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Ballistic n-type carbon nanotube (CNT)-based field-effect transistors (FETs) have been fabricated by contacting semiconducting single-walled CNTs (SWCNTs) using Sc or Y. The n-type CNT FETs were pushed to their performance limits through further optimizing their gate structure and insulator. The CNT FETs outperformed n-type Si metal-oxide-semiconductor (MOS) FETs with the same gate length and displayed better downscaling behavior than the Si MOS FETs. Together with the demonstration of ballistic p-type CNT FETs using Pd contacts, this technological advance is a step toward the doping-free fabrication of CNT-based ballistic complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor (CMOS) devices and integrated circuits. Taking full advantage of the perfectly symmetric band structure of the semiconductor SWCNT, a perfect SWCNT-based CMOS inverter was demonstrated, which had a voltage gain of over 160. Two adjacent n- and p-type FETs fabricated on the same SWCNT with a self-aligned top-gate realized high field mobility simultaneously for electrons (3000 cm2 V−1 s−1) and holes (3300 cm2 V−1 s−1). The CNT FETs also had excellent potential for high-frequency applications, such as a high-performance frequency doubler.
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Zhang, Z., Wang, S. & Peng, L. High-performance doping-free carbon-nanotube-based CMOS devices and integrated circuits. Chin. Sci. Bull. 57, 135–148 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11434-011-4791-6
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