Essential role of momentum-forbidden dark excitons in the energy transfer responses of monolayer transition-metal dichalcogenides

Autor: Jhen-Dong Lin, Ping-Yuan Lo, Guan-Hao Peng, Wei-Hua Li, Shiang-Yu Huang, Guang-Yin Chen, Shun-Jen Cheng
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2023
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Zdroj: npj 2D Materials and Applications, Vol 7, Iss 1, Pp 1-11 (2023)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2397-7132
DOI: 10.1038/s41699-023-00414-z
Popis: Abstract We present a theoretical investigation of exciton-mediated Förster resonant energy transfers (FRET’s) from photoexcited quantum dots (QD’s) to transition-metal dichalcogenide monolayers (TMD-ML’s), implemented by the quantum theory of FRET on the base of first-principles-calculated exciton fine structures. With the enhanced electron-hole Coulomb interactions, atomically thin TMD-MLs are shown to serve as an exceptional platform for FRET that are mediated purely by excitons and take full advantage of the superior excitonic properties. Remarkably, the energy-transfer responses of atomically thin TMD-ML’s are shown to be dictated by the momentum-forbidden dark excitons rather than the commonly recognized bright ones. Specifically, the longitudinal dark exciton states following the exchange-driven light-like linear band dispersion play a key role in grading up the efficiency and robustness of FRET of TMD-ML against the inhomogeneity of QD-donor ensembles. With the essential involvement of dark excitons, the FRET responses of TMD-ML’s no longer follow the distance power law as classically predicted and, notably, cannot manifest the dimensionality of the donor-acceptor system.
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