NiO thin films by MOCVD of Ni(dmamb)2 and their resistance switching phenomena

Autor: Jin-Ha Hwang, S.S. Lee, K.-C. Min, Yong-Hoon Kim, Taek-Mo Chung, Yong-Keun Lee, Ki-Seok An, C.G. Kim, Nam-Soo Lee, Myoung-Dong Kim, Yil-Hwan You
Rok vydání: 2007
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Zdroj: Surface and Coatings Technology. 201:9252-9255
ISSN: 0257-8972
DOI: 10.1016/j.surfcoat.2007.04.120
Popis: We have synthesized the volatile, liquid, nickel precursor Ni(dmamb) 2 , nickel bis(1-dimethylamino-2-methyl-2-butanolate), Ni[OC(CH 3 )(C 2 H 5 )CH 2 N(CH 3 ) 2 ] 2 , and employed it in the MOCVD of nickel oxide (NiO). A stainless steel, cold-wall, low-pressure reactor was employed to grow the NiO films on Si and Pt/SiO 2 /Si substrates. In addition, the resistance switching property of the Pt/NiO/Pt capacitor structure was investigated. The substrate temperature was varied in the range 230–410 °C. The films deposited were characterized by scanning electron microscopy, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, X-ray diffraction, and I – V measurements. They were polycrystalline showing dominantly the NiO(111) peak in their X-ray diffraction patterns. The films were found to be almost stoichiometric with the Ni:O ratio of 1.1:0.9 and no appreciable amount of carbon incorporation was detected by XPS. The I – V measurements revealed an interesting switching property of the NiO films showing low and high resistance states thereby suggesting their application as ReRAM devices.
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