Internal current amplification induced by dielectric hole trapping in monolayer MoS2 transistor

Pang Shiuan Liu, Ching Ting Lin, Boris Hudec, Tuo-Hung Hou

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Abstract

Carrier transport in layered transition-metal dichalcogenides is highly sensitive to surrounding charges because of the atomically thin thickness. By exploiting this property, we report a new internal current amplification mechanism through positive feedback induced by dielectric hole trapping in a MoS2 back-gate transistor on a tantalum oxide substrate. The device exhibits an extremely steep subthreshold slope of 17 mV/decade, which is strongly dependent on the substrate material and drain bias. The steep subthreshold slope is attributed to the internal current amplification arising from the positive feedback between hole generation in MoS2 triggered by large lateral electric field and Schottky barrier narrowing induced by localized hole trapping in tantalum oxide near the source contact.

Original languageEnglish
Article number475204
Number of pages8
JournalNanotechnology
Volume28
Issue number47
DOIs
StatePublished - 31 Oct 2017

Keywords

  • charge trapping
  • current amplification
  • subthreshold slope
  • Two-dimensional transition-metal dichalcogenides (TMDs)

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