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High-Performance CVD Bilayer MoS₂ Radio Frequency Transistors and Gigahertz Mixers for Flexible Nanoelectronics.

ABSTRACT: Two-dimensional (2D) MoS₂ have attracted tremendous attention due to their potential applications in future flexible high-frequency electronics. Bilayer MoS₂ exhibits the advantages of carrier mobility when compared with monolayer mobility, thus making the former more suitable for use in future flexible high-frequency electronics. However, there are fewer systematical studies of chemical vapor deposition (CVD) bilayer MoS₂ radiofrequency (RF) transistors on flexible polyimide substrates. In this work, CVD bilayer MoS₂ RF transistors on flexible substrates with different gate lengths and gigahertz flexible frequency mixers were constructed and systematically studied. The extrinsic cutoff frequency (f_T) and maximum oscillation frequency (f_max) increased with reducing gate lengths. From transistors with a gate length of 0.3 μm, we demonstrated an extrinsic f_T of 4 GHz and f_max of 10 GHz. Furthermore, statistical analysis of 14 flexible MoS₂ RF transistors is presented in this work. The study of a flexible mixer demonstrates the dependence of conversion gain versus gate voltage, LO power and input signal frequency. These results present the potential of CVD bilayer MoS₂ for future flexible high-frequency electronics.

SUBMITTER: Gao Q

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8072592 | biostudies-literature |

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