Gate‐Tunable Graphene–WSe2 Heterojunctions at the Schottky–Mott Limit

Abstract

Metal-semiconductor interfaces, known as Schottky junctions, have long been hindered by defects and impurities. Such imperfections dominate the electrical characteristics of the junction by pinning the metal Fermi energy. Here, a graphene-WSe2 p-type Schottky junction, which exhibits a lack of Fermi level pinning, is studied. The Schottky junction displays near-ideal diode characteristics with large gate tunability and small leakage currents. Using a gate electrostatically coupled to the WSe2 channel to tune the Schottky barrier height, the Schottky-Mott limit is probed in a single device. As a special manifestation of the tunable Schottky barrier, a diode with a dynamically controlled ideality factor is demonstrated.