Resonant-enhanced tunneling electroresistance in sliding ferroelectric tunnel junctions

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Autori principali: Wang, Ruixue, Chen, Jiangang, Pan, Er, Wang, Wunan, Li, Zefen, Yang, Fan, Zhou, Hongmiao, Xie, Zhaoren, Liu, Qing, Luo, Xiao, Chu, Junhao, Li, Wenwu, Liu, Fucai
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author Wang, Ruixue
Chen, Jiangang
Pan, Er
Wang, Wunan
Li, Zefen
Yang, Fan
Zhou, Hongmiao
Xie, Zhaoren
Liu, Qing
Luo, Xiao
Chu, Junhao
Li, Wenwu
Liu, Fucai
author_facet Wang, Ruixue
Chen, Jiangang
Pan, Er
Wang, Wunan
Li, Zefen
Yang, Fan
Zhou, Hongmiao
Xie, Zhaoren
Liu, Qing
Luo, Xiao
Chu, Junhao
Li, Wenwu
Liu, Fucai
contents The escalating demand for memory scaling requires switching mechanisms that remain reliable at atomic thickness while operating with minimal energy consumption. Sliding ferroelectricity provides a promising platform for this challenge: the spontaneous interfacial polarization emerging at superlubric, atomically thin van der Waals interfaces endows exceptional fatigue resistance, ultrafast switching and ultralow coercive fields. Nevertheless, the intrinsically weak polarization of sliding ferroelectrics limits the available signal window, necessitating new physical mechanisms that can transduce subtle polarization variations into pronounced resistance contrasts. Here, we address this challenge by introducing momentum-conserving resonant tunneling between lattice-aligned graphene electrodes. The resulting resonant sliding ferroelectric tunnel junction achieves a tunneling electroresistance (TER) ratio of up to 225.65%, substantially exceeding that of conventional sliding ferroelectric tunnel junctions. In addition, the device delivers a tunable TER ratio, multistate programmability, high current density, robust endurance with a small coefficient of variation (<0.69%), fast switching (20 ns), low switching energy (310 fJ), and low read voltage (<0.2 V). Collectively, these results establish a unique role for sliding ferroelectricity in bridging the gap of memory technology between performance and miniaturization, and open a new pathway toward next-generation nonvolatile memory technologies.
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spellingShingle Resonant-enhanced tunneling electroresistance in sliding ferroelectric tunnel junctions
Wang, Ruixue
Chen, Jiangang
Pan, Er
Wang, Wunan
Li, Zefen
Yang, Fan
Zhou, Hongmiao
Xie, Zhaoren
Liu, Qing
Luo, Xiao
Chu, Junhao
Li, Wenwu
Liu, Fucai
Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
The escalating demand for memory scaling requires switching mechanisms that remain reliable at atomic thickness while operating with minimal energy consumption. Sliding ferroelectricity provides a promising platform for this challenge: the spontaneous interfacial polarization emerging at superlubric, atomically thin van der Waals interfaces endows exceptional fatigue resistance, ultrafast switching and ultralow coercive fields. Nevertheless, the intrinsically weak polarization of sliding ferroelectrics limits the available signal window, necessitating new physical mechanisms that can transduce subtle polarization variations into pronounced resistance contrasts. Here, we address this challenge by introducing momentum-conserving resonant tunneling between lattice-aligned graphene electrodes. The resulting resonant sliding ferroelectric tunnel junction achieves a tunneling electroresistance (TER) ratio of up to 225.65%, substantially exceeding that of conventional sliding ferroelectric tunnel junctions. In addition, the device delivers a tunable TER ratio, multistate programmability, high current density, robust endurance with a small coefficient of variation (<0.69%), fast switching (20 ns), low switching energy (310 fJ), and low read voltage (<0.2 V). Collectively, these results establish a unique role for sliding ferroelectricity in bridging the gap of memory technology between performance and miniaturization, and open a new pathway toward next-generation nonvolatile memory technologies.
title Resonant-enhanced tunneling electroresistance in sliding ferroelectric tunnel junctions
topic Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2603.28482