Publication
Title
Tuning of exciton type by environmental screening
Author
Abstract
We theoretically investigate the binding energy and electron-hole (e-h) overlap of excitonic states confined at the interface between two-dimensional materials with type-II band alignment, i.e., with lowest conduction and highest valence band edges placed in different materials, arranged in a side-by-side planar heterostructure. We propose a variational procedure within the effective mass approximation to calculate the exciton ground state and apply our model to a monolayer MoS2/WS2 heterostructure. The role of nonabrupt interfaces between the materials is accounted for in our model by assuming a WxMo1-xS2 alloy around the interfacial region. Our results demonstrate that (i) interface-bound excitons are energetically favorable only for small interface thickness and/or for systems under high dielectric screening by the materials surrounding the monolayer, and that (ii) the interface exciton binding energy and its e-h overlap are controllable by the interface width and dielectric environment.
Language
English
Source (journal)
Physical review B / American Physical Society. - New York, N.Y, 2016, currens
Publication
New York, N.Y : American Physical Society , 2023
ISSN
2469-9969 [online]
2469-9950 [print]
DOI
10.1103/PHYSREVB.108.115303
Volume/pages
108 :11 (2023) , p. 1-8
Article Reference
115303
ISI
001077758300002
Medium
E-only publicatie
Full text (Publisher's DOI)
UAntwerpen
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Publications with a UAntwerp address
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Creation 30.10.2023
Last edited 01.07.2024
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