Scalable high performance radio frequency electronics based on large domain bilayer MoS<sub>2</sub>.

Gao, Qingguo; Zhang, Zhenfeng; Xu, Xiaole; Song, Jian; Li, Xuefei; Wu, Yanqing · Nat Commun · 2018

basic_science · Level V

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Abstract

Atomically-thin layered molybdenum disulfide (MoS<sub>2</sub>) has attracted tremendous research attention for their potential applications in high performance DC and radio frequency electronics, especially for flexible electronics. Bilayer MoS<sub>2</sub> is expected to have higher electron mobility and higher density of states with higher performance compared with single layer MoS<sub>2</sub>. Here, we systematically investigate the synthesis of high quality bilayer MoS<sub>2</sub> by chemical vapor deposition on molten glass with increasing domain sizes up to 200 μm. High performance transistors with optimized high-κ dielectrics deliver ON-current of 427 μA μm<sup>-1</sup> at 300 K and a record high ON-current of 1.52 mA μm<sup>-1</sup> at 4.3 K. Moreover, radio frequency transistors are demonstrated with an extrinsic high cut-off frequency of 7.2 GHz and record high extrinsic maximum frequency of oscillation of 23 GHz, together with gigahertz MoS<sub>2</sub> mixers on flexible polyimide substrate, showing the great potential for future high performance DC and high-frequency electronics.