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Potential modulations in flatland: near-infrared sensitization of MoS₂ phototransistors by a solvatochromic dye directly tethered to sulfur vacancies.

ABSTRACT: Near-infrared sensitization of monolayer MoS₂ is here achieved via the covalent attachment of a novel heteroleptic nickel bis-dithiolene complex into sulfur vacancies in the MoS₂ structure. Photocurrent action spectroscopy of the sensitized films reveals a discreet contribution from the sensitizer dye centred around 1300 nm (0.95 eV), well below the bandgap of MoS₂ (2.1 eV), corresponding to the excitation of the monoanionic dithiolene complex. A mechanism of conductivity enhancement is proposed based on a photo-induced flattening of the corrugated energy landscape present at sulfur vacancy defect sites within the MoS₂ due to a dipole change within the dye molecule upon photoexcitation. This method of sensitization might be readily extended to other functional molecules that can impart a change to the dielectric environment at the MoS₂ surface under stimulation, thereby extending the breadth of detector applications for MoS₂ and other transition metal dichalcogenides.

SUBMITTER: Dalgleish S

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