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IEEE JOURNAL OF THE ELECTRON DEVICES SOCIETY
Volume 6, Issue 1, Pages 1048-1055Publisher
IEEE-INST ELECTRICAL ELECTRONICS ENGINEERS INC
DOI: 10.1109/JEDS.2018.2815781
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2D materials; TMD; TFET; band-to-band tunneling; heterostructures; Schottky contacts
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2-D transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDs) are promising materials for CMOS application due to their ultrathin channel with excellent electrostatic control. TMDs are especially well suited for tunneling field-effect transistors (TFETs) due to their low-dielectric constant and their promise of atomically sharp and self-passivated interfaces. Here, we experimentally demonstrate band-to-band tunneling (BTBT) in Van der Waals heterostructures formed by MoS2 and MoTe2. Density functional theory simulations of the band structure show our MoS2-MoTe2 heterojunctions have a staggered band alignment, which boosts BTBT compared to a homojunction configuration. Low-temperature measurements and electrostatic simulations provide understanding toward the role of Schottky contacts and the material thickness on device performance. Negative differential transconductance-based devices were also demonstrated using a different device architecture. This paper provides the prerequisites and challenges required to overcome at the contact region to achieve a steep subthreshold slope and high ON-currents with 2-D-based TFETs.
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