Electronic and Optical Properties of 2D-TMD/Janus Heterostructures Under the Influence of an Electric Field: First-Principles Calculations
Sergeyev D. Duisenova A. Shunkeyev K.
December 2025Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI)
Materials
2025#18Issue 23
This work presents the results of a theoretical investigation of the electronic and optical properties of van der Waals Janus nanoheterostructures MoS2/SeMoS and MoSe2/SMoSe, carried out within the framework of density functional theory (DFT) using the generalized gradient approximation (GGA-PBE) together with the Grimme-D3 dispersion correction. The calculated band structures show that both heterostructures possess an indirect bandgap whose magnitude is highly sensitive to an external electric field. In the MoS2–SeMoS system, increasing the applied field leads to a gradual narrowing of the bandgap and a transition to a metallic state at approximately 75 V, whereas in MoSe2–SMoSe, the bandgap first increases (up to 20 V) and then decreases, indicating a nonlinear field-dependent behavior. Analysis of the dielectric function reveals an enhancement of the static dielectric permittivity and a red shift in the absorption spectra with increasing field strength, which can be attributed to charge redistribution and an increased contribution from ionic polarizability. These results demonstrate the possibility of effectively controlling the bandgap width, polarizability, and optical response of Janus nanoheterostructures using an external electric field. This opens up promising prospects for their application in tunable photodetectors, light modulators, valleytronic components, and next-generation optoelectronic systems.
DFT , dielectric permittivity , electric field , Janus heterostructures , MoS2/SeMoS , MoSe2/SMoSe , optical properties , van der Waals interactions
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Department of Physics, K.Zhubanov Aktobe Regional University, Aktobe, 030000, Kazakhstan
Department of General Engineering Disciplines, T.Begeldinov Aktobe Aviation Institute, Aktobe, 030012, Kazakhstan
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