• 文献标题:   Hydrogen Plasma Exposure of Monolayer MoS2 Field-Effect Transistors and Prevention of Desulfurization by Monolayer Graphene
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   SOMAN A, BURKE RA, LI Q, VALENTIN MD, LI TT, MAO D, DUBEY M, GU TY
  • 作者关键词:   2d material, transistor, carrier scattering, desulfurization, contact resistance, hydrogen plasma treatment
  • 出版物名称:   ACS APPLIED MATERIALS INTERFACES
  • ISSN:   1944-8244 EI 1944-8252
  • 通讯作者地址:   Univ Delaware
  • 被引频次:   0
  • DOI:   10.1021/acsami.0c07818
  • 出版年:   2020

▎ 摘  要

Atomic vacancies related to structural disorder and doping variation influence carrier transport in monolayer transition-metal dichalcogenide devices. Here, we investigate the effect of hydrogen plasma exposure (HPE) on monolayer MoS2 field-effect transistors (FETs). We observe that a 1% increase in sulfur vacancy after HPE results in incremental 0.06 eV of the Schottky barrier. Short-range scattering from the sulfur vacancies reduces the carrier mobility of monolayer MoS2 by 2 orders of magnitude. Despite the defects and grain boundaries formed during the chemical vapor deposition and transferring process, the surface desulfurization induced by the proton exposure and thermally accelerated oxidation can be blocked by monolayer graphene cladding with a van der Waals contact distance of 2.5 angstrom. The material-level study indicates a promising route for a low-cost and robust fabrication of smart sensor circuits on a monolithic MoS2 wafer, where the bare MoS2 FETs can serve as proton sensors, with their electronic readout processed by a logic circuit of graphene-protected pristine FETs with a high on/off ratio.