band alignment in MoTe2/MoS2 van der Waals (vdW) heterostructures and an interlayer optical transition at ∼1.55 μm. The photoinduced charge separation between the MoTe2/MoS2 vdW heterostructure is verified by Kelvin probe force microscopy (KPFM) under illumination, density function theory (DFT) simulations and photoluminescence (PL) spectroscopy. Photoelectrical measurements of MoTe2/MoS2 vdW heterostructures show a distinct photocurrent response in the infrared regime (1550 nm). The creation of type-II vdW heterostructures with strong interlayer coupling could improve our fundamental understanding of the essential physics behind vdW heterostructures and help the design of next-generation infrared optoelectronics.
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