• 文献标题:   Beyond van der Waals Interaction: The Case of MoSe2 Epitaxially Grown on Few-Layer Graphene
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   DAU MT, GAY M, DI FELICE D, VERGNAUD C, MARTY A, BEIGNE C, RENAUD G, RENAULT O, MALLET P, QUANG TL, VEUILLEN JY, HUDER L, RENARD VT, CHAPELIER C, ZAMBORLINI G, JUGOVAC M, FEYER V, DAPPE YJ, POCHET P, JAMET M
  • 作者关键词:   van der waals interaction, bandgap opening, heterojunction, fewlayer graphene, mose2, commensurability, charge transfer
  • 出版物名称:   ACS NANO
  • ISSN:   1936-0851 EI 1936-086X
  • 通讯作者地址:   Univ Grenoble Alpes
  • 被引频次:   6
  • DOI:   10.1021/acsnano.7b07446
  • 出版年:   2018

▎ 摘  要

Van der Waals heterojunctions composed of graphene and transition metal dichalcogenides have gain much attention because of the possibility to control and tailor band structure, promising applications in two-dimensional optoelectronics and electronics. In this report, we characterized the van der Waals heterojunction MoSe2/few-layer graphene with a high-quality interface using cutting-edge surface techniques scaling from atomic to microscopic range. These surface analyses gave us a complete picture of the atomic structure and electronic properties of the heterojunction. In particular, we found two important results: the commensurability between the MoSe2 and few-layer graphene lattices and a band-gap opening in the few-layer graphene. The band gap is as large as 250 meV, and we ascribed it to an interface charge transfer that results in an electronic depletion in the few-layer graphene. This conclusion is well supported by electron spectroscopy data and density functional theory calculations. The commensurability between the MoSe2 and graphene lattices as well as the band-gap opening clearly show that the interlayer interaction goes beyond the simple van der Waals interaction. Hence, stacking two-dimensional materials in van der Waals heterojunctions enables us to tailor the atomic and electronic properties of individual layers. It also permits the introduction of a band gap in few-layer graphene by interface charge transfer.