Hot-carrier degradation in single-layer double-gated graphene field-effect transistors

We report a first study of hot-carrier degradation (HCD) in graphene field-effect transistors (GFETs). Our results show that HCD in GFETs is recoverable, similarly to the bias-temperature instability (BTI). Depending on the top gate bias polarity, the presence of HCD may either accelerate or suppress BTI. Contrary to BTI, which mainly results in a change of the charged trap density in the oxide, HCD also leads to a mobility degradation which strongly correlates with the magnitude of the applied stress.