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Tuning Oxide Properties by Oxygen Vacancy Control During Growth and Annealing
Published on: June 9, 2023
Tuning the threshold voltage from depletion to enhancement mode in a multilayer MoS2 transistor via oxygen adsorption
1Department of Physics, Auburn University, Auburn, AL 36830, USA. jiangjie@csu.edu.cn szd0024@auburn.edu and Institute of Super-Microstructure and Ultrafast Process in Advanced Materials, Hunan Key Laboratory for Super-Microstructure and Ultrafast Process, School of Physics and Electronics, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan 410083, China.
Abstract:
Selective chemical doping in two-dimensional (2D) molybdenum disulfide (MoS2) is attractive for tailoring electrical properties according to device requirements. However, the ultra-thin 2D nature of MoS2 makes it difficult to realize effective doping by conventional ion implantation. Here, a simple method based on low-temperature (150 °C) annealing in air is developed for effective chemical doping in MoS2. We have demonstrated that the threshold voltage (V(th)) of multilayer MoS2 FET can be effectively tuned from depletion mode (V(th) = -1.8 V) to enhancement mode (V(th) = 1.1 V) by annealing in air at 150 °C. An energy band model based on electron trapping/detrapping due to oxygen adsorption on the MoS2 surface is proposed to explain the underlying mechanism. The model is consistent with an oxygen adsorption-desorption process evidenced by vacuum annealing that recovers the V(th) to its original value. These results can provide a simple approach for V(th) engineering and make a significant step toward 2D nanoelectronic device applications.
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