Electrical manipulation of intervalley trions in twisted MoSe$_2$ homobilayers at room temperature

TL;DR

This study demonstrates electrical control of excitonic complexes, including intervalley hybrid trions, in twisted MoSe₂ bilayers at room temperature, with twist-angle dependence and potential for optoelectronic device engineering.

Contribution

It provides the first experimental evidence of electrical manipulation of intervalley trions in twisted MoSe₂ homobilayers at room temperature, highlighting twist-angle effects and theoretical insights.

Findings

Gate-dependent energy tunability of excitonic complexes.

Twist-angle influences valley properties and trion formation.

Electrical control enables potential optoelectronic applications.

Abstract

The impressive physics and applications of intra- and interlayer excitons in a transition metal dichalcogenide twisted-bilayer make these systems compelling platforms for exploring the manipulation of their optoelectronic properties through electrical fields. This work studies the electrical control of excitonic complexes in twisted MoSe$_2$ homobilayer devices at room temperature. Gate-dependent micro-photoluminescence spectroscopy reveals an energy tunability of several meVs originating from the emission of excitonic complexes. Furthermore, our study investigates the twist-angle dependence of valley properties by fabricating devices with stacking angles of $\theta\sim1\degree$, $\theta\sim4\degree$ and $\theta\sim18\degree$. Strengthened by density functional theory calculations, the results suggest that, depending on the twist angle, the conduction band minima and hybridized states at the \textbf{Q}-point promote the formation of intervalley hybrid trions involving the \textbf{Q}-and \textbf{K}-points in the conduction band and the \textbf{K}-point in the valence band. By revealing the gate control of exciton species in twisted homobilayers, our findings open new avenues for engineering multifunctional optoelectronic devices based on ultrathin semiconducting systems.