Bipolar conductivity in ferroelectric La:HfZrO films

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Abstract

Lanthanum-doped HfZrO is considered as the ferroelectric material for capacitor structures used in one-transistor-one capacitor nonvolatile memory cells for the development of new generation nonvolatile random-access memory. Here, different capacitor structures are characterized by x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy electrically to determine the electron and hole contribution to the conductivity in these capacitor structures. Experiments related to the minority carrier's injection and charge transport from an n-Si and a p-Si substrate into a lanthanum-doped HfZrO layer show that the conductivity is bipolar. Electrons are injected into La:HfZrO from a negatively biased contact, and accordingly, holes are injected from a positive voltage biased electrode.

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Original languageEnglish
Article number262903
JournalApplied physics letters
Volume118
Issue number26
Publication statusPublished - 28 Jun 2021
Peer-reviewedYes

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Scopus 85109140939

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