Unipolar Resistive Switching and Associated Photoresponse in Sm doped BiFeO3 Thin Film Grown by RF Sputtering

2013 ◽  
Vol 1577 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rajesh K. Katiyar ◽  
Pankaj Misra ◽  
G. L Sharma ◽  
Gerardo Morell ◽  
J. F Scott ◽  
...  

ABSTRACTNonvolatile unipolar resistive switching has been observed in Sm doped BFO thin films in Pt/Sm: BFO/SRO stack geometry. The initial forming voltage was found to be ∼ 11 V. After the forming process repeatable switching of the resistance of Sm:BFO film was obtained between low and high resistance states with nearly constant resistance ratio ∼ 105 and non overlapping switching voltages in the range of 0.7-1 V and 4-6 V respectively. The temperature dependent measurements of the resistance of the device indicated metallic and semiconducting conduction behavior in low and high resistance states respectively. The current conduction mechanism of the Pt/Sm:BFO/SRO device in low resistance states was found to be dominated by the Ohmic behavior while in case of high resistance state and at high voltages it deviated significantly from normal Ohmic behavior and was found to correspond the Pool-Frankel (PF) emission. The Pt/Sm:BFO/SRO structure also showed efficient photo-response in high and low resistance states with increase in photocurrent which was significantly higher in low resistance state when illuminated with white light.

2011 ◽  
Vol 687 ◽  
pp. 167-173 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chih Yi Liu ◽  
Po Wei Sung ◽  
Chun Hung Lai ◽  
Hung Yu Wang

SiO2thin films were fabricated as resistive layers of Cu/SiO2/Pt devices to investigate resistive switching properties. A thermal annealing was performed to allow for the diffusion of Cu ions into the SiO2thin films, leading to the formation of Cu-doped SiO2layers. Occurrence probabilities of the resistive switching and initial resistance-states of the devices were influenced by SiO2thickness, which was dependent on the Cu diffusion status within the SiO2layer. The resistive switching behaviors were characterized by the voltage sweeping mode and the current sweeping mode. The current sweeping mode provided a desired compliance current to well control the resistive switching from the high resistance-state to the low resistance-state (SET). Therefore, the large RESET (from the low resistance-state to the high resistance-state) current was not inherent in the device, due to poor control of the compliance current by the voltage sweeping mode. The current sweeping mode is a simple method to characterize the RESET current.


2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shanming Ke ◽  
Shangyu Luo ◽  
Jinhui Gong ◽  
Liwen Qiu ◽  
Renhong Liang ◽  
...  

Abstract The resistive switching (RS) mechanism of hybrid organic-inorganic perovskites is an open question until now. Here, a switchable diode-like RS behavior in MAPbBr3 single crystals using Au (or Pt) symmetric electrodes is reported. Both the high resistance state (HRS) and low resistance state (LRS) are electrode-area dependent and light responsive. We propose an electric-field-driven inner p-n junction accompanied by a trap-controlled SCLC conduction mechanism to explain this switchable diode-like RS behavior in MAPbBr3 single crystals.


2015 ◽  
Vol 08 (01) ◽  
pp. 1550001 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bai Sun ◽  
Qiling Li ◽  
Yonghong Liu ◽  
Peng Chen

Multiferroic BiCoO 3 nanoflowers were synthesized by a hydrothermal process. The BiCoO 3 nanoflowers show superior bipolar resistive switching characteristics. The typical current–voltage (I–V) characteristics of the Ag / BiCoO 3/ Ag structures exhibit an extreme change in resistance between high resistance state (HRS) or "OFF" state and low resistance state (LRS) or "ON" state with ON/OFF ratio ~ 105.


Coatings ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (4) ◽  
pp. 451
Author(s):  
Byeongjeong Kim ◽  
Chandreswar Mahata ◽  
Hojeong Ryu ◽  
Muhammad Ismail ◽  
Byung-Do Yang ◽  
...  

Resistive random-access memory (RRAM) devices are noticeable next generation memory devices. However, only few studies have been conducted regarding RRAM devices made of alloy. In this paper, we investigate the resistive switching behaviors of an Au/Ti/HfTiOx/p-Si memory device. The bipolar switching is characterized depending on compliance current under DC sweep mode. Good retention in the low-resistance state and high-resistance state is attained for nonvolatile memory and long-term memory in a synapse device. For practical switching operation, the pulse transient characteristics are studied for set and reset processes. Moreover, a synaptic weight change is achieved by a moderate pulse input for the potentiation and depression characteristics of the synaptic device. We reveal that the high-resistance state and low-resistance state are dominated by Schottky emissions.


2020 ◽  
Vol 90 (10) ◽  
pp. 1741
Author(s):  
С.В. Тихов ◽  
В.Г. Шенгуров ◽  
С.А. Денисов ◽  
И.Н. Антонов ◽  
А.В. Круглов ◽  
...  

The self-assembled GeSi nanoislands built into the semiconductor-insulator interface of the MOS-structures based on Si(001) with SiOx and ZrO2(Y) oxide layers deposited by magnetron sputtering have been shown to initiate bipolar resistive switching without preliminary electroforming. The current-voltage curves and electrical parameters of the MOS-structures in the high-resistance state and in the low-resistance state have been studied. A change in the built-in charge in the dielectric near the insulator-semiconductor interface during resistive switching is established and associated with the formation and destruction of conductive filaments. The light-stimulated resistive switching of MOS-structures with ZrO2(Y) layer from the high-resistance to the low-resistance state is observed, which is associated with an increase in the conductivity of the space-charge region in the Si substrate due to interband optical absorption in Si, which causes a voltage redistribution between Si and ZrO2(Y) layer. A difference in the shape of the small signal photo-voltage spectra of MOS-structures is found in the spectral region of intrinsic photosensitivity of Si in the high and low resistance states due to the leakage of photo-excited charge carriers from Si to the metal electrode through filaments.


