TY - JOUR
T1 - Amorphous Boron Nitride Memristive Device for High-Density Memory and Neuromorphic Computing Applications
AU - Khot, Atul C.
AU - Dongale, Tukaram D.
AU - Nirmal, Kiran A.
AU - Sung, Ji Hoon
AU - Lee, Ho Jin
AU - Nikam, Revannath D.
AU - Kim, Tae Geun
N1 - Funding Information:
A.C.K. and T.D.D. conceived the idea, conducted the experiments, and wrote the initial draft of the manuscript. K.A.N. and R.D.N. provided professional suggestions. J.H.S. and H.J.L. assisted in the experiments and measurements. A.C.K. and T.D.D. analyzed the data and wrote the paper. T.G.K. assisted with paper writing, provided resources, and was responsible for funding acquisition.
Funding Information:
This study was supported by a National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) grant funded by the Korean government (no. 2016R1A3B 1908249). The authors thank the Samsung Semiconductor Research Center at Korea University (IO201211-08116-01).
Publisher Copyright:
© 2022 American Chemical Society
PY - 2022/3/2
Y1 - 2022/3/2
N2 - Although two-dimensional (2D) nanomaterials are promising candidates for use in memory and synaptic devices owing to their unique physical, chemical, and electrical properties, the process compatibility, synthetic reliability, and cost-effectiveness of 2D materials must be enhanced. In this context, amorphous boron nitride (a-BN) has emerged as a potential material for future 2D nanoelectronics. Therefore, we explored the use of a-BN for multilevel resistive switching (MRS) and synaptic learning applications by fabricating a complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor (CMOS)-compatible Ag/a-BN/Pt memory device. The redox-active Ag and boron vacancies enhance the mixed electrochemical metallization and valence change conduction mechanism. The synthesized a-BN switching layer was characterized using several analyses. The fabricated memory devices exhibited bipolar resistive switching with low set and reset voltages (+0.8 and −2 V, respectively) and a small operating voltage distribution. In addition, the switching voltages of the device were modeled using a time-series analysis, for which the Holt’s exponential smoothing technique provided good modeling and prediction results. According to the analytical calculations, the fabricated Ag/a-BN/Pt device was found to be memristive, and its MRS ability was investigated by varying the compliance current. The multilevel states demonstrated a uniform resistance distribution with a high endurance of up to 104 direct current (DC) cycles and memory retention characteristics of over 106 s. Conductive atomic force microscopy was performed to clarify the resistive switching mechanism of the device, and the likely mixed electrochemical metallization and valence change mechanisms involved therein were discussed based on experimental results. The Ag/a-BN/Pt memristive devices mimicked potentiation/depression and spike-timing-dependent plasticity-based Hebbian-learning rules with a high pattern accuracy (90.8%) when implemented in neural network simulations.
AB - Although two-dimensional (2D) nanomaterials are promising candidates for use in memory and synaptic devices owing to their unique physical, chemical, and electrical properties, the process compatibility, synthetic reliability, and cost-effectiveness of 2D materials must be enhanced. In this context, amorphous boron nitride (a-BN) has emerged as a potential material for future 2D nanoelectronics. Therefore, we explored the use of a-BN for multilevel resistive switching (MRS) and synaptic learning applications by fabricating a complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor (CMOS)-compatible Ag/a-BN/Pt memory device. The redox-active Ag and boron vacancies enhance the mixed electrochemical metallization and valence change conduction mechanism. The synthesized a-BN switching layer was characterized using several analyses. The fabricated memory devices exhibited bipolar resistive switching with low set and reset voltages (+0.8 and −2 V, respectively) and a small operating voltage distribution. In addition, the switching voltages of the device were modeled using a time-series analysis, for which the Holt’s exponential smoothing technique provided good modeling and prediction results. According to the analytical calculations, the fabricated Ag/a-BN/Pt device was found to be memristive, and its MRS ability was investigated by varying the compliance current. The multilevel states demonstrated a uniform resistance distribution with a high endurance of up to 104 direct current (DC) cycles and memory retention characteristics of over 106 s. Conductive atomic force microscopy was performed to clarify the resistive switching mechanism of the device, and the likely mixed electrochemical metallization and valence change mechanisms involved therein were discussed based on experimental results. The Ag/a-BN/Pt memristive devices mimicked potentiation/depression and spike-timing-dependent plasticity-based Hebbian-learning rules with a high pattern accuracy (90.8%) when implemented in neural network simulations.
KW - 2D electronics
KW - amorphous boron nitride (a-BN)
KW - memristive effect
KW - multilevel resistive switching
KW - neuromorphic computing
KW - synaptic learning
KW - time-series analysis
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U2 - 10.1021/acsami.1c23268
DO - 10.1021/acsami.1c23268
M3 - Article
C2 - 35179364
AN - SCOPUS:85125406021
VL - 14
SP - 10546
EP - 10557
JO - ACS applied materials & interfaces
JF - ACS applied materials & interfaces
SN - 1944-8244
IS - 8
ER -