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DS: Fachverband Dünne Schichten
DS 3: 2D semiconductors and van der Waals heterostructures I (joint session HL/DS)
DS 3.9: Talk
Monday, September 27, 2021, 16:00–16:15, H4
Microscopic Theory of Exciton-Exciton Annihilation in Two-Dimensional Semiconductors — •Alexander Steinhoff, Matthias Florian, and Frank Jahnke — Institute for Theoretical Physics, University of Bremen, Bremen, Germany
Auger-like exciton-exciton annihilation (EEA) is considered the key fundamental limitation to quantum yield in devices based on excitons in two-dimensional (2d) materials. Since it is challenging to experimentally disentangle EEA from competing processes, guidance of a quantitative theory is highly desirable. The very nature of EEA requires a material-realistic description that is not available to date.
We present a many-body theory of EEA based on first-principle band structures and Coulomb interaction matrix elements that goes beyond an effective bosonic picture. Applying our theory to monolayer MoS2 encapsulated in hexagonal BN, we obtain an EEA coefficient in the order of 10−3 cm2s−1 at room temperature, suggesting that carrier losses are often dominated by other processes, such as defect-assisted scattering.
Our studies open a perspective to quantify the efficiency of intrinsic EEA processes in various 2d materials in the focus of modern materials research.