In this work, high-quality 1D van der Waals (vdW) Nb 2 Pd 3 Se 8 is synthesized, showing an excellent scalability from bulk to single-ribbon due to weakly bonded repeating unit ribbons. The calculation of electronic band structures confirmed that this novel Nb 2 Pd 3 Se 8 is a semiconducting material, displaying indirect-to-direct bandgap transition with decreasing the number of unit-ribbons from bulk to single. Field effect transistors (FETs) fabricated on the mechanically exfoliated Nb 2 Pd 3 Se 8 nanowires exhibit n-type transport characteristics at room temperature, resulting in the values for the electron mobility and I on /I off ratio of 31 cm 2 V −1 s −1 and ≈10 4 , respectively. Through transport measurements at various temperatures from room temperature down to 90 K, it is confirmed that Nb 2 Pd 3 Se 8 FETs can achieve negligible Schottky barrier height (SBH) for the Au contacts at the temperature range, displaying clear ohmic contact characteristics. Furthermore, top-gated FETs fabricated with the Al 2 O 3 dielectric layer are studied simultaneously with back-gated FETs.