Thursday, June 28, 2012

1206.6125 (Marcio Fontana et al.)

Photovoltaic effect in gated MoS2 Schottky junctions    [PDF]

Marcio Fontana, Tristan Deppe, Anthony K. Boyd, Mohamed Rinzan, Amy Y. Liu, Makarand Paranjape, Paola Barbara
Atomically thin MoS2 has recently emerged as a very attractive material for nanoscale optoelectronic devices. While n-type transport in MoS2 devices has been demonstrated, hole conduction has been more challenging. Here we show work-function engineering to be an effective approach for controlling the polarity of MoS2 devices. Gated multi-layer MoS2 transistors with Au source/drain contacts exhibit n-type operation, while those with Pd contacts are shown to have p-type behavior. Devices with one Au and one Pd contact exhibit asymmetric ambipolar behavior and diode characteristics over a wide range of gate voltage, as well as a sizable photovoltaic effect. We argue that the photovoltaic effect arises from the built-in potential of the space charge accumulated at the source and drain contacts.
View original: http://arxiv.org/abs/1206.6125

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