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Chin. Phys. B, 2023, Vol. 32(12): 127203    DOI: 10.1088/1674-1056/ad0116
Special Issue: SPECIAL TOPIC—Post-Moore era: Materials and device physics
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P-type cold-source field-effect transistors with TcX2 and ReX2 (X=S, Se) cold source electrodes: A computational study

Qianwen Wang(汪倩文)1, Jixuan Wu(武继璇)2, Xuepeng Zhan(詹学鹏)2, Pengpeng Sang(桑鹏鹏)2,†, and Jiezhi Chen(陈杰智)2,‡
1 School of Information Science & Technology, Qingdao University of Science & Technology, Qingdao 266000, China;
2 School of Information Science and Engineering, Shandong University, Qingdao 266000, China
Abstract  Cold-source field-effect transistors (CS-FETs) have been developed to overcome the major challenge of power dissipation in modern integrated circuits. Cold metals suitable for n-type CS-FETs have been proposed as the ideal electrode to filter the high-energy electrons and break the thermal limit on subthreshold swing (SS). In this work, regarding the p-type CS-FETs, we propose TcX2 and ReX2 (X = S, Se) as the injection source to realize the sub-thermal switching for holes. First-principles calculations unveils the cold-metal characteristics of monolayer TcX2 and ReX2, possessing a sub-gap below the Fermi level and a decreasing DOS with energy. Quantum device simulations demonstrate that TcX2 and ReX2 can enable the cold source effects in WSe2 p-type FETs, achieving steep SS of 29-38 mV/dec and high on/off ratios of (2.3-5.6)×107. Moreover, multilayer ReS2 retains the cold metal characteristic, thus ensuring similar CS-FET performances to that of the monolayer source. This work underlines the significance of cold metals for the design of p-type CS-FETs.
Keywords:  cold metal      steep-slope transistor      subthreshold swing      quantum device simulations  
Received:  26 July 2023      Revised:  12 September 2023      Accepted manuscript online:  07 October 2023
PACS:  72.90.+y (Other topics in electronic transport in condensed matter)  
  81.05.Zx (New materials: theory, design, and fabrication)  
  05.60.Gg (Quantum transport)  
  85.30.Tv (Field effect devices)  
Fund: Project was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos.62034006, 92264201, and 62104134) and the Natural Science Foundation of Shandong Province of China (Grant Nos.ZR2023QF076 and ZR2023QF054).
Corresponding Authors:  Pengpeng Sang, Jiezhi Chen     E-mail:  ppsang@sdu.edu.cn;chen.jiezhi@sdu.edu.cn

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Qianwen Wang(汪倩文), Jixuan Wu(武继璇), Xuepeng Zhan(詹学鹏),Pengpeng Sang(桑鹏鹏), and Jiezhi Chen(陈杰智) P-type cold-source field-effect transistors with TcX2 and ReX2 (X=S, Se) cold source electrodes: A computational study 2023 Chin. Phys. B 32 127203

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