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Zhou Z, Lin JF, Zeng Z, Ma X, Liang L, Li Y, Zhao Z, Mei Z, Yang H, Li Q, Wu J, Fan S, Chen X, Xia TL, Wei Y. Engineering van der Waals Contacts by Interlayer Dipoles. Nano Lett 2024; 24:4408-4414. [PMID: 38567928 DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.4c00056] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/18/2024]
Abstract
Tuning the interfacial Schottky barrier with van der Waals (vdW) contacts is an important solution for two-dimensional (2D) electronics. Here we report that the interlayer dipoles of 2D vdW superlattices (vdWSLs) can be used to engineer vdW contacts to 2D semiconductors. A bipolar WSe2 with Ba6Ta11S28 (BTS) vdW contact was employed to exhibit this strategy. Strong interlayer dipoles can be formed due to charge transfer between the Ba3TaS5 and TaS2 layers. Mechanical exfoliation breaks the superlattice and produces two distinguished surfaces with TaS2 and Ba3TaS5 terminations. The surfaces thus have opposite surface dipoles and consequently different work functions. Therefore, all the devices fall into two categories in accordance with the rectifying direction, which were verified by electrical measurements and scanning photocurrent microscopy. The growing vdWSL family along with the addition surface dipoles enables prospective vdW contact designs and have practical application in nanoelectronics and nano optoelectronics.
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Affiliation(s)
- Zuoping Zhou
- Department of Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
- Tsinghua-Foxconn Nanotechnology Research Center, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
- State Key Laboratory of Low-Dimensional Quantum Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
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- Department of Physics and Beijing Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Functional Materials & Micro-nano Devices, Renmin University of China, Beijing 100872, P. R. China
| | - Zimeng Zeng
- Department of Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
- State Key Laboratory of Low-Dimensional Quantum Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
| | - Xiaoping Ma
- Department of Physics and Beijing Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Functional Materials & Micro-nano Devices, Renmin University of China, Beijing 100872, P. R. China
- Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics and Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
| | - Liang Liang
- Department of Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
- Tsinghua-Foxconn Nanotechnology Research Center, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
| | - Yuheng Li
- Department of Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
- Tsinghua-Foxconn Nanotechnology Research Center, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
- State Key Laboratory of Low-Dimensional Quantum Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
| | - Zhongyuan Zhao
- Department of Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
- Tsinghua-Foxconn Nanotechnology Research Center, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
- State Key Laboratory of Low-Dimensional Quantum Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
| | - Zhen Mei
- Department of Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
- Tsinghua-Foxconn Nanotechnology Research Center, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
- State Key Laboratory of Low-Dimensional Quantum Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
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- Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics and Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
| | - Qunqing Li
- Department of Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
- Tsinghua-Foxconn Nanotechnology Research Center, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
- State Key Laboratory of Low-Dimensional Quantum Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
| | - Jian Wu
- Department of Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
- State Key Laboratory of Low-Dimensional Quantum Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
| | - Shoushan Fan
- Department of Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
- Tsinghua-Foxconn Nanotechnology Research Center, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
- State Key Laboratory of Low-Dimensional Quantum Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
| | - Xi Chen
- Department of Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
- Frontier Science Center for Quantum Information, Beijing 100084, China
| | - Tian-Long Xia
- Department of Physics and Beijing Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Functional Materials & Micro-nano Devices, Renmin University of China, Beijing 100872, P. R. China
- Key Laboratory of Quantum State Construction and Manipulation (Ministry of Education) and Laboratory for Neutron Scattering, Renmin University of China, Beijing 100872, P. R. China
| | - Yang Wei
- Department of Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
- Tsinghua-Foxconn Nanotechnology Research Center, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
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