Tunable photoluminescence of monolayer MoS₂ via chemical doping

Nano Lett. 2013;13(12):5944-8. doi: 10.1021/nl403036h. Epub 2013 Nov 18.

Abstract

We demonstrate the tunability of the photoluminescence (PL) properties of monolayer (1L)-MoS2 via chemical doping. The PL intensity of 1L-MoS2 was drastically enhanced by the adsorption of p-type dopants with high electron affinity but reduced by the adsorption of n-type dopants. This PL modulation results from switching between exciton PL and trion PL depending on carrier density in 1L-MoS2. Achievement of the extraction and injection of carriers in 1L-MoS2 by this solution-based chemical doping method enables convenient control of optical and electrical properties of atomically thin MoS2.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Disulfides / chemistry*
  • Luminescence
  • Molybdenum / chemistry*
  • Nanostructures / chemistry*
  • Optics and Photonics
  • Particle Size

Substances

  • Disulfides
  • Molybdenum