• 文献标题:   Tunable Schottky barrier of WSi2N4/graphene heterostructure via interface distance and external electric field
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   MA XG, BO HT, GONG X, YUAN G, PENG Z, LU JJ, XIE QH
  • 作者关键词:   heterostructure, fieldeffect transistor, energy band modulation, first principle
  • 出版物名称:   APPLIED SURFACE SCIENCE
  • ISSN:   0169-4332 EI 1873-5584
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  • 被引频次:   0
  • DOI:   10.1016/j.apsusc.2023.156385
  • 出版年:   2023

▎ 摘  要

Improving the electric transport of field-effect transistors based on heterostructure (HTS) is a stern challenge by the reduction of the interfacial barrier. Herein, the electronic properties of WSi2N4/graphene HTS with different interface distance or external electric field are researched in detail using the first-principles approach. The result shows that a stable vdW HTS can be produced between WSi2N4 and graphene. In the interface, the tunable range of Schottky barrier height by external electric field exceeds that by interface distance, although both of two prominent approaches can modulate the energy band structures of WSi2N4/graphene HTSs. The transformation of Schottky contact from p-type to n-type, eventually into Ohmic contact can appear under external electric field. Predictably, the positive external electric field strength of 0.55 V.angstrom(-1) can generate the largest carrier concentration 2.73 x 10(13) cm(-2) of graphene in the HTS. Verifiably, the redistribution of interface charge density determines the Schottky barrier height and contact type in the HTS. These findings present the potential of WSi2N4/graphene HTS as high sensitive Schottky field-effect transistors.