Nonpolar resistive switching in Cu/SiC/Au non-volatile resistive memory devices
Nonpolar resistive switching in Cu/SiC/Au non-volatile resistive memory devices
Amorphous silicon carbide (a-SiC) based resistive memory (RM) Cu/a-SiC/Au devices were fabricated and their resistive switching characteristics investigated. All four possible modes of nonpolar resistive switching were achieved with ON/OFF ratio in the range 10 6-10 8. Detailed current-voltage I-V characteristics analysis suggests that the conduction mechanism in low resistance state is due to the formation of metallic filaments. Schottky emission is proven to be the dominant conduction mechanism in high resistance state which results from the Schottky contacts between the metal electrodes and SiC. ON/OFF ratios exceeding 10 7 over 10 years were also predicted from state retention characterizations. These results suggest promising application potentials for Cu/a-SiC/Au RMs
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Zhong, Le
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Jiang, Liudi
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Huang, Ruomeng
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de Groot, C.H.
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March 2014
Zhong, Le
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Jiang, Liudi
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Huang, Ruomeng
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de Groot, C.H.
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Zhong, Le, Jiang, Liudi, Huang, Ruomeng and de Groot, C.H.
(2014)
Nonpolar resistive switching in Cu/SiC/Au non-volatile resistive memory devices.
Applied Physics Letters, 104 (9), , [93507].
(doi:10.1063/1.4867198).
Abstract
Amorphous silicon carbide (a-SiC) based resistive memory (RM) Cu/a-SiC/Au devices were fabricated and their resistive switching characteristics investigated. All four possible modes of nonpolar resistive switching were achieved with ON/OFF ratio in the range 10 6-10 8. Detailed current-voltage I-V characteristics analysis suggests that the conduction mechanism in low resistance state is due to the formation of metallic filaments. Schottky emission is proven to be the dominant conduction mechanism in high resistance state which results from the Schottky contacts between the metal electrodes and SiC. ON/OFF ratios exceeding 10 7 over 10 years were also predicted from state retention characterizations. These results suggest promising application potentials for Cu/a-SiC/Au RMs
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Accepted/In Press date: 13 February 2014
e-pub ahead of print date: 4 March 2014
Published date: March 2014
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