Characteristics of p-Type Conduction in P-Doped MoS2 by Phosphorous Pentoxide during Chemical Vapor Deposition

Abstract

We demonstrated p-type conduction in MoS2 grown with phosphorous pentoxide via chemical vapor deposition (CVD). Monolayer MoS2 with a triangular shape and 15-mu m grains was confirmed by atomic force microscopy. The difference between the Raman signals of the A(1g) and E-2g(1) modes for both the pristine and P-doped samples was 19.4 cm(-1). In the X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy results, the main core level peaks of P-doped MoS2 downshifted by about 0.5 eV to a lower binding energy compared to the pristine material. Field-effect transistors (FETs) fabricated with the P-doped monolayer MoS2 showed p-type conduction with a field-effect mobility of 0.023 cm(2)/V.s and an on/off current ratio of 10(3), while FETs with the pristine MoS2 showed n-type behavior with a field-effect mobility of 29.7 cm(2)/V.s and an on/off current ratio of 10(5). The carriers in the FET channel were identified as holes with a concentration of 1.01 x 10(11) cm(-2) in P-doped MoS2, while the pristine material had an electron concentration of 6.47 x 10(11) cm(-2).