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Hot electrons in metal nanostructures can be exploited in a wide range of optical functions, including photocatalysis, surface-enhanced Raman scattering, photodetectors and photovoltaics. Here, we report the sub-band-gap (Eg) photoresponse in Au-nanorod decorated van der Waals (vdW) semiconductor, MoS2 and WSe2, monolayers (MLs). We found that hot electrons, optically excited in Au nanorod (NR) arrays at sub-Eg radiations, can be injected into vdW ML semiconductors over Schottky barriers, producing substantial photocurrents in n-type MoS2 and p-type WSe2 ML photodetectors, as well as photovoltages in n-MoS2/p-WSe2 ML stack junctions. Moreover, by using spectrally and light-polarization resolved measurements, we showed that these sub-Eg excitations of hot electrons can be modulated by tuning the plasmon resonance to the shape-controlled AuNRs.
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This work was supported by the Institute for Basic Science (IBS), Korea, under Project Code: IBS-R014-A1 and by the POSTECH-Samsung Electronics Research Center.
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Kim, J., Jin, G., Park, M.Y. et al. Sub-Band-Gap Photoresponse Caused by Hot Electron Injections in Au Nanorod Decorated van der Waals Semiconductor Monolayers. J. Korean Phys. Soc. 77, 127–132 (2020). https://doi.org/10.3938/jkps.77.127
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