Metal-Semiconductor Phase-Transition in WSe<sub>2(1-</sub><sub>x</sub><sub>)</sub> Te<sub>2</sub><sub>x</sub> Monolayer.

Yu, Peng; Lin, Junhao; Sun, Linfeng; Le, Quang Luan; Yu, Xuechao; Gao, Guanhui; Hsu, Chuang-Han; Wu, Di et al. · Adv Mater · 2017

basic_science · Level V

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Abstract

A metal-semiconductor phase transition in a ternary transition metal dichalcogenide (TMD) monolayer is achieved by alloying Te into WSe<sub>2</sub> (WSe<sub>2(1-x)</sub> Te<sub>2x</sub> , where x = 0%-100%). The optical bandgaps of the WSe<sub>2(1-x)</sub> Te<sub>2x</sub> monolayer can be tuned from 1.67 to 1.44 eV (2H semiconductor) and drops to 0 eV (1Td metal), which opens up an exciting opportunity in functional electronic/optoelectronic devices.