The piezotronics effect utilizes a piezopotential to modulate and control current in piezo-semiconductors.Ferroelectric materials,as a type of piezoelectric materials,possess piezoelectric coefficients that are signif...The piezotronics effect utilizes a piezopotential to modulate and control current in piezo-semiconductors.Ferroelectric materials,as a type of piezoelectric materials,possess piezoelectric coefficients that are significantly larger than those found in conventional piezoelectric materials.Here,we propose a strain modulated ferroelectric field-effect transistor(St-FeFET)utilizing external strain instead of gate voltage to achieve ferroelectric modulation,which eliminates the need for gate voltage.By applying a very small strain(0.01%),the St-FeFET can achieve a maximum on-off current ratio of 1250%and realizes a gauge factor(GF)of 1.19×10^(6),which is much higher than that of conventional strain sensors.This work proposes a new method for realizing highly sensitive strain sensors and presents innovative approaches to the operation methods of ferroelectric field-effect transistors as well as potential applications for coupling of strain sensors and various devices across different fields.展开更多
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.52192611)Beijing Municipal Natural Science Foundation(No.Z230024)the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities.
文摘The piezotronics effect utilizes a piezopotential to modulate and control current in piezo-semiconductors.Ferroelectric materials,as a type of piezoelectric materials,possess piezoelectric coefficients that are significantly larger than those found in conventional piezoelectric materials.Here,we propose a strain modulated ferroelectric field-effect transistor(St-FeFET)utilizing external strain instead of gate voltage to achieve ferroelectric modulation,which eliminates the need for gate voltage.By applying a very small strain(0.01%),the St-FeFET can achieve a maximum on-off current ratio of 1250%and realizes a gauge factor(GF)of 1.19×10^(6),which is much higher than that of conventional strain sensors.This work proposes a new method for realizing highly sensitive strain sensors and presents innovative approaches to the operation methods of ferroelectric field-effect transistors as well as potential applications for coupling of strain sensors and various devices across different fields.
