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Title: Uniform high-k amorphous native oxide synthesized by oxygen plasma for top-gated transistors

Abstract

The integration of high-k gate dielectrics with two-dimensional (2D) semiconducting channel materials is essential for high-performance and low-power electronics. However, the conformal deposition of a uniform high-k dielectric with sub-1-nm equivalent oxide thickness (EOT) and high interface quality on high-mobility 2D semiconductors is still challenging. Here we report a facile approach to synthesize a uniform high-k (εr ~ 22) amorphous native oxide Bi2SeOx on the 2D semiconducting Bi2O2Se using O2 plasma at room temperature. The conformal native oxide can directly serve as gate dielectrics with EOT of ~0.9 nm, while the original properties of underlying 2D Bi2O2Se is preserved. Furthermore, high-resolution area-selective oxidation of Bi2O2Se is achieved to fabricate discrete electronic components. This facile integration of a 2D semiconductor and its high-k native oxide holds high promise for next-generation nanoelectronics.

Authors:
 [1];  [1];  [1];  [2];  [3];  [4];  [1];  [1];  [1];  [1];  [1];  [3];  [2];  [1]
  1. Peking Univ., Beijing (China)
  2. Univ. of Texas, Austin, TX (United States)
  3. King Abdullah Univ. of Science and Technology (KAUST), Thuwal (Saudi Arabia)
  4. Peking Univ., Beijing (China); Nankai Univ., Tianjin (China)
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Univ. of Texas, Austin, TX (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)
OSTI Identifier:
1658862
Grant/Contract Number:  
SC0019025
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Nano Letters
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 20; Journal Issue: 10; Journal ID: ISSN 1530-6984
Publisher:
American Chemical Society
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
36 MATERIALS SCIENCE

Citation Formats

Tu, Teng, Zhang, Yichi, Li, Tianran, Yu, Jia, Liu, Lingmei, Wu, Jinxiong, Tan, Congwei, Tang, Jilin, Liang, Yan, Zhang, Congcong, Dai, Yumin, Han, Yu, Lai, Keji, and Peng, Hailin. Uniform high-k amorphous native oxide synthesized by oxygen plasma for top-gated transistors. United States: N. p., 2020. Web. doi:10.1021/acs.nanolett.0c02951.
Tu, Teng, Zhang, Yichi, Li, Tianran, Yu, Jia, Liu, Lingmei, Wu, Jinxiong, Tan, Congwei, Tang, Jilin, Liang, Yan, Zhang, Congcong, Dai, Yumin, Han, Yu, Lai, Keji, & Peng, Hailin. Uniform high-k amorphous native oxide synthesized by oxygen plasma for top-gated transistors. United States. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.nanolett.0c02951
Tu, Teng, Zhang, Yichi, Li, Tianran, Yu, Jia, Liu, Lingmei, Wu, Jinxiong, Tan, Congwei, Tang, Jilin, Liang, Yan, Zhang, Congcong, Dai, Yumin, Han, Yu, Lai, Keji, and Peng, Hailin. Thu . "Uniform high-k amorphous native oxide synthesized by oxygen plasma for top-gated transistors". United States. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.nanolett.0c02951. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1658862.
@article{osti_1658862,
title = {Uniform high-k amorphous native oxide synthesized by oxygen plasma for top-gated transistors},
author = {Tu, Teng and Zhang, Yichi and Li, Tianran and Yu, Jia and Liu, Lingmei and Wu, Jinxiong and Tan, Congwei and Tang, Jilin and Liang, Yan and Zhang, Congcong and Dai, Yumin and Han, Yu and Lai, Keji and Peng, Hailin},
abstractNote = {The integration of high-k gate dielectrics with two-dimensional (2D) semiconducting channel materials is essential for high-performance and low-power electronics. However, the conformal deposition of a uniform high-k dielectric with sub-1-nm equivalent oxide thickness (EOT) and high interface quality on high-mobility 2D semiconductors is still challenging. Here we report a facile approach to synthesize a uniform high-k (εr ~ 22) amorphous native oxide Bi2SeOx on the 2D semiconducting Bi2O2Se using O2 plasma at room temperature. The conformal native oxide can directly serve as gate dielectrics with EOT of ~0.9 nm, while the original properties of underlying 2D Bi2O2Se is preserved. Furthermore, high-resolution area-selective oxidation of Bi2O2Se is achieved to fabricate discrete electronic components. This facile integration of a 2D semiconductor and its high-k native oxide holds high promise for next-generation nanoelectronics.},
doi = {10.1021/acs.nanolett.0c02951},
journal = {Nano Letters},
number = 10,
volume = 20,
place = {United States},
year = {Thu Sep 03 00:00:00 EDT 2020},
month = {Thu Sep 03 00:00:00 EDT 2020}
}

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