Issue 29, 2018

Probing the nanoscale light emission properties of a CVD-grown MoS2 monolayer by tip-enhanced photoluminescence

Abstract

Two-dimensional transition metal dichalcogenides are gaining increasing interest due to their promising optical properties. In particular, molybdenum disulfide (MoS2) which displays a band-gap change from indirect at 1.29 eV for bulk materials to direct at 1.8 eV for the material monolayer. This particular effect can lead to a strong light interaction which can pave the way for a new approach to the next generation of visible light emitting devices. In this work we show the nanoscale variation of light emission properties by tip-enhanced photoluminescence microscopy and spectroscopy in the MoS2 monolayer, grown by chemical vapour deposition. The variations of the light emission properties are due to different effects depending on the shape of the MoS2 single layer, for instance, a different concentration of point defect in an irregularly shaped flake and the presence of a nanoscale terrace in a triangular monolayer. Simultaneously, atomic force microscopy reveals indeed the presence of a nanometric terrace, composed of an additional layer of MoS2, and tip-enhanced PL intensity imaging shows a localized intensity decrease.

Graphical abstract: Probing the nanoscale light emission properties of a CVD-grown MoS2 monolayer by tip-enhanced photoluminescence

Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
23 Mar 2018
Accepted
23 Jun 2018
First published
25 Jun 2018

Nanoscale, 2018,10, 14055-14059

Probing the nanoscale light emission properties of a CVD-grown MoS2 monolayer by tip-enhanced photoluminescence

Y. Okuno, O. Lancry, A. Tempez, C. Cairone, M. Bosi, F. Fabbri and M. Chaigneau, Nanoscale, 2018, 10, 14055 DOI: 10.1039/C8NR02421A

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