Issue 44, 2019

Photoexcitation of PbS nanosheets leads to highly mobile charge carriers and stable excitons

Abstract

Solution-processable two-dimensional (2D) semiconductors with chemically tunable thickness and associated tunable band gaps are highly promising materials for ultrathin optoelectronics. Here, the properties of free charge carriers and excitons in 2D PbS nanosheets of different thickness are investigated by means of optical pump-terahertz probe spectroscopy. By analyzing the frequency-dependent THz response, a large quantum yield of excitons is found. The scattering time of free charge carriers increases with nanosheet thickness, which is ascribed to reduced effects of surface defects and ligands in thicker nanosheets. The data discussed provide values for the DC mobility in the range 550–1000 cm2 V−1 s−1 for PbS nanosheets with thicknesses ranging from 4 to 16 nm. Results underpin the suitability of colloidal 2D PbS nanosheets for optoelectronic applications.

Graphical abstract: Photoexcitation of PbS nanosheets leads to highly mobile charge carriers and stable excitons

Supplementary files

Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
15 Sep 2019
Accepted
27 Oct 2019
First published
28 Oct 2019

Nanoscale, 2019,11, 21569-21576

Photoexcitation of PbS nanosheets leads to highly mobile charge carriers and stable excitons

J. Lauth, M. Failla, E. Klein, C. Klinke, S. Kinge and L. D. A. Siebbeles, Nanoscale, 2019, 11, 21569 DOI: 10.1039/C9NR07927K

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