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HL: Fachverband Halbleiterphysik
HL 12: HL Poster I
HL 12.13: Poster
Monday, April 1, 2019, 17:30–20:00, Poster E
Band Gap Determination and Induced Conductivity in Thin Films of ZrS3 — •Christopher Belke1, Sonja Locmelis2, Johannes C. Rode1, Hennrik Schmidt1, Bastian Hoppe2, Peter Behrens2, and Rolf J. Haug1 — 1Institut für Festkörperphysik, Leibniz Universität Hannover, 30167 Hannover, Germany — 2Institut für Anorganische Chemie, Leibniz Universität Hannover, 30167 Hannover, Germany
New varieties of two-dimensional crystals [1] are currently getting into focus of the material sciences. An example for such layered materials are Transition Metal Trichalcogenides. Here we study the compound ZrS3: Bulk crystals were synthesized by chemical gas transport; stoichiometry and structure were verified by powder X-ray diffractometry and energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDX) and it was analyzed by absorption measurements. The latter indicate an indirect bandgap of about 1.8 eV and a direct bandgap of 2.3 eV, which differ slightly from literature values [2, 3]. Thin flakes are exfoliated and contacted. Conductivity measurements are investigated in response to illumination with LEDs of different wavelengths. We observe a pronounced rise in conductivity between 2.1 eV and 2.4 eV which is in good agreement with the direct bandgap found in the absorptions measurements. Also with field effect measurements charge carriers could be induced in thin flakes.
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[2] M. Abdulsalam, D. Joubert, Eur. Phys. J. B. 88, 177 (2015).
[3] Y. Jin, X. Li, J. Yang, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 17, 18665 (2015).