Carrier-type modulation is demonstrated in 2D transition metal dichalcogenides as n-type monolayer MoSe2 is converted to nondegenerate p-type monolayer Mo1-x Wx Se2 through isoelectronic doping. Although the alloys are mesoscopically uniform, the p-type conduction in monolayer Mo1-x Wx Se2 appears to originate from the upshift of the valenceband maximum toward the Fermi level at highly localized "W-rich" regions in the lattice.
Keywords: Mo1-xWxSe2; alloys; carrier type modulation; isoelectronic; p−n homojunctions.
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