%0 Journal Article
%A Cho, Deok-Yong
%A Kim, Ki-jeong
%A Lee, Kug-Seung
%A Lübben, Michael
%A Chen, Shaochuan
%A Valov, Ilia
%T Chemical Influence of Carbon Interface Layers in Metal/Oxide Resistive Switches
%J ACS applied materials & interfaces
%V 15
%N 14
%@ 1944-8244
%C Washington, DC
%I Soc.
%M FZJ-2023-01766
%P 18528–18536
%D 2023
%X Thin layers introduced between a metal electrode and a solid electrolyte can significantly alter the transport of mass and charge at the interfaces and influence the rate of electrode reactions. C films embedded in functional materials can change the chemical properties of the host, thereby altering the functionality of the whole device. Using X-ray spectroscopies, here we demonstrate that the chemical and electronic structures in a representative redox-based resistive switching (RS) system, Ta2O5/Ta, can be tuned by inserting a graphene or ultrathin amorphous C layer. The results of the orbitalwise analyses of synchrotron Ta L3-edge, C K-edge, and O K-edge X-ray absorption spectroscopy showed that the C layers between Ta2O5 and Ta are significantly oxidized to form COx and, at the same time, oxidize the Ta layers with different degrees of oxidation depending on the distance: full oxidation at the nearest 5 nm Ta and partial oxidation in the next 15 nm Ta. The depth-resolved information on the electronic structure for each layer further revealed a significant modification of the band alignments due to C insertion. Full oxidation of the Ta metal near the C interlayer suggests that the oxygen-vacancy-related valence change memory mechanism for the RS can be suppressed, thereby changing the RS functionalities fundamentally. The knowledge on the origin of C-enhanced surfaces can be applied to other metal/oxide interfaces and used for the advanced design of memristive devices.
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%9 Journal Article
%$ 36989142
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%R 10.1021/acsami.3c00920
%U https://juser.fz-juelich.de/record/1006633