2020 ◽  
Vol 20 (5) ◽  
pp. 3283-3286 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yuehua An ◽  
Xia Shen ◽  
Yuying Hao ◽  
Pengfei Guo ◽  
Weihua Tang

Conductive filament mechanism can explain major resistance switching behaviors. The forming/deforming of the filaments define the high/low resistance states. The ratio of high/low resistance depends on the characterization of the filaments. In many oxide systems, the oxygen vacancies are important to forming the conductive filaments for the resistance switching behaviors. As ultrawide band gap semiconductor, Ga2O3 has very high resistance for its high resistance state, while its low resistive state has relative high resistance, which normally results in low ratio of high/low resistance. In this letter, we report a high ratio of high/low resistance by ultraviolet radiation. The I–V characteristics of Au/Ti/β-Ga2O3/W sandwich structure device shows that the HRS to LRS ratio of 5 orders is achieved.


MRS Advances ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 4 (48) ◽  
pp. 2601-2607
Author(s):  
Toshiki Miyatani ◽  
Yusuke Nishi ◽  
Tsunenobu Kimoto

ABSTRACTImpacts of a forming process on bipolar resistive switching (RS) characteristics in Pt/TaOx/Ta2O5/Pt cells were investigated. We found that the forming resulted in a transition from an initial state to a particular high resistance state (HRS) in most of the Pt/TaOx/Ta2O5/Pt cells. Evaluation of electrical characteristics after the transition to the particular HRS revealed that two modes of bipolar RS with the conventional polarity based on valence change mechanism and with the opposite polarity could be selectively obtained by adjusting the magnitude of the applied voltage. Moreover, the cell resistance decreased gradually during set processes in the bipolar RS with the opposite polarity.


2015 ◽  
Vol 1729 ◽  
pp. 23-28 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yogesh Sharma ◽  
Pankaj Misra ◽  
Shojan P. Pavunny ◽  
Ram S. Katiyar

ABSTRACTRare-earth oxides have attracted considerable research interest in resistive random access memories (ReRAMs) due to their compatibility with complementary metal-oxide semiconductor (CMOS) process. To this end we report unipolar resistive switching in a novel ternary rare-earth oxide LaHoO3 (LHO) to accelerate progress and to support advances in this emerging densely scalable research architecture. Amorphous thin films of LHO were fabricated on Pt/TiO2/SiO2/Si substrate by pulsed laser deposition, followed by sputter deposition of platinum top electrode through shadow mask in order to elucidate the resistive switching behavior of the resulting Pt/LHO/Pt metal-insulator-metal (MIM) device structure. Stable unipolar resistive switching characteristics with interesting switching parameters like, high resistance ratio of about 105 between high resistance state (HRS) and low resistance state (LRS), non-overlapping switching voltages with narrow dispersion, and excellent retention and endurance features were observed in Pt/LHO/Pt device structure. The observed resistive switching in LHO was explained by the formation/rupture of conductive filaments formed out of oxygen vacancies and metallic Ho atom. From the current-voltage characteristics of Pt/LHO/Pt structure, the conduction mechanism in LRS and HRS was found to be dominated by Ohm’s law and Poole-Frenkel emission, respectively.


2011 ◽  
Vol 687 ◽  
pp. 106-111
Author(s):  
Chih Yi Liu ◽  
Yu Chen Li ◽  
Chun Hung Lai ◽  
Shih Kun Liu

CuxO and SiO2thin films were deposited using a radio-frequency magnetron sputter on Pt/Ti/SiO2/Si substrates to form SiO2/CuxO/Pt and CuxO/Pt structures. The current-voltage characteristics were measured by DC voltage sweeping using a tungsten (W) probe. The two structures needed a large voltage to initiate the first resistive switching; this sweep was called the forming process. Afterwards, the resistances of the two structures could be switched reversibly between the low-resistance-state (LRS) and high-resistance-state (HRS) by applying a DC voltage. The conduction mechanisms of the LRS and the HRS were dominated by Ohmic conduction. Structures with non-destructive readout characteristics and long retention time were suitable for use in non-volatile memory. The difference between resistive switching in W-probe/SiO2/CuxO/Pt and W-probe/CuxO/Pt structures was investigated. The additional SiO2layer decreased the switching voltages and currents; this should be due to the presence of pinholes within the SiO2layer. The influence of SiO2thickness on the resistive switching characteristics was also investigated. The switching voltages and currents, except the forming voltage, decreased as the thickness of SiO2decreased. The conducting filament model with a thermochemical reaction was suggested to best explain the resistive switching behavior that was observed.


2013 ◽  
Vol 1562 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. Misra ◽  
S. P. Pavunny ◽  
R. S. Katiyar

ABSTRACTNonvolatile unipolar resistive switching properties of the amorphous LaGdO3 thin films deposited by pulsed laser deposition have been studied. Reliable and repeatable switching of the resistance of LaGdO3 film was obtained between low and high resistance states with nearly constant resistance ratio ∼ 106 and non-overlapping switching voltages in the range of ∼0.6-0.75 V and 2.5-4 V respectively. The switching between low and high resistance states was attributed to the formation and rupture of conductive filaments using temperature dependent resistance measurements. The current conduction mechanisms of the LaGdO3 film in low and high resistance states were found to follow the Ohmic behavior and Poole-Frenkel emission respectively. The resistance of low and high resistance states of the film remained nearly constant for up to ∼ 104 seconds indicating good retention. The observed resistive switching characteristics of LaGdO3 thin films are promising for futuristic nonvolatile memories.


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