Engineering Schottky Barrier in Black Phosphorus field effect devices for spintronic applications

Abstract

Black phosphorous (BP) is is recently unveiled as a promising two-dimensional direct bandgap semiconducting material. Here, we report the ambipolar field effect transistor behavior of multilayers of BP with ferromagnetic tunnel contacts. We observe a reduced of Schottky barrier < 50 meV by using TiO${}_2$/Co contacts, which could be further tuned by gate voltages. Eminently a good transistor performance is achieved in BP devices, with drain current modulation on the order of four to six orders of magnitude. The charge carrier mobility is found to be $\sim$ 155 and 0.18 cm${}^2$ V${}^{-1}$ s${}^{-1}$ for holes and electrons respectively at room temperature. Furthermore, magnetoresistance calculations reveal that the resistances of the BP device with applied gate voltages are in the appropriate range for injection and detection of spin polarized holes. Our results demonstrate the prospect of engineering BP nanolayered devices for efficient nanoelectronic and spintronic applications.

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