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Efros-Shklovskii variable range hopping and nonlinear transport in 1T/1T$^{\prime}$-MoS$_{2}$

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics 2018-01-17 v1

Abstract

We have studied temperature- and electric-field dependent carrier transport in single flakes of MoS2_{2} treated with n-butyllithium. The temperature dependence of the four-terminal resistance follows the Efros-Shklovskii variable range hopping conduction mechanism. From measurements in the Ohmic and non-Ohmic regime, we estimate the localization length and the average hopping length of the carriers, as well as the effective dielectric constant. Furthermore, comparison between two- and four-probe measurements yield a contact resistance that increases significantly with decreasing temperature.

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@article{arxiv.1801.05157,
  title  = {Efros-Shklovskii variable range hopping and nonlinear transport in 1T/1T$^{\prime}$-MoS$_{2}$},
  author = {Nikos Papadopoulos and Gary A. Steele and Herre S. J. van der Zant},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1801.05157},
  year   = {2018}
}