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Nature of Excitons in Bidimensional WSe(2) by Hybrid Density Functional Theory Calculations
2D tungsten diselenide (2D-WSe(2)) is one of the most successful bidimensional materials for optoelectronic and photonic applications, thanks to its strong photoluminescence properties and to a characteristic large exciton binding energy. Although these optical properties are widely recognized by th...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6070823/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29966319 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/nano8070481 |
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author | Liu, Hongsheng Lazzaroni, Paolo Di Valentin, Cristiana |
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description | 2D tungsten diselenide (2D-WSe(2)) is one of the most successful bidimensional materials for optoelectronic and photonic applications, thanks to its strong photoluminescence properties and to a characteristic large exciton binding energy. Although these optical properties are widely recognized by the scientific community, there is no general understanding of the atomistic details of the excitonic species giving rise to them. In this work, we present a density functional theory investigation of excitons in 2D-WSe(2), where we compare results obtained by standard generalized gradient approximation (GGA) methods (including spin-orbit coupling) with those by hybrid density functionals. Our study provides information on the size of the self-trapped exciton, the number and type of atoms involved, the structural reorganization, the self-trapping energy, and the photoluminescence energy, whose computed value is in good agreement with experimental measurements in the literature. Moreover, based on the comparative analysis of the self-trapping energy for the exciton with that for isolated charge carriers (unbound electrons and holes), we also suggest a simplified approach for the theoretical estimation of the excitonic binding energy, which can be compared with previous estimates from different approaches or from experimental data. |
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spelling | pubmed-60708232018-08-09 Nature of Excitons in Bidimensional WSe(2) by Hybrid Density Functional Theory Calculations Liu, Hongsheng Lazzaroni, Paolo Di Valentin, Cristiana Nanomaterials (Basel) Article 2D tungsten diselenide (2D-WSe(2)) is one of the most successful bidimensional materials for optoelectronic and photonic applications, thanks to its strong photoluminescence properties and to a characteristic large exciton binding energy. Although these optical properties are widely recognized by the scientific community, there is no general understanding of the atomistic details of the excitonic species giving rise to them. In this work, we present a density functional theory investigation of excitons in 2D-WSe(2), where we compare results obtained by standard generalized gradient approximation (GGA) methods (including spin-orbit coupling) with those by hybrid density functionals. Our study provides information on the size of the self-trapped exciton, the number and type of atoms involved, the structural reorganization, the self-trapping energy, and the photoluminescence energy, whose computed value is in good agreement with experimental measurements in the literature. Moreover, based on the comparative analysis of the self-trapping energy for the exciton with that for isolated charge carriers (unbound electrons and holes), we also suggest a simplified approach for the theoretical estimation of the excitonic binding energy, which can be compared with previous estimates from different approaches or from experimental data. MDPI 2018-06-29 /pmc/articles/PMC6070823/ /pubmed/29966319 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/nano8070481 Text en © 2018 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Liu, Hongsheng Lazzaroni, Paolo Di Valentin, Cristiana Nature of Excitons in Bidimensional WSe(2) by Hybrid Density Functional Theory Calculations |
title | Nature of Excitons in Bidimensional WSe(2) by Hybrid Density Functional Theory Calculations |
title_full | Nature of Excitons in Bidimensional WSe(2) by Hybrid Density Functional Theory Calculations |
title_fullStr | Nature of Excitons in Bidimensional WSe(2) by Hybrid Density Functional Theory Calculations |
title_full_unstemmed | Nature of Excitons in Bidimensional WSe(2) by Hybrid Density Functional Theory Calculations |
title_short | Nature of Excitons in Bidimensional WSe(2) by Hybrid Density Functional Theory Calculations |
title_sort | nature of excitons in bidimensional wse(2) by hybrid density functional theory calculations |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6070823/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29966319 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/nano8070481 |
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