Flexible p-Type WSe₂ Transistors with Alumina Top-Gate Dielectric

Tungsten diselenide (WSe₂) field-effect transistors (FETs) are promising for emerging electronics because of their tunable polarity, enabling complementary transistor technology, and their suitability for flexible electronics through material transfer. In this work, we demonstrate flexible p-type WSe₂ FETs with absolute drain currents |<i>I</i>_D| up to 7 μA/μm. We achieve this by fabricating flexible top-gated FETs with a combined WSe₂ and metal contact transfer approach using WSe₂ grown by metal-organic chemical vapor deposition on sapphire. Despite moderate WSe₂ crystal grain size, our devices show similar or higher |<i>I</i>_D| and <i>I</i>_D on/off ratio (∼10⁵) compared to most devices with exfoliated single-crystal WSe₂ from the literature. We analyze charge trapping in our devices using pulsed and bias stress measurements. Notably, the high |<i>I</i>_D| values are preserved during pulsing, where charge trapping is minimized. Overall, we demonstrate a fabrication approach advantageous for high drain currents in flexible 2D transistors.