Multi-terminal electrical transport measurements of molybdenum disulphide using van der Waals heterostructure device platform
arXiv:1412.5977
Abstract
Atomically thin two-dimensional (2D) semiconductors such as molybdenum disulphide (MoS2) hold great promise in electrical, optical, and mechanical devices and display novel physical phenomena such as coupled spin-valley physics and the valley Hall effect. However, the electron mobility of mono- and few-layer MoS2 has so far been substantially below theoretically predicted limits, particularly at low temperature (T), which has hampered efforts to observe its intrinsic quantum transport behaviors. Potential sources of disorder and scattering include both defects such as sulfur vacancies in the MoS2 itself, and extrinsic sources such as charged impurities and remote optical phonons from oxide dielectrics. To reduce extrinsic scattering and approach the intrinsic limit, we developed a van der Waals (vdW) heterostructure device platform where MoS2 layers are fully encapsulated within hexagonal boron nitride (hBN), and electrically contacted in a multi-terminal geometry using gate-tunable graphene electrodes. Multi-terminal magneto-transport measurements show dramatic improvements in performance, including a record-high Hall mobility reaching 34,000 cm2/Vs for 6-layer MoS2 at low T. Comparison to theory shows a decrease of 1-2 orders of magnitude in the density of charged impurities, indicating that performance at low T in previous studies was limited by extrinsic factors rather than defects in the MoS2. We also observed Shubnikov-de Haas (SdH) oscillations for the first time in high-mobility monolayer and few-layer MoS2. This novel device platform therefore opens up a new way toward measurements of intrinsic properties and the study of quantum transport phenomena in 2D semiconducting materials.
21 pages, 4 figures, 1 table; fix the affiliation and acknowledgements;remove the refs. 36 on page 7
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