Journal
ACS NANO
Volume 15, Issue 3, Pages 5221-5229Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.0c10471
Keywords
MXenes; colloidal quantum dots; electric double-layer transistors; iontronics; MXetronics
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- King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST)
- King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) Office of Sponsored Research (OSR) [OSR-2018-CARF/CCF-3079]
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Fully solution-processed, large-area electrical double-layer transistors (EDLTs) utilizing PbS colloidal quantum dots (CQDs) as active channels and Ti3C2Tx MXene as electrical contacts demonstrated high performance with a large electron saturation mobility of 3.32 cm(2) V-1 s(-1) and current modulation of 1.87 x 10(4). MXene's negative surface charges were found to enhance cation accumulation, achieving a low threshold voltage of 0.36 V. These results suggest a promising potential for MXene electrical contacts.
Fully solution-processed, large-area, electrical double-layer transistors (EDLTs) are presented by employing lead sulfide (PbS) colloidal quantum dots (CQDs) as active channels and Ti3C2Tx MXene as electrical contacts (including gate, source, and drain). The MXene contacts are successfully patterned by standard photolithography and plasma-etch techniques and integrated with CQD films. The large surface area of CQD film channels is effectively gated by ionic gel, resulting in high performance EDLT devices. A large electron saturation mobility of 3.32 cm(2) V-1 s(-1) and current modulation of 1.87 x 10(4) operating at low driving gate voltage range of 1.25 V with negligible hysteresis are achieved. The relatively low work function of Ti3C2Tx MXene (4.42 eV) compared to vacuum-evaporated noble metals such as Au and Pt makes them a suitable contact material for n-type transport in iodide-capped PbS CQD films with a LUMO level of similar to 4.14 eV. Moreover, we demonstrate that the negative surface charges of MXene enhance the accumulation of cations at lower gate bias, achieving a threshold voltage as low as 0.36 V. The current results suggest a promising potential of MXene electrical contacts by exploiting their negative surface charges.
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