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  • Materials Science
  • Condensed Matter Physics
  • Electrical Engineering

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  • Silicon electronics face limitations due to Moore's Law scaling.
  • 2-Dimensional (2D) semiconductors offer atomic thickness and high carrier mobility for advanced electronics.
  • Challenges like contact resistance hinder carrier transport in 2D materials.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To review strategies for enhancing carrier mobility in 2D semiconductor-based field-effect transistors (FETs).
  • To connect material-level improvements to circuit-level performance for scalable 2D electronics.

Main Methods:

  • Doping strategies
  • Metal-semiconductor interface optimization
  • Effective mass engineering
  • Scattering mechanism manipulation
  • Work function tuning
  • Strain engineering

Main Results:

  • Optimized carrier transport efficiency leads to improved device parameters.
  • Enhanced current drive, subthreshold swing, and on/off ratios observed.
  • Strategies facilitate the transition of 2D materials from research to practical applications.

Conclusions:

  • Mobility engineering is vital for high-performance, scalable 2D electronics.
  • Overcoming silicon limitations drives innovation in energy-efficient electronics.
  • This review provides insights for future 2D electronic device development.