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Broadband infrared study of pressure-tunable Fano resonance and metallization transition in 2H-[Formula: see text].


ABSTRACT: High pressure is a proven effective tool for modulating inter-layer interactions in semiconducting transition metal dichalcogenides, which leads to significant band structure changes. Here, we present an extended infrared study of the pressure-induced semiconductor-to-metal transition in 2H-[Formula: see text], which reveals that the metallization process at 13-15 GPa is not associated with the indirect band-gap closure, occurring at 24 GPa. A coherent picture is drawn where n-type doping levels just below the conduction band minimum play a crucial role in the early metallization transition. Doping levels are also responsible for the asymmetric Fano line-shape of the [Formula: see text] infrared-active mode, which has been here detected and analyzed for the first time in a transition metal dichalcogenide compound. The pressure evolution of the phonon profile under pressure shows a symmetrization in the 13-15 GPa pressure range, which occurs simultaneously with the metallization and confirms the scenario proposed for the high pressure behaviour of 2H-[Formula: see text].

SUBMITTER: Stellino E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9569381 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Broadband infrared study of pressure-tunable Fano resonance and metallization transition in 2H-[Formula: see text].

Stellino E E   Capitani F F   Ripanti F F   Verseils M M   Petrillo C C   Dore P P   Postorino P P  

Scientific reports 20221015 1


High pressure is a proven effective tool for modulating inter-layer interactions in semiconducting transition metal dichalcogenides, which leads to significant band structure changes. Here, we present an extended infrared study of the pressure-induced semiconductor-to-metal transition in 2H-[Formula: see text], which reveals that the metallization process at 13-15 GPa is not associated with the indirect band-gap closure, occurring at 24 GPa. A coherent picture is drawn where n-type doping levels  ...[more]

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