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NANO LETTERS
Volume 16, Issue 6, Pages 3911-3918Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.6b01418
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Ultrathin ferroelectric film; ferroelectric tunnel junction; tunneling electroresistance; composite barrier; pulsed laser epitaxy
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- Research Center Program of IBS (Institute for Basic Science) in Korea [IBS-R009-D1]
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Ferroelectric tunnel junctions (FTJs) have attracted increasing research interest as a promising Candidate for nonvolatile memories. Recently, significant enhancements Of tunneling electroresistance (TER) have been realized through modifications of electrode materials. However, direct control of the FTJ performance through modifying the tunneling barrier has not been adequately explored. Here, adding a new direction to FTJ research, we fabricated FTJs with BaTiO3 single barriers (SB-FTJs) and BaTiO3/SrTiO3 composite barriers (CB-FTJs) and reported a systematic study of FTJ performances by varying the barrier thicknesses and compositions:, For the SB-FTJs, the TER is limited by pronounced leakage current for ultrathin barriers and extremely small tunneling current for thick barriers. For the CB-FTJs, the extra SrTiO3 barrier provides an additional degree of freedom to modulate the barrier potential and tunneling behavior. The resultant high tunability can be utilized to overcome the barrier thickness limits and enhance the overall CB-FTJ performances beyond those of SB-FTJ. Our results reveal a new paradigm to manipulate the FTJs through functionalities.
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