Flexible Hf0.5Zr0.5O2 ferroelectric thin films on polyimide with improved ferroelectricity and high flexibility

Autor: Yuting Chen, Zhaomeng Gao, Yuan Wang, Tiancheng Gong, Zhiwei Dang, Yan Wang, Shuxian Lv, Peng Yuan, Yang Yang, Pengfei Jiang, Yannan Xu, Yaxin Ding, Qing Luo
Rok vydání: 2021
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Zdroj: Nano Research. 15:2913-2918
ISSN: 1998-0000
1998-0124
Popis: Flexible memory devices are promising for information storage and data processing applications in portable, wearable, and smart electronics operating under curved conditions. In this work, we realized high-performance flexible ferroelectric capacitors based on Hf0.5Zr0.5O2 (HZO) thin film by depositing a buffer layer of Al2O3 on polyimide (PI) substrates using atomic layer deposition (ALD). The flexible ferroelectric HZO films exhibit high remnant polarization (Pr) of 21 µC/cm2. Furthermore, deterioration of polarization, retention, and endurance performance was not observed even at a bending radius of 2 mm after 5,000 bending cycles. This work marks a critical step in the development of high-performance flexible HfO2-based ferroelectric memories for next-generation wearable electronic devices.
Databáze: OpenAIRE