Large scale MoS2 nanosheet logic circuits integrated by photolithography on glass

We demonstrate 500 × 500 μm2 large scale polygrain MoS2 nanosheets and field effect transistor (FET) circuits integrated using those nanosheets, which are initially grown on SiO2/p+–Si by chemical vapor deposition but transferred onto glass substrate to be patterned by photolithography. In fact, large scale growth of two-dimensional MoS2 and its conventional way of patterning for integrated devices have remained as one of the unresolved important issues. In the present study, we achieved maximum linear mobility of ~9 cm2 V−1 s−1 from single-domain MoS2 FET on SiO2/p+–Si substrate and 0.5~3.0 cm2 V−1 s−1 from large scale MoS2 sheet transferred onto glass. Such reduced mobility is attributed to the transfer process-induced wrinkles and crevices, domain boundaries, residue on MoS2, and loss of the back gate-charging effects that might exist due to SiO2/p+–Si substrate. Among 16 MoS2-based FETs, 13 devices successfully work (yield was more than 80%) producing NOT, NOR, and NAND logic circuits. Inverter (NOT gate) shows quite a high voltage gain over 12 at a supply voltage of 5 V, also displaying 60 μs switching speed in kilohertz dynamics.