Amorphous ZrO2Tunnel Junction Memristor with a Tunneling Electroresistance Ratio above 400

Fenning Liu, Yue Peng, Yan Liu, Genquan Han, Wenwu Xiao, Bobo Tian, Ni Zhong, Hui Peng, Chungang Duan, Yue Hao

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Abstract

An amorphous ZrO2 based tunneling junction memristor (TJM) with a tunneling electroresistance (TER) ratio above 400 is demonstrated. It is attributed to the modulation of tunneling barrier width induced by the accumulation of oxygen vacancies ( V_{O}{+} ) and negative charges near the ZrO2/semiconductor interface. The ferroelectric-like behaviors attributed to the voltage-modulated switching of the dipoles consisting of V_{O}{+} and negative charges in ZrO2 are characterized by a polarization-voltage test. The ZrO2 TJM achieves a TER ratio above 400 under 2.5/-1.5 V at 100 ns write/erase pulse condition, over 104 cycles program/erase endurance, and >104 s data retention.

Original languageEnglish
Article number9390296
Pages (from-to)696-699
Number of pages4
JournalIEEE Electron Device Letters
Volume42
Issue number5
DOIs
StatePublished - May 2021

Keywords

  • FTJ
  • Ferroelectric
  • memoristor
  • oxygen vacancy
  • tunneling electroresistance
  • tunneling junction

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