Optical signatures of Förster-induced energy transfer in organic/TMD heterostructures

Hybrid van der Waals heterostructures of organic semiconductors and transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDs) are promising candidates for various optoelectronic devices, such as solar cells and biosensors. Energy-transfer processes in these materials are crucial for the efficiency of such devices, ye...

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Autoren: Thompson, Joshua J. P., Gerhard, Marina, Witte, Gregor, Malic, Ermin
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Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: Philipps-Universität Marburg 2023
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Zusammenfassung:Hybrid van der Waals heterostructures of organic semiconductors and transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDs) are promising candidates for various optoelectronic devices, such as solar cells and biosensors. Energy-transfer processes in these materials are crucial for the efficiency of such devices, yet they are poorly understood. In this work, we develop a fully microscopic theory describing the effect of the Förster interaction on exciton dynamics and optics in a WSe2/tetracene heterostack. We demonstrate that the differential absorption and time-resolved photoluminescence can be used to track the real-time evolution of excitons. We predict a strongly unidirectional energy transfer from the organic to the TMD layer. Furthermore, we explore the role temperature has in activating the Förster transfer and find a good agreement to previous experiments. Our results provide a blueprint to tune the light-harvesting efficiency through temperature, molecular orientation and interlayer separation in TMD/organic heterostructures.
Beschreibung:Gefördert durch den Open-Access-Publikationsfonds der UB Marburg.
DOI:10.1038/s41699-023-00430-z