Trapping of electrons in metal oxide-polymer memory diodes in the initial stage of electroforming

Metal oxide-polymer diodes require electroforming before they act as nonvolatile resistive switching memory diodes. Here we investigate the early stages of the electroforming process in Al/Al2O3 /polyspirofluorene /Ba/Al diodes using quasistatic capacitance-voltage measurements. In the initial stage...

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Detalhes bibliográficos
Autor principal: Bory, Benjamin F. (author)
Outros Autores: Meskers, S. C. J. (author), Janssen, R. A. J. (author), Gomes, Henrique L. (author), De Leeuw, Dago M. (author)
Formato: article
Idioma:eng
Publicado em: 2014
Texto completo:http://hdl.handle.net/10400.1/3286
País:Portugal
Oai:oai:sapientia.ualg.pt:10400.1/3286
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Resumo:Metal oxide-polymer diodes require electroforming before they act as nonvolatile resistive switching memory diodes. Here we investigate the early stages of the electroforming process in Al/Al2O3 /polyspirofluorene /Ba/Al diodes using quasistatic capacitance-voltage measurements. In the initial stage, electrons are injected into the polymer and then deeply trapped near the polyspirofluorene-Al2O3 interface. For bias voltages below 6 V, the number of trapped electrons is found to be CoxideV/q with Coxide as the geometrical capacitance of the oxide layer. This implies a density of traps for the electrons at the polymer-metal oxide interface larger than 31017 m−2.