Charge Transfer Excitons at van der Waals Interfaces

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• 作者：Xiaoyang Zhu ; Nicholas R. Monahan ; Zizhou Gong ; Haiming Zhu ; Kristopher W. Williams ; Cory A. Nelson
• 刊名：Journal of the American Chemical Society
• 出版年：2015
• 出版时间：July 8, 2015
• 年：2015
• 卷：137
• 期：26
• 页码：8313-8320
• 全文大小：419K
• ISSN：1520-5126

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The van der Waals interfaces of molecular donor/acceptor or graphene-like two-dimensional (2D) semiconductors are central to concepts and emerging technologies of light-electricity interconversion. Examples include, among others, solar cells, photodetectors, and light emitting diodes. A salient feature in both types of van der Waals interfaces is the poorly screened Coulomb potential that can give rise to bound electron鈥揾ole pairs across the interface, i.e., charge transfer (CT) or interlayer excitons. Here we address common features of CT excitons at both types of interfaces. We emphasize the competition between localization and delocalization in ensuring efficient charge separation. At the molecular donor/acceptor interface, electronic delocalization in real space can dictate charge carrier separation. In contrast, at the 2D semiconductor heterojunction, delocalization in momentum space due to strong exciton binding may assist in parallel momentum conservation in CT exciton formation.