Abstract
High-frequency operation with ultra-thin, lightweight and extremely flexible semiconducting electronics are highly desirable for the development of mobile devices, wearable electronic systems and defense technologies. In this work, the first experimental observation of quasi-heterojunction bipolar transistors utilizing a monolayer of the lateral WSe2-MoS2 junctions as the conducting p-n channel is demonstrated. Both lateral n-p-n and p-n-p heterojunction bipolar transistors are fabricated to exhibit the output characteristics and current gain. A maximum common-emitter current gain of around 3 is obtained in our prototype two-dimensional quasi-heterojunction bipolar transistors. Interestingly, we also observe the negative differential resistance in the electrical characteristics. A potential mechanism is that the negative differential resistance is induced by resonant tunneling phenomenon due to the formation of quantum well under applying high bias voltages. Our results open the door to two-dimensional materials for high-frequency, high-speed, high-density and flexible electronics.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Pages (from-to) | 11015-11023 |
| Number of pages | 9 |
| Journal | ACS Nano |
| Volume | 11 |
| Issue number | 11 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Oct 24 2017 |
Bibliographical note
KAUST Repository Item: Exported on 2020-10-01Acknowledgements: This work was supported by the National Science Council, Taiwan under contract No. MOST 105-2112-M-492-003-MY3. This work was also in part supported by the National Nano Device Laboratories and Core facilities at UCLA. We would like to acknowledge the collaboration of this research with King Abdul-Aziz City for Science and Technologies (CEGN).