• 文献标题:   First principles calculations of the geometric structures and electronic properties of van der Waals heterostructure based on graphene, hexagonal boron nitride and molybdenum diselenide
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   PHAM KD, NGUYEN CV
  • 作者关键词:   graphenebased heterostructure, dft calculation, electronic propertie, schottky contact
  • 出版物名称:   DIAMOND RELATED MATERIALS
  • ISSN:   0925-9635 EI 1879-0062
  • 通讯作者地址:   Le Quy Don Tech Univ
  • 被引频次:   3
  • DOI:   10.1016/j.diamond.2018.07.010
  • 出版年:   2018

▎ 摘  要

In this work, by means of density functional theory, we systematically investigate the geometric structure and electronic properties of the vertical heterostructure by stacking graphene on top of single-layered hexagonal boron nitride and molybdenum diselenide (Gr/h-BN/MoSe2). Our results show that the interlayer coupling in the heterostructure is mainly governed by the weak van der Waals interactions. We find that in the heterostructure, a tiny band gap of 82 meV is opened around the Dirac K point of graphene due to sublattice symmetry breaking, and a minigap of 39 meV is opened between the pi band of graphene and the vertical orbitals of MoSe2 due to their hybridization. This band gap opening in graphene makes it suitable for application in novel high-performance nanoeclectronic devices. Furthermore, the Gr/h-BN/MoSe2 heterostructure with inserting insulated h-BN layer forms an n-type Schottky contact with a small Schottky barrier height of 0.1 eV. These findings could provide helpful information for designing novel nanoelectronic devices by stacking graphene on top of single layered h-BN and MoSe2.