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Epitaxial Growth and Determination of Band Alignment of Bi2Te3–WSe2 Vertical van der Waals Heterojunctions
Physical Science and Engineering Division, King Abdullah University of Science & Technology (KAUST), Thuwal 23955-6900, Saudi Arabia.
Physical Science and Engineering Division, King Abdullah University of Science & Technology (KAUST), Thuwal 23955-6900, Saudi Arabia Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, United States.
Luleå University of Technology, Department of Engineering Sciences and Mathematics, Material Science.ORCID iD: 0000-0003-4409-0100
Physical Science and Engineering Division, King Abdullah University of Science & Technology (KAUST), Thuwal 23955-6900, Saudi Arabia Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, United States.
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2020 (English)In: ACS Materials Letters, E-ISSN 2639-4979, Vol. 2, no 10, p. 1351-1359Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

Artificial heterojunctions formed by vertical stacking of dissimilar two-dimensional (2D) transition metal dichalcogenide (TMD) monolayer materials in a chosen sequence hold tantalizing prospects for futuristic atomically thin circuits. The emergence of 2D topological insulators (TI), including Bi2Te3, Bi2Se3, and Sb2Te3, represents a new class of 2D building blocks and can complement the existing artificial heterojunctions as a result of their intriguing surface states protected by the time-reversal symmetry. However, the determination of band alignments of such 2D TI/TMD vertical heterojunctions, the key parameter for designing HJ-based electronic/photonic devices, which lies in the development of epitaxy growth, remains in its infancy. Here, we demonstrate the epitaxy growth of 2D TI/TMD vertical heterojunctions comprised of Bi2Te3/WSe2 with atomically clean interfaces that are spectroscopically accessible, and theoretically tractable. Cross-sectional scanning transmission electron microscopy (STEM) images and the presence of interlayer-coupled characteristics from Raman spectroscopy collectively confirm the neat stacking of Bi2Te3/WSe2 with the absence of unwanted containments. Microbeam X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (ΌXPS) measurement coupled with the density functional theory (DFT) calculations and electrical characteristics of field effect transistors quantitatively reveals the type-II alignment of vertically stacked of quintuple layers (QL) Bi2Te3/WSe2. Meanwhile, the type-III band emerges when transitioning to multi-quintuple layer (MQL) Bi2Te3/WSe2. The finding here provides a well-defined example of the epitaxy growth paradigm, the interlayer coupling-electronic properties relationship, for these emerging 2D TI/TMDs vertical heterojunctions. © 2020 American Chemical Society.

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American Chemical Society (ACS), 2020. Vol. 2, no 10, p. 1351-1359
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Alignment, Density functional theory, Electric field effects, Electronic properties, Field effect transistors, Heterojunctions, High resolution transmission electron microscopy, Scanning electron microscopy, Transition metals, Van der Waals forces, X ray photoelectron spectroscopy, Cross-sectional scanning, Electrical characteristic, Electronic/photonic devices, Interlayer coupling, Time reversal symmetries, Transition metal dichalcogenides, Two Dimensional (2 D), Vertical stacking, Bismuth compounds
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URN: urn:nbn:se:ltu:diva-81359DOI: 10.1021/acsmaterialslett.0c00254ISI: 000580377900009Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85094927800OAI: oai:DiVA.org:ltu-81359DiVA, id: diva2:1499767
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Available from: 2020-11-10 Created: 2020-11-10 Last updated: 2023-09-05Bibliographically approved

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