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Temperature-dependent Raman spectroscopy studies of 1–5-layer WSe2

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In this work, Raman measurements of 1–5-layer WSe2 supported on SiO2/Si in the temperature range of 133 to 533 K are reported. A physical model including both volume effect and temperature effect is used to quantitatively understand the nonlinear temperature dependence of \(\rm{E}_{2g}^1\) Raman mode. It is found this nonlinear dependence of Raman mode mainly originates from thermal expansion effect and three-phonon scattering. The former effect increases with an increase in number of layers, which is inverse for the latter effect. The temperature-dependent thermal expansion coefficients of 1–5-layer WSe2 are also obtained from Raman spectra. The full width at half maximum (FWHM) of \(\rm{E}_{2g}^1\) mode is also systematically studied both experimentally and theoretically in the temperature range of 133 to 413 K. It is found that the increase in FWHM of \(\rm{E}_{2g}^1\) mode originates from decaying of E12g phonon. This work will promote the understanding of anharmonic behaviors of phonons in WSe2 flakes with different thicknesses.

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This work was supported the National Key R&D Program of China (Nos. 2017YFF0108900, 2016YFF0203802, and 2017YFD080120203), the Dalian Youth Science and Technology Star Project (No. 2017RQ138), the project from Liaoning Education Department (No. JDL2019015), the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos. 51872058 and 21904029) and the Fundamental Research Funds for Central Universities (No. HIT. NSRIF. 2019071).

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  1. Department of Optoelectronic Science, Harbin Institute of Technology at Weihai, Weihai, 264209, China

    Zhonglin Li & Yingying Wang

  2. School of Marine Science and Technology, Harbin Institute of Technology at Weihai, Weihai, 264209, China

    Jie Jiang, Hong Zhang, Kai Yu & Guangfeng Kan

  3. School of Materials Science and Engineering, Dalian Jiaotong University, Dalian, 116028, China

    Yao Liang

  4. School of Materials Science and Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology at Weihai, Weihai, 264209, China

    Bo Zhong

  5. Chinese Academy of Inspection and Quarantine (CAIQ), No. A3, Gaobeidian Road, Chaoyang District, Beijing, 100123, China

    Mingqiang Zou

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Li, Z., Wang, Y., Jiang, J. et al. Temperature-dependent Raman spectroscopy studies of 1–5-layer WSe2. Nano Res. 13, 591–595 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12274-020-2669-0

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