Fast interlayer energy transfer from the lower bandgap MoS2 to the higher bandgap WS2
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Abstract Energy transfer (ET) is a dipole-dipole interaction, mediated by the virtual photon. Traditionally, ET happens from the higher (donor) to lower bandgap (acceptor) material. However, in some rare instances, ET can happen from the lower-to-higher bandgap material, depending on the strong overlap between the acceptor photoluminescence (PL) and the donor absorption spectra. In this work, we report an ET process from the lower bandgap MoS 2 to the higher bandgap WS 2 , due to a near ‘resonant’ overlap between the MoS 2 B and WS 2 A excitonic levels. Changing the MoS 2 bandgap from direct-to-indirect by increasing the layer number results in a reduced ET rate, evidenced by the quenching of the WS 2 PL emission. Our work shows at 300 K, the ET timescale of ~33 fs is faster than the reported thermalization of the MoS 2 excitonic intervalley scattering (K ↔ K’) time and competing with the ultrafast charge transfer timescale. Thus, allowing us to open a new direction in understanding the competing inter/intralayer processes.
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OpenAlex topics: 2D Materials and Applications · Strong Light-Matter Interactions · Heusler alloys: electronic and magnetic properties
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