• 文献标题:   Gate voltage and temperature dependent Ti-graphene junction resistance toward straightforward p-n junction formation
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   ZHU MM, WU J, DU ZH, TSANG S, TEO EHT
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  • 出版物名称:   JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS
  • ISSN:   0021-8979 EI 1089-7550
  • 通讯作者地址:   Nanyang Technol Univ
  • 被引频次:   1
  • DOI:   10.1063/1.5052589
  • 出版年:   2018

▎ 摘  要

High-quality metal-graphene contact is crucial for the fabrication of high-performance graphene transistors. Although Ti has been widely used as metal electrodes in graphene-based devices owing to its excellent adhesive capability, contact resistance (R-c) for Ti/graphene (Ti/Gr) is typically high and varies largely by three orders of magnitude from similar to 10(3) to 10(6) Omega mu m. Here, we have systematically investigated the effects of gate voltage (V-G) and temperature (T) on R-c in the Ti/Gr interface. Besides significant V-G dependence, R-c in the n branch is always larger than that in the p branch, indicating a Ti induced n-doping in graphene. In addition, R-c exhibits an anomalous temperature dependence and drops significantly as the temperature decreases, reaching similar to 234 Omega mu m at 20 K. Such Ti/Gr contact can adjust the Fermi energy of up to 0.15 eV and can also directly form a well-defined sharp p-n junction without extra gates or chemical doping. These findings pave the way to develop the next generation of graphene-based electronic and optoelectronic devices. Published by AIP Publishing.