钙钛矿相界面插层对SrFeOx基忆阻器的性能提升

SrFeO_x(SFO)是一种能在SrFeO_2.5钙铁石(BM)相和SrFeO₃钙钛矿(PV)相之间发生可逆拓扑相变的材料.这种相变能显著改变电导却维持晶格框架不变,使SFO成为一种可靠的阻变材料.目前大部分SFO基忆阻器使用单层BM-SFO作为阻变功能层,这种器件一般表现出突变型阻变行为,因而其应用被局限于两态存储.对于神经形态计算等应用,单层BM-SFO忆阻器存在阻态数少、阻值波动大等问题.为解决这些问题,本研究设计出BM-SFO/PV-SFO双层忆阻器,其中PV-SFO层为富氧界面插层,可在导电细丝形成过程中提供大量氧离子并在断裂过程中回收氧离子,使导电细丝的几何尺寸(如直径)在更大范围内可调,从而获得更多、更连续且稳定的阻态,可用于模拟长时程增强和抑制等突触行为.基于该器件仿真构建了全连接神经网络(ANN),在手写体数字光学识别(ORHD)数据集进行在线训练后获得了86.3%的识别准确率,相比于单层忆阻器基ANN的准确率提升69.3%.本研究为SFO基忆阻器性能调控提供了一种新方法,并展示了它们作为人工突触器件在神...     

HfO2基铁电薄膜的结构、性能调控及典型器件应用

大数据、物联网和人工智能的快速发展对存储芯片、逻辑芯片和其他电子元器件的性能提出了越来越高的要求.本文介绍了HfO₂基铁电薄膜的铁电性起源,通过掺杂元素改变晶体结构的对称性或引入适量的氧空位来降低相转变的能垒可以增强HfO₂基薄膜的铁电性,在衬底和电极之间引入应力、减小薄膜厚度、构建纳米层结构和降低退火温度等方法也可以稳定铁电相.与钙钛矿氧化物铁电薄膜相比, HfO₂基铁电薄膜具有与现有半导体工艺兼容性更强和在纳米级厚度下铁电性强等优点.铁电存储器件理论上可以达到闪存的存储密度,读写次数超过10¹⁰次,同时具有读写速度快、低操作电压和低功耗等优点.此外,还总结了HfO₂基薄膜在负电容晶体管、铁电隧道结、神经形态计算和反铁电储能等方面的主要研究成果.最后,讨论了HfO₂基铁电薄膜器件当前面临的挑战和未来的机遇.     

Sr-doping effects on conductivity,charge transport,and ferroelectricity of Ba0.7La0.3TiO3 epitaxial thin films

Sr-doped Ba_0.7La_0.3TiO₃(BSLTO)thin films are deposited by pulsed laser deposition,and their microstructure,conductivity,carrier transport mechanism,and ferroelectricity are systematically investigated.The x-ray diffraction measurements demonstrate that Sr-doping reduces the lattice constant of BSLTO thin films,resulting in the enhanced phonon energy in the films as evidenced by the Raman measurements.Resistivity-temperature and Hall effect measurements demonstrate that Sr can gradually reduce electrical resistivity while the electron concentration remains almost unchanged at high temperatures.For the films with semiconducting behavior,the charge transport model transforms from variable range hopping to small polaron hopping as the measurement temperature increases.The metalic conductive behaviors in the films with Sr=0.30,0.40 conform to thermal phonon scattering mode.The difference in charge transport behavior dependent on the A-site cation doping,is clarified.It is revealed that the increasing of phonon energy by Sr doping is responsible for lower activation energy of small polaron hopping,higher carrier mobility,and lower electrical resistivity.Interestingly,the piezoelectric force microscopy(PFM)results demonstrate that all the BSLTO films can exhibit ferroelectricity,especially for the room temperature metallic conduction film with Sr=0.40.These results imply that Sr-doping could be a potential way to explore ferroelectric metal materials for other perovskite oxides.     

Strain-induced insulator–metal transition in ferroelectric BaTiO_3(001) surface:First-principles study

The electronic properties of TiO_2-terminated BaTiO_3(001) surface subjected to biaxial strain have been studied using first-principles calculations based on density functional theory. The Ti ions are always inward shifted either at compressive or tension strains, while the inward shift of the Ba ions occurs only for high compressive strain, implying an enhanced electric dipole moment in the case of high compressive strain. In particular, an insulator–metal transition is predicted at a compressive biaxial strain of 0.0475. These changes present a very interesting possibility for engineering the electronic properties of ferroelectric BaTiO_3(001) surface.