Issue 4, 2020

A gate-tunable symmetric bipolar junction transistor fabricated via femtosecond laser processing

Abstract

Two-dimensional (2D) bipolar junction transistors (BJTs) with van der Waals heterostructures play an important role in the development of future nanoelectronics. Herein, a convenient method is introduced for fabricating a symmetric bipolar junction transistor (SBJT), constructed from black phosphorus and MoS2, with femtosecond laser processing. This SBJT exhibits good bidirectional current amplification owing to its symmetric structure. We placed a top gate on one side of the SBJT to change the difference in the major carrier concentration between the emitter and collector in order to further investigate the effects of electrostatic doping on the device performance. The SBJT can also act as a gate-tunable phototransistor with good photodetectivity and photocurrent gain of β = ∼21. Scanning photocurrent images were used to determine the mechanism governing photocurrent amplification in the phototransistor. These results promote the development of the applications of multifunctional nanoelectronics based on 2D materials.

Graphical abstract: A gate-tunable symmetric bipolar junction transistor fabricated via femtosecond laser processing

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Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
17 Dec 2019
Accepted
13 Mar 2020
First published
18 Mar 2020
This article is Open Access
Creative Commons BY license

Nanoscale Adv., 2020,2, 1733-1740

A gate-tunable symmetric bipolar junction transistor fabricated via femtosecond laser processing

B. Su, B. Yao, X. Zhang, K. Huang, D. Li, H. Guo, X. Li, X. Chen, Z. Liu and J. Tian, Nanoscale Adv., 2020, 2, 1733 DOI: 10.1039/D0NA00201A

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