• 文献标题:   Direct Determination of Field Emission across the Heterojunctions in a ZnO/Graphene Thin-Film Barristor
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   MILLS EM, MIN BK, KIM SK, KIM SJ, KANG MA, SONG W, MYUNG S, LIM J, AN KS, JUNG J, KIM S
  • 作者关键词:   graphene, barristor, schottky barrier, field emission, ac impedance spectroscopy
  • 出版物名称:   ACS APPLIED MATERIALS INTERFACES
  • ISSN:   1944-8244 EI 1944-8252
  • 通讯作者地址:   KRICT
  • 被引频次:   9
  • DOI:   10.1021/acsami.5b03380
  • 出版年:   2015

▎ 摘  要

Graphene barristors are a novel type of electronic switching device with excellent performance, which surpass the low on-off ratios that limit the operation of conventional graphene transistors. In barristors, a gate bias is used to vary graphene's Fermi level, which in turn controls the height and resistance of a Schottky barrier at a graphene/semiconductor heterojunction. Here we demonstrate that the switching characteristic of a thin-film ZnO/graphene device with simple geometry results from tunneling current across the Schottky barriers formed at the ZnO/graphene heterojunctions. Direct characterization of the current voltage temperature relationship of the heterojunctions by ac-impedance spectroscopy reveals that this relationship is controlled predominantly by field emission, unlike most graphene barristors in which thermionic emission is observed. This governing mechanism makes the device unique among graphene barristors, while also having the advantages of simple fabrication and outstanding performance.