TY - JOUR
T1 - Effect of W impurity on resistance switching characteristics of NiO x films
AU - Kim, Jonggi
AU - Na, Heedo
AU - Lee, Sunghoon
AU - Sung, Yong Hun
AU - Yoo, Jung Ho
AU - Lee, Doo Sung
AU - Ko, Dae Hong
AU - Sohn, Hyunchul
PY - 2011/3
Y1 - 2011/3
N2 - In this work, we investigated the effect of W doping on the resistance switching behavior of NiOx films. The W doping is expected to produce cation-rich NiOx film because W has high valence state compared to Ni in NiOx. To measure resistance switching behavior, Pt/NiO x/Pt and Pt/NiOx/TiN MIM stacks were fabricated by reactive dc magnetron sputtering with various W doping contents in NiO x. Also, physical properties such as atomic density and chemical bonding states of NiOx were characterized in addition to the resistance switching characteristics. Increasing W doping into NiOx produced the higher resistance value of high resistance states (HRS) compared to the undoped NiOx films with large memory window. Even though Pt/NiOx with W/Pt stacks showed a unipolar resistance switching behavior, Pt/NiOx with W/TiN stacks showed bipolar resistance switching. Composition and chemical bonding states in the deposited films were investigated by x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS). W doping into NiO x films produced higher density of metallic Ni (Ni0) than that of NiOx films deposited at the same conditions. This work demonstrated that the resistive switching behavior of NiOx can be enhanced by doping NiOx with W of different oxidation valence.
AB - In this work, we investigated the effect of W doping on the resistance switching behavior of NiOx films. The W doping is expected to produce cation-rich NiOx film because W has high valence state compared to Ni in NiOx. To measure resistance switching behavior, Pt/NiO x/Pt and Pt/NiOx/TiN MIM stacks were fabricated by reactive dc magnetron sputtering with various W doping contents in NiO x. Also, physical properties such as atomic density and chemical bonding states of NiOx were characterized in addition to the resistance switching characteristics. Increasing W doping into NiOx produced the higher resistance value of high resistance states (HRS) compared to the undoped NiOx films with large memory window. Even though Pt/NiOx with W/Pt stacks showed a unipolar resistance switching behavior, Pt/NiOx with W/TiN stacks showed bipolar resistance switching. Composition and chemical bonding states in the deposited films were investigated by x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS). W doping into NiO x films produced higher density of metallic Ni (Ni0) than that of NiOx films deposited at the same conditions. This work demonstrated that the resistive switching behavior of NiOx can be enhanced by doping NiOx with W of different oxidation valence.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=79960902140&partnerID=8YFLogxK
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/citedby.url?scp=79960902140&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.cap.2010.11.126
DO - 10.1016/j.cap.2010.11.126
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:79960902140
VL - 11
SP - e70-e74
JO - Current Applied Physics
JF - Current Applied Physics
SN - 1567-1739
IS - 2 SUPPL.
ER -