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We report the realization of field-effect transistors (FETs) made with chemically- synthesized layered two dimensional (2D) crystal semiconductor WS2. The 2D Schottky-barrier FETs demonstrate ambipolar behavior and a high (~105x) on/off…
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Two-dimensional monolayer transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDs) have unique optical and electronic properties for applications pertaining to field effect transistors, light emitting diodes, photodetectors, and solar cells. Vertical…
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We present an easy drop-casting based functionalization of MoS2-based photodetectors that results in an enhancement of the photoresponse of about four orders of magnitude, reaching responsivities up to 100 A/W. The functionalization is…
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In-plane heterojunction tunnel field effect transistors based on monolayer transition metal dichalcogenides are studied by means of self-consistent non-equilibrium Green's functions simulations and an atomistic tight-binding Hamiltonian. We…
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Two-dimensional (2D) transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDs) have recently emerged as promising candidates for future electronics and optoelectronics. While most of TMDs are intrinsic n-type semiconductors due to electron donating which…
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