High mobility monolayer MoS2 transistors and its charge transport behaviour under E-beam irradiation
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Electron-beam irradiation (EBI) is an effective approach to engineer defects for two-dimensional (2D) materials. However, a detailed understanding of the effects of EBI on charge transport of 2D materials is still lacking. Herein, the value of source-drain current of monolayer MoS2 transistors can be largely improved by about 3 orders of magnitude under EBI, from 5 nA to 24.6 μA at 2 V bias voltage. In addition, a room-temperature mobility (μ) as high as ~ 83 cm2 V−1 s−1 was achieved when the device was irradiated for 80 s with a 10 kV accelerating voltage (~ 5.5% sulphur vacancies), far exceeding (about 80 times) that of the untreated device. The improvements of electrical properties after EBI are mainly attributed to the introduction of electrons and the enhanced charge transport channels. The charge transport behaviour under EBI exhibits variable range hopping associated with temperature. Our findings provide an avenue for building high performance electronics based on 2D materials.
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OpenAlex topics: 2D Materials and Applications · MXene and MAX Phase Materials · Graphene research and applications
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