Anisotropic Carrier Mobility from 2H WSe2.

Transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDCs) with 2H phase are expected to be the building blocks in next-generation electronics, however, suffered from electrical anisotropy, which is the basics for multi-terminal artificial synaptic devices, digital inverters, and anisotropic memtransistors that are highly desired in neuromorphic computing. Herein, the anisotropic carrier mobility from 2H WSe2 is reported for the first time, where the anisotropic degree of carrier mobility spans from 0.16 to 0.95 for various WSe2 field effect transistors under a gate voltage of -60 V. Phonon scattering, impurity ions scattering, and defect scattering are excluded for anisotropic mobility. Intrinsic screening layer is proposed and confirmed by Z-contrast STEM imaging to respond to the electrical anisotropy. Seven types of intrinsic screening layers are created and calculated by density functional theory to evaluate modulated electronic structures, effective masses, and scattering intensities, resulting in anisotropic mobility. The discovery of anisotropic carrier mobility from 2H WSe2 provides a degree of freedom for adjusting the physical properties of 2H TMDCs and a fertile ground for exploring and integrating the TMDCs electronic transistors with better performance along the direction of high mobility. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.