Vacuum ultraviolet excitation luminescence spectroscopy of few-layered MoS2. (9th December 2015)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Pankratov, V; Hoszowska, J; Dousse, J-Cl; Huttula, M; Kis, A; Krasnozhon, D; Zhang, M; Cao, W
• Is Part Of: Journal of physics. Volume 28:Number 1(2016)
• Publication Date: 2015-12-09
• Subjects: low dimensional MoS2 -- excitation spectrum -- first-principles calculations -- photoluminescence; Condensed matter -- Periodicals; Matière condensée -- Périodiques; Vaste stoffen; Vloeistoffen; Natuurkunde; Electronic journals; Computer network resources; 530.4105
• DOI: 10.1088/0953-8984/28/1/015301
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0953-8984

Abstract

Abstract: We report on vacuum ultraviolet (VUV) excited photoluminescence (PL) spectra emitted from a chemical vapor deposited MoS2 few-layered film. The excitation spectrum was recorded by monitoring intensities of PL spectra at ~1.9 eV. A strong wide excitation band peaking at 7 eV was found in the excitation. The PL excitation band is most intensive at liquid helium temperature and completely quenched at 100 K. Through first-principles calculations of photoabsorption in MoS2, the excitation was explicated and attributed to transitions of electrons from p- and d- type states in the valence band to the d- and p-type states in the conduction band. The obtained photon-in/photon-out results clarify the excitation and emission behavior of the low dimensional MoS2 when interacting with the VUV light sources.