Electron transport in the single-layer semiconductor

TL;DR

This paper presents a new analytical and simulation-based model for understanding electron transport in single-layer semiconductors, emphasizing the influence of temperature and gate voltages, which advances the fundamental understanding of 2D material electronics.

Contribution

It introduces a novel model that attributes resistance to quantum barriers rather than scattering, and explores temperature and gate voltage effects on electron transport in 2D semiconductors.

Findings

Resistance is governed by quantum barriers, not scattering.

Electron transport is significantly affected by temperature and gate voltages.

Simulation results align with the proposed model, showing key parameters influence drain current.

Abstract

Two-dimensional (2D) materials are a new class of materials with interesting physical properties and applications ranging from nanoelectronics to sensing and photonics. In addition to graphene, the most studied 2D material, monolayers of other layered materials such as semiconducting dichalcogenides MoS2 or WSe2 are gaining in importance as promising channel materials for field-effect transistors (FETs) and phototransistors. However, it is unclear that how the specific process of electron transport is affected by temperature. So, nowadays the electron dynamics of single-layer semiconductor cannot be understood fundamentally. Here, we develop an analytical theory distinguishing from traditional energy band theory, backed up by Monte-Carlo simulations, that predicts the process of electron transport and the effect of temperature on the electron transport in the single-layer semiconductor. In this paper, A new model is built to deal with electron transporting in the sing-layer semiconductor. The resistance is decided by the barrier rather than the electron scattering in the single-layer semiconductor, which is macroscopic quantum effect. Electron transport in FETs with different dielectric configurations are investigated at different temperatures and a new control factor that is decided by top-gate voltage or bottom-gate voltage is introduced to describe the effect of gate voltage on the electron transport in 2D semiconductor. The results of simulation show the drain current is mainly determined by some elements, such as temperature, top-gate voltage, bottom-gate voltage and source-drain voltage.