• 文献标题:   Acoustic phonon recycling for photocarrier generation in graphene-WS2 heterostructures
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   WEI K, SUI YZ, XU ZJ, KANG Y, YOU J, TANG YX, LI H, MA YT, OUYANG H, ZHENG X, CHENG XG, JIANG T
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  • 出版物名称:   NATURE COMMUNICATIONS
  • ISSN:   2041-1723
  • 通讯作者地址:   Natl Univ Def Technol
  • 被引频次:   3
  • DOI:   10.1038/s41467-020-17728-x
  • 出版年:   2020

▎ 摘  要

Electron-phonon scattering is the key process limiting the efficiency of modern nanoelectronic and optoelectronic devices, in which most of the incident energy is converted to lattice heat and finally dissipates into the environment. Here, we report an acoustic phonon recycling process in graphene-WS2 heterostructures, which couples the heat generated in graphene back into the carrier distribution in WS2. This recycling process is experimentally recorded by spectrally resolved transient absorption microscopy under a wide range of pumping energies from 1.77 to 0.48eV and is also theoretically described using an interfacial thermal transport model. The acoustic phonon recycling process has a relatively slow characteristic time (>100ps), which is beneficial for carrier extraction and distinct from the commonly found ultrafast hot carrier transfer (similar to 1ps) in graphene-WS2 heterostructures. The combination of phonon recycling and carrier transfer makes graphene-based heterostructures highly attractive for broadband high-efficiency electronic and optoelectronic applications.