• 文献标题:   Vertical Charge Transfer and Lateral Transport in Graphene/Germanium Heterostructures
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   KAZEMI A, VAZIRI S, MORALES JDA, FREGONESE S, CAVALLO F, ZAMIRI M, DAWSON N, ARTYUSHKOVA K, JIANG YB, BRUECK SJR, KRISHNA S
  • 作者关键词:   graphene, germanium, lateral transport, charge transfer, mixeddimensional van der waals heterostructure
  • 出版物名称:   ACS APPLIED MATERIALS INTERFACES
  • ISSN:   1944-8244 EI 1944-8252
  • 通讯作者地址:   Ohio State Univ
  • 被引频次:   1
  • DOI:   10.1021/acsami.7b01424
  • 出版年:   2017

▎ 摘  要

Heterostructures consisting of two-dimensional (2D) materials and conventional semiconductors have attracted a lot of attention due to their application in novel device concepts. In this work, we investigated the lateral transport characteristics of graphene/germanium heterostructures and compared them with the transport properties of graphene on SiO2. The heterostructures were fabricated by transferring a single layer of graphene (Gr) onto a lightly doped germanium (Ge) (100) substrate. The field-effect measurements revealed a shift in the Dirac voltage of Gr on the Ge substrates compared to that of the Gr on SiO2. Transfer length model measurements show a significant difference in the sheet resistance of Gr on Ge compared to that of the Gr on SiO2. The results from the electrical and structural characterization suggest that a charge transfer in the order of 10(12) cm(-2) occurs between Gr and Ge resulting in a doping effect in the graphene sheet. A compact electrostatic model extracted the key electronic properties of the Gr/Ge interface. This study provides valuable insights into the electronic properties of Gr on Ge, which are vital to the development of novel devices based on mixed 2D and 3D structures.