Exploring new two-dimensional materials as the channel
of ultrascaled
field effect transistors (FETs) is in great demand to sustain Moore’s
law. Herein, using first-principles calculations, we propose Janus
MgZnXY (X, YO, S, Se, and Te; X ≠ Y) monolayers and
examine their energetic, dynamic, and thermal stability. The electronic
band structures reveal that all stable structures are semiconductors
with bandgaps ranging from 2.03 to 3.40 eV (HSE06) and extremely high
electron mobilities. Inspired by the exceptional intrinsic properties
of the MgZnXY family, we investigate the performance of a double-gate
n-type field effect transistor (DG-nFET) with a MgZnSSe monolayer
as the channel material. It is shown that sub-5 nm gate length MgZnSSe
DG-nFETs with suitable underlap length and contacts’ doping
outperform the International Technology Roadmap for Semiconductors
with high-performance (HP) and low-power (LP) standards. It is also
revealed that the impressively high on-current of 3620 μA/μm
and ultralow delay time and power-delay product of 0.064 ps and 0.149
fJ/μm, respectively, can be achieved for HP MgZnSSe DG-nFET.
In addition, we investigate the gate-control ability of the proposed
device and show that the structures with electrodes’ doping
of 1 × 1013 and 2 × 1013 cm–2 can give subthreshold swings down to 73 and 75 mV/dec, respectively.
Our results demonstrate that the proposed MgZnXY monolayers have great
potential in future competitive short-channel FETs.