Pyroelectric doping reversal of MoS₂ p-n junctions on ferroelectric domain walls probed by photoluminescence

The possibility of modulating the electronic doping in monolayer MoS₂ using the pyroelectric effect of periodically poled LiNbO₃ (LN) substrates is demonstrated. Spatially resolved photoluminescence reveals that pyroelectric charges induced by temperature changes tune the carrier density in MoS₂ wit...

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Autores: Fernández Martínez, Javier, Ronquillo Tutiven, Joan Javier, Lopez-Polin Peña, Guillermo, Van Der Meulen, Herko Piet, Ramírez Herrero, María de la O, Bausa López, Luisa Eugenia
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2025
País:España
Institución:Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
Repositorio:Biblos-e Archivo. Repositorio Institucional de la UAM
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:repositorio.uam.es:10486/720657
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10486/720657
https://dx.doi.org/10.1002/adom.202500891
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:lithium niobate
monolayer MoS2
photoluminescence
pyroelectric effect
reversing doping of p-n junctions
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Sumario:The possibility of modulating the electronic doping in monolayer MoS₂ using the pyroelectric effect of periodically poled LiNbO₃ (LN) substrates is demonstrated. Spatially resolved photoluminescence reveals that pyroelectric charges induced by temperature changes tune the carrier density in MoS₂ without the need for external gating. The results show a variation of the order of 10 13 cm −2 in the electron density as the temperature decreases from 300 to 10 K, which is consistent with the change in the value of the spontaneous polarization (PS) of the LN substrate. Furthermore, upon cooling, pyroelectric charges effectively reverse the doping of monolayer MoS₂ in the proximity of ferroelectric domain walls (DWs), converting p-n junctions into n-p junctions. These findings highlight the potential of pyroelectric substrates for tunable and configurable charge engineering in transition metal dichalcogenides and suggest their applicability to other combinations of 2D materials and ferroelectric substrates. They also open avenues for alternative device architectures in nanoelectronic or nanophotonic devices including switches, or sensors