Structure, properties and applications of two‐dimensional hexagonal boron nitride

S Roy, X Zhang, AB Puthirath… - Advanced …, 2021‏ - Wiley Online Library
Hexagonal boron nitride (h‐BN) has emerged as a strong candidate for two‐dimensional
(2D) material owing to its exciting optoelectrical properties combined with mechanical …

Making clean electrical contacts on 2D transition metal dichalcogenides

Y Wang, M Chhowalla - Nature Reviews Physics, 2022‏ - nature.com
Abstract 2D semiconductors, particularly transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDs), have
emerged as highly promising for new electronic technologies. However, a key challenge in …

Approaching the quantum limit in two-dimensional semiconductor contacts

W Li, X Gong, Z Yu, L Ma, W Sun, S Gao, Ç Köroğlu… - Nature, 2023‏ - nature.com
The development of next-generation electronics requires scaling of channel material
thickness down to the two-dimensional limit while maintaining ultralow contact resistance …

Unipolar barrier photodetectors based on van der Waals heterostructures

Y Chen, Y Wang, Z Wang, Y Gu, Y Ye, X Chai, J Ye… - Nature …, 2021‏ - nature.com
Unipolar barrier structures are used to suppress dark current in photodetectors by blocking
majority carriers. Designing unipolar barriers with conventional materials is challenging due …

Molybdenum disulfide transistors with enlarged van der Waals gaps at their dielectric interface via oxygen accumulation

P Luo, C Liu, J Lin, X Duan, W Zhang, C Ma, Y Lv… - Nature …, 2022‏ - nature.com
Two-dimensional molybdenum disulfide (MoS2) is a potential alternative channel material to
silicon for future scaled transistors. Scaling down the gate dielectric and maintaining a high …

Fermi level pinning dependent 2D semiconductor devices: challenges and prospects

X Liu, MS Choi, E Hwang, WJ Yoo, J Sun - Advanced Materials, 2022‏ - Wiley Online Library
Motivated by the high expectation for efficient electrostatic modulation of charge transport at
very low voltages, atomically thin 2D materials with a range of bandgaps are investigated …

Layer-structured anisotropic metal chalcogenides: recent advances in synthesis, modulation, and applications

A Giri, G Park, U Jeong - Chemical Reviews, 2023‏ - ACS Publications
The unique electronic and catalytic properties emerging from low symmetry anisotropic (1D
and 2D) metal chalcogenides (MCs) have generated tremendous interest for use in next …

2D semiconductors for specific electronic applications: from device to system

X Huang, C Liu, P Zhou - npj 2D Materials and Applications, 2022‏ - nature.com
The shrinking of transistors has hit a wall of material degradation and the specialized
electronic applications for complex scenarios have raised challenges in heterostructures …

Van der Waals contacts between three-dimensional metals and two-dimensional semiconductors

Y Wang, JC Kim, RJ Wu, J Martinez, X Song, J Yang… - Nature, 2019‏ - nature.com
As the dimensions of the semiconducting channels in field-effect transistors decrease, the
contact resistance of the metal–semiconductor interface at the source and drain electrodes …

The road for 2D semiconductors in the silicon age

S Wang, X Liu, P Zhou - Advanced Materials, 2022‏ - Wiley Online Library
Continued reduction in transistor size can improve the performance of silicon integrated
circuits (ICs). However, as Moore's law approaches physical limits, high‐performance …