Robust edge photocurrent response on layered type II Weyl semimetal WTe2

oleh: Qinsheng Wang, Jingchuan Zheng, Yuan He, Jin Cao, Xin Liu, Maoyuan Wang, Junchao Ma, Jiawei Lai, Hong Lu, Shuang Jia, Dayu Yan, Youguo Shi, Junxi Duan, Junfeng Han, Wende Xiao, Jian-Hao Chen, Kai Sun, Yugui Yao, Dong Sun

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Diterbitkan: Nature Portfolio 2019-12-01

Deskripsi

Novel optoelectronic properties have recently been observed in topological semimetals. Here, Wang et al. report a robust photocurrent generated from charge separation of photoexcited electron-hole pairs at the edge of a type-II Weyl semimetal, T d-WTe2.