Memristive devices based on a resistive switching mechanism are considered very promising for nonvolatile memory and unconventional computing applications, even though many details of the switching mechanisms are not yet fully understood. Here, we report a nanostructural study by means of high-resolution transmission electron microscopy and spectroscopy techniques of a Ag/ZnO/Pt memristive device. To ease the localization of the filament position for its characterization, we propose to use the guiding effect of regular perturbation arrays obtained by FIB technology to assist the filament formation. HRTEM and EDX were used to identify the composition and crystalline structure of the so-obtained conductive filaments and surrounding regions. It was determined that the conducting paths are composed mainly of monocrystalline Ag, which remains polycrystalline in some circumstances, including the zone where the switching occurs and at secondary filaments created at the grain boundaries of the polycrystalline ZnO matrix. We also observed that the ZnO matrix shows a degraded quality in the switching zone, while it remains unaltered in the rest of the memristive device.

TEM Nanostructural Investigation of Ag-Conductive Filaments in Polycrystalline ZnO-Based Resistive Switching Devices / Bejtka, K.; Milano, G.; Ricciardi, C.; Pirri, C. F.; Porro, S.. - In: ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES. - ISSN 1944-8244. - 12:26(2020), pp. 29451-29460. [10.1021/acsami.0c05038]

TEM Nanostructural Investigation of Ag-Conductive Filaments in Polycrystalline ZnO-Based Resistive Switching Devices

Bejtka K.;Milano G.;Ricciardi C.;Pirri C. F.;Porro S.
2020

Abstract

Memristive devices based on a resistive switching mechanism are considered very promising for nonvolatile memory and unconventional computing applications, even though many details of the switching mechanisms are not yet fully understood. Here, we report a nanostructural study by means of high-resolution transmission electron microscopy and spectroscopy techniques of a Ag/ZnO/Pt memristive device. To ease the localization of the filament position for its characterization, we propose to use the guiding effect of regular perturbation arrays obtained by FIB technology to assist the filament formation. HRTEM and EDX were used to identify the composition and crystalline structure of the so-obtained conductive filaments and surrounding regions. It was determined that the conducting paths are composed mainly of monocrystalline Ag, which remains polycrystalline in some circumstances, including the zone where the switching occurs and at secondary filaments created at the grain boundaries of the polycrystalline ZnO matrix. We also observed that the ZnO matrix shows a degraded quality in the switching zone, while it remains unaltered in the rest of the memristive device.
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