Conductive metal oxide and hafnium oxide bilayer ReRAM: an ab initio study

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Auteurs principaux: Honet, Antoine, Todri-Sanial, Aida
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author Honet, Antoine
Todri-Sanial, Aida
author_facet Honet, Antoine
Todri-Sanial, Aida
contents We perform generalized gradient approximation (GGA) simulations of interfaces between two Conductive Metal-Oxides (CMO, namely TaO and TiO) and cubic hafnium oxide ($HfO_2$) in the context of bilayer Resistive Random Access Memory (ReRAM) devices. We simulate filamentary conduction in $HfO_2$ by creating an atomically thin O atom vacancy path inside $HfO_2$. We show that this atomically thin filament leads to a great reduction of the resistance of the structures. Moreover, we explore the possibility of the influence of O excess inside the CMO on the global resistance of the device and confirm the induced modulation. We also shed the light on two possible causes for the observed increas in the resistance when O atoms are inserted inside the CMO. Eventually, we push forward key differences between devices with TaO and TiO as CMO. We show that structures with TaO are more stable in general and lead to a behaviour implying only low and high resistance (two well separated levels) while structures with TiO allows for intermediate resistances.
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spellingShingle Conductive metal oxide and hafnium oxide bilayer ReRAM: an ab initio study
Honet, Antoine
Todri-Sanial, Aida
Materials Science
We perform generalized gradient approximation (GGA) simulations of interfaces between two Conductive Metal-Oxides (CMO, namely TaO and TiO) and cubic hafnium oxide ($HfO_2$) in the context of bilayer Resistive Random Access Memory (ReRAM) devices. We simulate filamentary conduction in $HfO_2$ by creating an atomically thin O atom vacancy path inside $HfO_2$. We show that this atomically thin filament leads to a great reduction of the resistance of the structures. Moreover, we explore the possibility of the influence of O excess inside the CMO on the global resistance of the device and confirm the induced modulation. We also shed the light on two possible causes for the observed increas in the resistance when O atoms are inserted inside the CMO. Eventually, we push forward key differences between devices with TaO and TiO as CMO. We show that structures with TaO are more stable in general and lead to a behaviour implying only low and high resistance (two well separated levels) while structures with TiO allows for intermediate resistances.
title Conductive metal oxide and hafnium oxide bilayer ReRAM: an ab initio study
topic Materials Science
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2407.09238