Atomically thin p-n junctions with van der Waals heterointerfaces

Nature Nanotechnology

Volumn 9, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 676-681

  Lee, Chul Ho ^a,b   Lee, Gwan Hyoung ^c   Van Der Zande, Arend M ^a   Chen, Wenchao ^d   Li, Yilei ^a   Han, Minyong ^e   Cui, Xu ^e   Arefe, Ghidewon ^e   Nuckolls, Colin ^a   Heinz, Tony F ^a,e   Guo, Jing ^d   Hone, James ^e   Kim, Philip ^a  

^a Howard Hughes Medical Institute   (United States)

^b Korea University   (South Korea)

^c Yonsei University   (South Korea)

^d University of Florida   (United States)

^e Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC RECTIFIERS; HETEROJUNCTIONS; OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES; TRANSITION METALS;

CURRENT RECTIFICATIONS; NANOSCALE ELECTRONICS; OPTO-ELECTRONIC PROCESS; OPTOELECTRONIC PROPERTIES; PHOTOEXCITED CARRIERS; PHOTOVOLTAIC RESPONSE; TRANSITION METAL DICHALCOGENIDES; TRANSPORT CHARACTERISTICS;

VAN DER WAALS FORCES;

GRAPHENE; TRANSITION ELEMENT;

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; DISSOCIATION; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTRODE; ELECTRON; ENERGY TRANSFER; ILLUMINATION; LIGHT; LIGHT ABSORPTION; LUMINESCENCE; P N JUNCTION; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; PHYSICAL PHENOMENA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMICONDUCTOR; SHORT CIRCUIT CURRENT; THICKNESS; VAN DER WAALS HETEROINTERFACE; WHITE LIGHT;

EID: 84926231397     PISSN: 17483387     EISSN: 17483395     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nnano.2014.150     Document Type: Article

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