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      Ultralow Schottky Barriers in hBN-Encapsulated Monolayer WSe\(_2\) Tunnel Field-Effect Transistors

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          To explore the potential of field-effect transistors (FETs) based on monolayers of the two-dimensional semiconducting channel(SC) for spintronics, the two most important issues are to ensure the formation of variable low resistive tunnel ferromagnetic contacts(FC), and to preserve intrinsic properties of the SC during fabrication. Large Schottky barriers lead to the formation of high resistive contacts and methods adopted to control the barriers often alter the intrinsic properties of the SC. This work aims at addressing both issues in fully encapsulated monolayer WSe\(_2\) FETs by using bi-layer h-BN as a tunnel barrier at the FC/SC interface. We investigate the electrical transport in monolayer WSe\(_2\) FETs with current-in-plane geometry that yields hole mobilities \(\sim\) 38.3 \(cm^{2}V^{-1}s^{-1}\) at 240 K and On/Off ratios of the order of 10\(^7\), limited by the contact regions. We have achieved ultralow effective Schottky barrier (\(\sim\) 5.34 meV) with encapsulated tunneling device as opposed to a non-encapsulated device in which the barrier heights are considerably higher. These observations provide an insight into the electrical behavior of the FC/h-BN/SC/h-BN heterostructures and such control over the barrier heights opens up the possibilities for WSe\(_2\)-based spintronic devices.

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          23 April 2020
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          10.1021/acsami.0c01025
          2004.10962
          f8585fe8-67a2-4d66-a974-9dbe4b9bd722

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          ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 12, 16, 18667-18673 (2020)
          This document is the Accepted Manuscript version of a Published Work that appeared in final form in ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces \{copyright} American Chemical Society after peer review and technical editing by the publisher. To access the final edited and published work see https://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/acsami.0c01025
          physics.app-ph cond-mat.mes-hall

          Technical & Applied physics,Nanophysics
          Technical & Applied physics, Nanophysics

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