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Giant tunnelling electroresistance in atomic-scale ferroelectric tunnel junctions.


ABSTRACT: Ferroelectric tunnel junctions are promising towards high-reliability and low-power non-volatile memories and computing devices. Yet it is challenging to maintain a high tunnelling electroresistance when the ferroelectric layer is thinned down towards atomic scale because of the ferroelectric structural instability and large depolarization field. Here we report ferroelectric tunnel junctions based on samarium-substituted layered bismuth oxide, which can maintain tunnelling electroresistance of 7 × 105 with the samarium-substituted bismuth oxide film down to one nanometer, three orders of magnitude higher than previous reports with such thickness, owing to efficient barrier modulation by the large ferroelectric polarization. These ferroelectric tunnel junctions demonstrate up to 32 resistance states without any write-verify technique, high endurance (over 5 × 109), high linearity of conductance modulation, and long retention time (10 years). Furthermore, tunnelling electroresistance over 109 is achieved in ferroelectric tunnel junctions with 4.6-nanometer samarium-substituted bismuth oxide layer, which is higher than commercial flash memories. The results show high potential towards multi-level and reliable non-volatile memories.

SUBMITTER: Jia Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10808203 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Giant tunnelling electroresistance in atomic-scale ferroelectric tunnel junctions.

Jia Yueyang Y   Yang Qianqian Q   Fang Yue-Wen YW   Lu Yue Y   Xie Maosong M   Wei Jianyong J   Tian Jianjun J   Zhang Linxing L   Yang Rui R  

Nature communications 20240124 1


Ferroelectric tunnel junctions are promising towards high-reliability and low-power non-volatile memories and computing devices. Yet it is challenging to maintain a high tunnelling electroresistance when the ferroelectric layer is thinned down towards atomic scale because of the ferroelectric structural instability and large depolarization field. Here we report ferroelectric tunnel junctions based on samarium-substituted layered bismuth oxide, which can maintain tunnelling electroresistance of 7  ...[more]

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