Tailoring the Electrical Characteristics of MoS<sub>2</sub> FETs through Controllable Surface Charge Transfer Doping Using Selective Inkjet Printing.

Jeong, Inho; Cho, Kyungjune; Yun, Seobin; Shin, Jiwon; Kim, Jaeyoung; Kim, Gyu Tae; Lee, Takhee; Chung, Seungjun · ACS Nano · 2022

basic_science · Level V

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Abstract

Surface charge transfer doping (SCTD) has been regarded as an effective approach to tailor the electrical characteristics of atomically thin transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDs) in a nondestructive manner due to their two-dimensional nature. However, the difficulty of achieving rationally controlled SCTD on TMDs <i>via</i> conventional doping methods, such as solution immersion and dopant vaporization, has impeded the realization of practical optoelectronic and electronic devices. Here, we demonstrate controllable SCTD of molybdenum disulfide (MoS<sub>2</sub>) field-effect transistors using inkjet-printed benzyl viologen (BV) as an n-type dopant. By adjusting the BV concentration and the areal coverage of inkjet-printed BV dopants, controllable SCTD results in BV-doped MoS<sub>2</sub> FETs with elaborately tailored electrical performance. Specifically, the suggested solvent system creates well-defined droplets of BV ink having a volume of ∼2 pL, which allows the high spatial selectivity of SCTD onto the MoS<sub>2</sub> channels by depositing the BV dopant on demand. Our inkjet-printed SCTD method provides a feasible solution for achieving controllable doping to modulate the electrical and optical performances of TMD-based devices.