Local Enhancement of Exciton Emission of Monolayer MoS2 by Copper Phthalocyanine Nanoparticles

  • Ganesh Ghimire
  • , Subash Adhikari
  • , Seong Gi Jo
  • , Hyun Kim
  • , Jinbao Jiang
  • , Jinsoo Joo*
  • , Jeongyong Kim
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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    Abstract

    Monolayer transition-metal dichalcogenides (1L-TMDs) provide ideal platforms to study light emission using two-dimensionally confined excitons. Recent studies have shown that the exciton emissions of 1L-TMDs can be conveniently modulated by developing heterostructures with zero-dimensional nanoparticles (NPs) or quantum dots. In this study, we synthesized organic semiconducting copper phthalocyanine (CuPc) NPs with sizes in the range of 30-70 nm by a re-precipitation method and decorated the chemical vapor deposition-grown 1L-MoS2 with these NPs. This hybrid system exhibited a 6 times larger local photoluminescence (PL) at the positions of the CuPc NPs compared with the pristine 1L-MoS2 sample. The PL enhancement and spectral modification of the 1L-MoS2 decorated with CuPc NPs were attributed to the p-doping effect of the CuPc NPs, confirmed by spectral analysis and field-effect transistor measurements.

    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)6794-6800
    Number of pages7
    JournalJournal of Physical Chemistry C
    Volume122
    Issue number12
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2018 Mar 29

    Bibliographical note

    Funding Information:
    This study was supported by the IBS-R011-D1 project. J.J. acknowledges the support from the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) (no. 2015R1A2A2A01003805), grant funded by the Korean government.

    ASJC Scopus subject areas

    • Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
    • General Energy
    • Physical and Theoretical Chemistry
    • Surfaces, Coatings and Films

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