Efficient electrical control of thin-film black phosphorus bandgap

Bingchen Deng; Vy Tran; Yujun Xie; Hao Jiang; Cheng Li; Qiushi Guo; Xiaomu Wang; He Tian; Steven J. Koester; Han Wang; Judy J. Cha; Qiangfei Xia; Li Yang; Fengnian Xia

doi:10.1038/ncomms14474

Nature Communications (Apr 2017)

Efficient electrical control of thin-film black phosphorus bandgap

Bingchen Deng,
Vy Tran,
Yujun Xie,
Hao Jiang,
Cheng Li,
Qiushi Guo,
Xiaomu Wang,
He Tian,
Steven J. Koester,
Han Wang,
Judy J. Cha,
Qiangfei Xia,
Li Yang,
Fengnian Xia

Affiliations

Bingchen Deng: Department of Electrical Engineering, Yale University
Vy Tran: Department of Physics, Washington University
Yujun Xie: Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science, Yale University
Hao Jiang: Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Massachusetts
Cheng Li: Department of Electrical Engineering, Yale University
Qiushi Guo: Department of Electrical Engineering, Yale University
Xiaomu Wang: Department of Electrical Engineering, Yale University
He Tian: Ming Hsieh Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Southern California
Steven J. Koester: Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Minnesota
Han Wang: Ming Hsieh Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Southern California
Judy J. Cha: Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science, Yale University
Qiangfei Xia: Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Massachusetts
Li Yang: Department of Physics, Washington University
Fengnian Xia: Department of Electrical Engineering, Yale University

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms14474
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 8, no. 1
pp. 1 – 7

Abstract

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Layered black phosphorous has gained significant attention in the 2D materials community, and dynamical control of its bandgap is key to enable novel applications. Here, the authors demonstrate continuous electrical bandgap tuning using moderate displacement fields.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
Website: https://www.nature.com/ncomms/

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