Shallowing interfacial carrier trap in transition metal dichalcogenide heterostructures with interlayer hybridization

• 作者: Xu Wu Jingsi Qiao Liwei Liu Yan Shao Zhongliu Liu Linfei Li Zhili Zhu Cong Wang Zhixin Hu Wei Ji Yeliang Wang Hongjun Gao
• 来源期刊: 纳米研究（英文版）
• 年，卷（期）: 2021,（5）
• 所属期刊栏目: Research Articles
• 页码范围: 1390-1396
• 页数: 7页
• 语种: 英文

摘要

With the unique properties,layered transition metal dichalcogenide (TMD) and its heterostructures exhibit great potential for applications in electronics.The electrical performance,e.g.,contact barrier and resistance to electrodes,of TMD heterostructure devices can be significantly tailored by employing the functional layers,called interlayer engineering.At the interface between different TMD layers,the dangling-bond states normally exist and act as traps against charge carrier flow.In this study,we propose a technique to suppress such carrier trap that uses enhanced interlayer hybridization to saturate dangling-bond states,as demonstrated in a strongly interlayer-coupled monolayer-bilayer PtSe2 heterostructure.The hybridization between the unsaturated states and the interlayer electronic states of PtSe2 significantly reduces the depth of carrier traps at the interface,as corroborated by our scanning tunnelling spectroscopic measurements and density functional theory calculations.The suppressed interracial trap demonstrates that interlayer saturation may offer an efficient way to relay the charge flow at the interface of TMD heterostructures.Thus,this technique provides an effective way for optimizing the interface contact,the crucial issue exists in two-dimensional electronic community.