Isoelectronic Tungsten Doping in Monolayer MoSe<sub>2</sub> for Carrier Type Modulation.

Li, Xufan; Lin, Ming-Wei; Basile, Leonardo; Hus, Saban M; Puretzky, Alexander A; Lee, Jaekwang; Kuo, Yen-Chien; Chang, Lo-Yueh et al. · Adv Mater · 2016

basic_science · Level V

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Abstract

Carrier-type modulation is demonstrated in 2D transition metal dichalcogenides as n-type monolayer MoSe<sub>2</sub> is converted to nondegenerate p-type monolayer Mo<sub>1-</sub><sub>x</sub> W<sub>x</sub> Se<sub>2</sub> through isoelectronic doping. Although the alloys are mesoscopically uniform, the p-type conduction in monolayer Mo<sub>1-</sub><sub>x</sub> W<sub>x</sub> Se<sub>2</sub> appears to originate from the upshift of the valenceband maximum toward the Fermi level at highly localized "W-rich" regions in the lattice.