A small-signal generator based on a multi-layer graphene/molybdenum disulfide heterojunction

Abstract

In this work, we fabricate a heterojunction small-signal generator (HSSG) based on a graphene-molybdenum disulfide (MoS2) heterojunction. The HSSG is fundamentally different from any analog device developed previously. The HSSG is composed of two quasi-2D heterojunctions and has three terminals named injector (I), recombinator (R), and generator (G). MoS2 serves as I and G, and graphene works as R in the HSSG. The scale coefficient (β = IG/IR) of the HSSG is 1.14 × 10-4 (V IG, IR = 0.2 V) to 1.95 × 10-4 (VIG, IR = 1 V). The current generated from G could be as low as pA scale, which reveals the good performance of the HSSG. © 2013 AIP Publishing LLC.