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Tunable Schottky barrier width and enormously enhanced photoresponsivity in Sb doped SnS2 monolayer

Junchi Liu1Xiao Liu1Zhuojun Chen1Lili Miao1Xingqiang Liu1Bo Li2( )Liming Tang1Keqiu Chen1Yuan Liu1Jingbo Li3Zhongming Wei3( )Xidong Duan4( )
Department of Applied Physics,School of Physics and Electronics, Hunan University,Changsha,410082,China;
Hunan Key Laboratory of two dimensional materials,Department of Applied Physics, School of Physics and Electronics, Hunan University,Changsha,410082,China;
State Key Laboratory of Superlattices and Microstructures,Institute of Semiconductors, Chinese Academy of Sciences & College of Materials Science and Opto-Electronic Technology, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences,Beijing,100083,China;
Hunan Key Laboratory of two dimensional materials,State Key Laboratory for Chemo/Biosensing and Chemometrics, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hunan University,Changsha,410082,China;
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Abstract

Doping, which is the intentional introduction of impurities into a material, can improve the metal-semiconductor interface by reducing Schottky barrier width. Here, we present high-quality two-dimensional SnS2 nanosheets with well-controlled Sb doping concentration via direct vapor growth approach and following micromechanical cleavage process. X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) measurement demonstrates that Sb contents of the doped samples are approximately 0.22%, 0.34% and 1.21%, respectively, and doping induces the upward shift of the Fermi level with respect to the pristine SnS2. Transmission electron microscopy (TEM) characterization exhibits that Sb-doped SnS2 nanosheets have a high-quality hexagonal symmetry structure and Sb element is uniformly distributed in the nanosheets. The phototransistors based on the Sb-doped SnS2 monolayers show n-type behavior with high mobility which is one order of magnitude higher than that of pristine SnS2 phototransistors. The photoresponsivity and external quantum efficiency (EQE) of Sb-SnS2 monolayers phototransistors are approximately three orders of magnitude higher than that of pristine SnS2 phototransistor. The results suggest that the method of reducing Shottky barrier width to achieve high mobility and photoresponsivity is effective, and Sb-doped SnS2 monolayer has significant potential in future nanoelectronic and optoelectronic applications.

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Liu J, Liu X, Chen Z, et al. Tunable Schottky barrier width and enormously enhanced photoresponsivity in Sb doped SnS2 monolayer. Nano Research, 2019, 12(2): 463-468. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12274-018-2243-1
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Received: 11 October 2018
Revised: 28 October 2018
Accepted: 06 November 2018
Published: 16 November 2018
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