Percolative phase transition in few-layered MoSe2 field-effect transistors using Co and Cr contacts†

IF 5.8 3区 材料科学 Q1 CHEMISTRY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY
Nanoscale Pub Date : 2024-12-10 DOI:10.1039/D4NR03986F
Roshan Padhan, Carlos Garcia, Ralu Divan, Anirudha V. Sumant, Daniel Rosenmann, Sujit A. Kadam, Akshay Wali, Suzanne Miller, Stephen A. McGill and Nihar R. Pradhan
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The metal-to-insulator phase transition (MIT) in two-dimensional (2D) materials under the influence of a gating electric field has revealed interesting electronic behavior and the need for a deeper fundamental understanding of electron transport processes, while attracting much interest in the development of next-generation electronic and optoelectronic devices. Although the mechanism of the MIT in 2D semiconductors is a topic under debate in condensed matter physics, our work demonstrates the tunable percolative phase transition in few-layered MoSe2 field-effect transistors (FETs) using different metallic contact materials. Here, we attempted to understand the MIT through temperature-dependent electronic transport measurements by tuning the carrier density in a MoSe2 channel under the influence of an applied gate voltage. In particular, we have examined this phenomenon using the conventional chromium (Cr) and ferromagnetic cobalt (Co) as two metal contacts. For both Cr and Co, our devices demonstrated n-type behavior with a room-temperature field-effect mobility of 16 cm2 V−1 s−1 for the device with Cr-contacts and 92 cm2 V−1 s−1 for the device with Co-contacts, respectively. With low temperature measurements at 50 K, the mobilities increased significantly to 65 cm2 V−1 s−1 for the device with Cr and 394 cm2 V−1 s−1 for the device with Co-contacts. By fitting our experimental data to the percolative phase transition theory, the temperature-dependent conductivity data show a transition from an insulating-to-metallic behavior at a bias of ∼28 V for Cr-contacts and ∼20 V for Co-contacts. This cross-over of the conductivity can be attributed to an increase in carrier density as a function of the gate bias in temperature-dependent transfer characteristics. By extracting the critical exponents, we find that the transport behavior in the device with Co-contacts aligns closely with the 2D percolation theory. In contrast, the devices with Cr-contacts deviate significantly from the 2D limit at low temperatures.

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采用Co和Cr触点的少层MoSe2场效应晶体管的渗透相变
在门控电场的影响下,二维(2D)材料中的金属到绝缘体相变(MIT)揭示了有趣的电子行为和对电子传递过程更深入的基本理解的需要,同时吸引了下一代电子和光电子器件的发展。虽然二维半导体中的MIT机制是凝聚态物理学中争论的话题,但我们的工作证明了使用不同金属接触材料的少层MoSe2场效应晶体管(FET)的可调谐渗透相变。在这里,我们试图通过在外加栅极电压的影响下调整MoSe2通道中的载流子密度,通过温度相关的电子输运测量来理解MIT。特别地,我们使用传统的铬(Cr)和铁磁钴(Co)作为两个金属触点来研究这种现象。对于Cr和Co,我们的器件表现出n型行为,Cr触点器件的室温场效应迁移率分别为16 cm2V-1s-1和92 cm2V-1s-1。在50K的低温测量中,Cr触点的迁移率显著增加至65 cm2V-1s-1, Co触点的迁移率为394 cm2V-1s-1。通过将我们的实验数据与渗透相变理论相拟合,温度相关的电导率数据显示,在Cr触点~28 V和Co触点~20 V的偏置下,从绝缘行为转变为金属行为。这种电导率的交叉可以归因于载流子密度的增加,这是温度依赖转移特性中栅极偏置的函数。通过提取临界指数,我们发现Co接触器件中的输运行为与二维渗流理论非常吻合。相反,在低温下,带有cr接触的器件明显偏离2D极限。
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Nanoscale
Nanoscale CHEMISTRY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY-NANOSCIENCE & NANOTECHNOLOGY
CiteScore
12.10
自引率
3.00%
发文量
1628
审稿时长
1.6 months
期刊介绍: Nanoscale is a high-impact international journal, publishing high-quality research across nanoscience and nanotechnology. Nanoscale publishes a full mix of research articles on experimental and theoretical work, including reviews, communications, and full papers.Highly interdisciplinary, this journal appeals to scientists, researchers and professionals interested in nanoscience and nanotechnology, quantum materials and quantum technology, including the areas of physics, chemistry, biology, medicine, materials, energy/environment, information technology, detection science, healthcare and drug discovery, and electronics.
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