Symmetric n-and p-Type Sub-5-nm 1D Graphene Nanoribbon Transistors for Homogeneous CMOS Applications

TL;DR

This paper demonstrates that symmetric sub-5-nm graphene nanoribbon transistors can meet high-performance CMOS targets, showing superior symmetry and performance compared to other 2D materials, through ab initio quantum transport simulations.

Contribution

It introduces symmetric n- and p-type 7 AGNR FETs at sub-5-nm gate lengths with performance meeting industry targets, highlighting their potential for CMOS applications.

Findings

Sub-5-nm 7 AGNR FETs meet high-performance CMOS targets.

Symmetric electron/hole effective masses improve device symmetry.

Compared to MoS2 and MoTe2, 7 AGNR FETs show superior performance.

Abstract

Graphene nanoribbon (GNR) emerges as an exceptionally promising channel candidate due to its tunable sizable bandgap (0-3 eV), ultrahigh carrier mobility (up to 4600 cm^(2) V^(-1) s^(-1)), and excellent device performance (current on-off ratio of 10^(7)). However, the asymmetry of reported n-type and p-type GNR field-effect transistors (FETs) at ultrashort gate length (Lg) has become an obstacle to future complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor (CMOS) integration. Here, we conduct ab initio quantum transport simulations to investigate the transport properties of sub-5-nm Lg 7 armchair-edge GNR (7 AGNR) FETs. The on-state current, delay time, and power dissipation of the n-type and p-type 7 AGNR FETs fulfill the International Technology Roadmap for Semiconductors targets for high-performance devices when Lg is reduced to 3 nm. Remarkably, the 7 AGNR FETs exhibit superior n-type and p-type symmetry to the 7-9-7 AGNR FETs due to the more symmetrical electron/hole effective masses. Compared to the monolayer MoS2 and MoTe2 counterparts, the 7 AGNR FETs have better device performance, which could be further improved via gate engineering. Our results shed light on the immense potential of 7 AGNR in advancing CMOS electronics beyond silicon.