• 文献标题:   Tunable Schottky barriers and electronic properties in van der Waals heterostructures of semiconducting monolayer gold sulfides and graphene
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   XUE YF, GAO L, LIU H, REN WN, SHAI XX, WEI TT, TIAN YF, ZENG CH
  • 作者关键词:   twodimensional gold sulfide, graphenebased heterostructure, schottky barrier, firstprinciples calculation
  • 出版物名称:   APPLIED SURFACE SCIENCE
  • ISSN:   0169-4332 EI 1873-5584
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  • 被引频次:   5
  • DOI:   10.1016/j.apsusc.2021.149654 EA APR 2021
  • 出版年:   2021

▎ 摘  要

Two-dimensional metal-semiconductor heterostructures with tunable Schottky barriers are currently attracting extensive interests, owing to their novel properties and potential applications in nanodevices. Here, heterostructures of semiconducting monolayer gold sulfides and graphene (Gr) with tunable Schottky barriers and contact types are reported based on first-principles calculations. alpha-, beta-Au2S/Gr are n-type Schottky contacts with & nbsp;phi n & nbsp;=& nbsp;0.14 & nbsp;eV and 1.24 & nbsp;eV, respectively. They could be transformed into p-type Schottky contacts via applying vertically compressive strain. alpha-, beta-, gamma-AuS/Gr are ohmic, p-type and n-type Schottky contacts with & nbsp;phi n & nbsp;=& nbsp;& minus;0.34 & nbsp;eV,& nbsp;phi p & nbsp;=& nbsp;0.22 & nbsp;eV,& nbsp;phi n & nbsp;=& nbsp;0.22 & nbsp;eV, respectively. The ohmic contact of alpha-AuS/Gr evolves to a n-type & nbsp;Schottky contact & nbsp;with increasing vertically compressive strain, while the p-type Schottky contact of beta-AuS/Gr changes to an ohmic contact. Furthermore, the mechanism of Schottky-barrier modulation via vertical strain underlies that the relative Dirac-cone position of Gr in heterostructures can be tuned by adjusting interfacial charge rearrangement. Benefitting from the tunable Schottky barriers and contact types, heterostructures of semiconducting monolayer gold sulfides and Gr are promising candidates for future-generation nano-devices.