Table 1 Geometrical parameters, band gaps and the static dielectric constants for bulk and multilayer MoS2. Eg1, Eg2, Eg3, and Eg4 are the band gaps calculated by our PBE-D2 method, by our HSE06 method, by the GGA-PW91 method, and from the experimental data, respectively
1L | 2L | 3L | 4L | 5L | 6L | Bulk | |
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a (Å) | 3.19 | 3.19 | 3.19 | 3.19 | 3.19 | 3.19 | 3.19 |
d(Mo−S) (Å) | 2.41 | 2.41 | 2.41 | 2.41 | 2.41 | 2.41 | 2.41 |
Eg1 (eV) | 1.64 | 1.17 | 1.08 | 1.03 | 1.01 | 0.99 | 0.93 |
Eg2 (eV) | 2.09 | 1.66 | 1.56 | 1.50 | 1.49 | 1.48 | 1.45 |
Eg3 (eV) | 1.57[22] | 1.20[22] | – | – | – | – | 0.89[22] |
Eg4 (eV) | 1.90[4], 1.82[20] | 1.60[4], 1.65[20] | 1.46[4], 1.35[20] | 1.41[4] | 1.37[4] | 1.35[4] | 1.29[4], 1.23[11] |
\( {\varepsilon}_1^{xx}(0) \) | 15.29 | 15.44 | 15.45 | 15.48 | 15.48 | 15.47 | 15.57 |