AUTHOR=Krause Razvan , Chávez-Cervantes Mariana , Aeschlimann Sven , Forti Stiven , Fabbri Filippo , Rossi Antonio , Coletti Camilla , Cacho Cephise , Zhang Yu , Majchrzak Paulina Ewa , Chapman Richard T. , Springate Emma , Gierz Isabella 

TITLE=Ultrafast Charge Separation in Bilayer WS2/Graphene Heterostructure Revealed by Time- and Angle-Resolved Photoemission Spectroscopy

JOURNAL=Frontiers in Physics

VOLUME=9

YEAR=2021

URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/physics/articles/10.3389/fphy.2021.668149

DOI=10.3389/fphy.2021.668149

ISSN=2296-424X

ABSTRACT=<p>Efficient light harvesting devices need to combine strong absorption in the visible spectral range with efficient ultrafast charge separation. These features commonly occur in novel ultimately thin van der Waals heterostructures with type II band alignment. Recently, ultrafast charge separation was also observed in monolayer WS<sub>2</sub>/graphene heterostructures with type I band alignment. Here we use time- and angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy to show that ultrafast charge separation also occurs at the interface between bilayer WS<sub>2</sub> and graphene indicating that the indirect band gap of bilayer WS<sub>2</sub> does not affect the charge transfer to the graphene layer. The microscopic insights gained in the present study will turn out to be useful for the design of novel optoelectronic devices.</p>