journal article·2022

Direct observation of contact resistivity for monolayer TMD based junctions via PL spectroscopy

Linglong Zhang, Yilin Tang, Han Yan, Tanju Yildirim, Shunshun Yang, Haizeng Song, Xiaowei Zhang, Fuguo Tian, Zhongzhong Luo, Jiajie Pei, Qi Yang, Yixin Xu, Xiaoying Song, Ahmed Raza Khan, Sihao Xia, Xueqian Sun, Bo Wen, Fei Zhou, Weiwei Li, Youwen Liu, Han Zhang

Nanoscale· Volume 14· Issue 23
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Abstract

Monolayer transition metal dichalcogenides (mTMDs) possess a direct band gap and strong PL emission that is highly sensitive to doping level and interfaces, laying the foundation for investigating the contact between mTMD and metal via PL spectroscopy. Currently, electrical methods have been utilized to measure the contact resistance (RC), but they are complicated, time-consuming, high-cost and suffer from inevitable chemical disorders and Fermi level pinning. In addition, previously reported contact resistances comprise both Schottky barrier and tunnel barrier components. Here, we report a simple, rapid and low-cost method to study the tunnel barrier dominated contact resistance of mTMD based junctions through PL spectroscopy. These junctions are free from chemical disorders and Fermi level pinning. Excluding the Schottky barrier component, solely tunnel barrier dominated contact resistances of 1 L MoSe2/Au and 1 L MoSe2/graphene junctions were estimated to be 147.8 Ω μm and 54.9 Ω μm, respectively. Density functional theory (DFT) simulations revealed that the larger RC of the former was possibly due to the existence of intrinsic effective potential difference (Φbarrier) between mTMD and metal. Both junctions exhibit an increasing tendency of RC as temperature decreases, which is probably attributed to the thermal expansion coefficient (TEC) mismatch-triggered interlayer spacing (d) increase and temperature-induced doping. Remarkably, a significant change of RC was observed in 1 L MoSe2/Au junctions, which is possibly ascribed to the changes of their orbital overlaps. Our results open new avenues for exploring fundamental metal-semiconductor contact principles and constructing high-performance devices.
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OpenAlex topics: 2D Materials and Applications · Graphene research and applications · MXene and MAX Phase Materials

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Affiliations

College of Physics, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Key Laboratory of Aerospace Information Materials and Physics (NUAA), MIIT, Nanjing 211106, China

Research School of Electrical, Energy and Materials Engineering, College of Engineering and Computer Science, The Australian National University, Canberra 2601, Australia

Department of Materials Science and Metallurgy, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB3 0FS, UK

Center for Functional Sensor & Actuator (CFSN), National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS), Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0044, Japan

School of Electronic Science and Engineering, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, China

Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Ningbo University, Ningbo 315211, China

College of Electronic and Optical Engineering & College of Flexible Electronics (Future Technology), Jiangsu Province Engineering Research Center for Fabrication and Application of Special Optical Fiber Materials and Devices, Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications, 9 Wenyuan Road, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210023, China

College of Materials Science and Engineering, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou 350108, Fujian, China

Collaborative Innovation Center for Optoelectronic Science and Technology, International Collaborative Laboratory of 2D Materials for Optoelectronic Science and Technology of Ministry of Education and Guangdong Province, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, 518060, China

College of Optoelectronic Engineering, Chongqing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Chongqing, China

Department of Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering University of Engineering and Technology (Rachna College), Lahore 54700, Pakistan

Institute of Nanosurface Science and Engineering, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Micro/Nano Optomechatronics Engineering, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen 518060, China

National Key Laboratory for Precision Hot Processing of Metals; School of Materials Science and Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150001, China

State Key Laboratory for Environment-friendly Energy Materials, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Southwest University of Science and Technology, Mianyang, 621010, China

Funding

China Postdoctoral Science Foundation · Excellent Youth Foundation of Jiangsu Scientific Committee · Chongqing Postdoctoral Science Foundation · Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province · Natural Science Foundation of Zhejiang Province · National Natural Science Foundation of China

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