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The dosing of layered materials with alkali metals has become a commonly used strategy in ARPES experiments. However, precisely what occurs under such conditions, both structurally and electronically, has remained a matter of debate. Here we perform a systematic study of 1T-HfTe$_2$, a prototypical semimetal of the transition metal dichalcogenide family. By utilizing photon energy-dependent angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy (ARPES), we have investigated the electronic structure of this material as a function of Potassium (K) deposition. From the k$_z$ maps, we observe the appearance of 2D dispersive bands after electron dosing, with an increasing sharpness of the bands, consistent with the wavefunction confinement at the topmost layer. In our highest-dosing cases, a monolayer-like electronic structure emerges, presumably as a result of intercalation of the alkali metal. Here, by bringing the topmost valence band below $E_F$, we can directly measure a band overlap of $sim$ 0.2 eV. However, 3D bulk-like states still contribute to the spectra even after considerable dosing. Our work provides a reference point for the increasingly popular studies of the alkali metal dosing of semimetals using ARPES.
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