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Photoresponsive field-effect transistors based on multilayer SnS2 nanosheets

Yan Wang, Le Huang and Zhongming Wei

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 Corresponding author: Yan Wang, Email:yanwang@semi.ac.cn

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Abstract: 2D SnS2 nanosheets are exfoliated by micromechanical exfoliation technique from SnS2 single crystals which are synthesized by CVT methods. Monolayer SnS2 nanosheet has been obtained and the Raman spectrum shows that A1g mode of monolayer SnS2 shows a slight softening compared with bulk SnS2 single crystal. The field effect transistors (FETs) based on multilayer SnS2 nanosheets have been fabricated, of which the electrical and photoelectrical properties have been measured. Under dark condition, with Vsd of 1 V, our SnS2 FET shows n-type behavior. The carrier mobility of the FETs reach 3.51 cm2V-1s-1 and the ‘ON/OFF’ ratio is about 5×102. The SnS2 FET is also illuminated under 532 nm laser with the power of 500 mW/cm2. The light absorption causes an increment of carrier mobility (from 3.51 cm2V-1s-1 under dark condition to 3.85 cm2V-1s-1 under 532 nm laser illumination with the power of 500 mW/cm2) of SnS2. The responsivity (R) and detectivity of our multilayer device under 500 mW/cm2 532 nm is 2.08 A/W and 6×106 J, respectively. All the above properties indicate the potential of SnS2 nanosheets to be used as FETs and phototransistors.

Key words: two-dimensional materialsTMDsSnS2



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Fig. 1.  (Color online) (a) Optical and (b) AFM image of SnS2 nanosheets. Inset in panel (b) is the height profile along the blue dotted line in (b), the thickness of monolayer SnS2 measured by AFM is about 1.2 nm, larger than the theoretical interlayer distance in SnS2 bulk materials (~ 0.7 nm), which can be attributed to the instrumental offset. (c) and (d) Raman spectra of SnS2 monolayer (red line) and bulk samples (blue line).

Fig. 2.  (a) Typical TEM image. (b) SAED pattern. (c) Its HRTEM image.

Fig. 3.  (Color online) (a) Schematic diagram of SnS2 transistor device and the typical measurement setup. (b) I-V (Isd-Vsd) curve of the transistor, which indicates the Ohmic contact between the SnS2 nanosheet and the Au electrode. Inset of (b) is the optical image of multilayers SnS2 device, the nanosheet thickness of which is about 16 nm from AFM result. (c) Transfer (Isd-Vg) and (d) output (Isd-Vsd) characteristics of SnS2 transistor.

Fig. 4.  (Color online) (a) Transfer (Isd-Vg) and (b) output (Isd-Vsd) characteristics of SnS2 FETs measured under dark and laser power of 500 mW/cm2. The inset of (a) is the schematic diagram of SnS2 transistor device and the typical measurement setup under light illumination. (c) Time dependences of Isd with Vsd= 1 V during the incident light switched on/off. (d) One magnified circle of the photoresponse curve in (c) with rising time of 3.4 s and decay time of 4.8 s.

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      • Received Date: 2016-09-27
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