Arndt, B. et al. (2017) Spectroscopic indications of tunnel barrier charging as the switching mechanism in memristive devices. Advanced Functional Materials, 27(45), 1702282. (doi: 10.1002/adfm.201702282)
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Abstract
Resistive random access memory is a promising, energy-efficient, low-power “storage class memory” technology that has the potential to replace both flash storage and on-chip dynamic memory. While the most widely employed systems exhibit filamentary resistive switching, interface-type switching systems based on a tunable tunnel barrier are of increasing interest. They suffer less from the variability induced by the stochastic filament formation process and the choice of the tunnel barrier thickness offers the possibility to adapt the memory device current to the given circuit requirements. Heterostructures consisting of a yttria-stabilized zirconia (YSZ) tunnel barrier and a praseodymium calcium manganite (PCMO) layer are employed. Instead of spatially localized filaments, the resistive switching process occurs underneath the whole electrode. By employing a combination of electrical measurements, in operando hard X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy and electron energy loss spectroscopy, it is revealed that an exchange of oxygen ions between PCMO and YSZ causes an electrostatic modulation of the effective height of the YSZ tunnel barrier and is thereby the underlying mechanism for resistive switching in these devices.
| Item Type: | Articles |
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| Status: | Published |
| Refereed: | Yes |
| Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID: | Phillips, Ms Monifa and MacLaren, Professor Donald and Parreira, Dr Pedro Miguel |
| Authors: | Arndt, B., Borgatti, F., Offi, F., Phillips, M., Parreira, P., Meiners, T., Menzel, S., Skaja, K., Panaccione, G., MacLaren, D. A., Waser, R., and Dittmann, R. |
| College/School: | College of Science and Engineering > School of Physics and Astronomy |
| Journal Name: | Advanced Functional Materials |
| Publisher: | Wiley |
| ISSN: | 1616-301X |
| ISSN (Online): | 1616-3028 |
| Published Online: | 10 October 2017 |
| Copyright Holders: | Copyright © 2017 The Authors |
| First Published: | First published in Advanced Functional Materials 27(45): 1702282 |
| Publisher Policy: | Reproduced under a Creative Commons license |
| Data DOI: | 10.5525/gla.researchdata.458 |
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