Substrate Dependent Growth Behaviors of Plasma-Enhanced Atomic Layer Deposited Nickel Oxide Films for Resistive Switching Application

被引:38
作者
Song, Seul Ji [1 ,2 ]
Lee, Sang Woon [1 ,2 ]
Kim, Gun Hwan [1 ,2 ]
Seok, Jun Yeong [1 ,2 ]
Yoon, Kyung Jean [1 ,2 ]
Yoon, Jung Ho [1 ,2 ]
Hwang, Cheol Seong [1 ,2 ]
Gatineau, Julien [3 ]
Ko, Changhee [3 ]
机构
[1] Seoul Natl Univ, Dept Mat Sci & Engn, Seoul 151744, South Korea
[2] Seoul Natl Univ, Interuniv Semicond Res Ctr, Seoul 151744, South Korea
[3] Air Liquide, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 3004247, Japan
基金
新加坡国家研究基金会;
关键词
NiO; W; Pt; Ru; O-2; plasma; plasma enhanced atomic layer deposition; resistive switching memory; THIN-FILMS; NUCLEATION; MEMORY; N2O; SI;
D O I
10.1021/cm302182s
中图分类号
O64 [物理化学(理论化学)、化学物理学];
学科分类号
070304 ; 081704 ;
摘要
In this study, NiO thin films were deposited via a plasma-enhanced atomic layer deposition (PEALD) on metal (Pt, Ru, and W) substrates using a bis-methylcyclopentadienyl-nickel ([MeCp](2)Ni) precursor followed by a reaction with plasma-enhanced oxygen gas. The ALD temperature regime of NiO films was defined between 150 and 250 degrees C, while substrate temperature higher than this region induced the thermal cracking of precursors. The saturated PEALD rates of NiO film on Pt, Ru, and W substrates were 0.48, 0.58, and 0.84 angstrom/cycle, respectively, even though it has been usually regarded that the substrate effect on the saturated AID rate vanishes after covering the entire surface with the growing films. At the initial stage of film growth, the NiO film showed enhanced nucleation behavior on the W and Ru substrates, whereas it did not show enhanced growth behavior on the Pt substrate. X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy revealed that the surface of a NiO film, which is thick enough for the W substrate not to influence the analysis, contains WO3 bonding states while the films grown on other metal substrates did not show any oxidation states of the substrate metal species. This could be due to the fact that the diatomic bond strength of W-O is stronger than that of Ni-O, which may induce the layer inversion during the ALD of NiO on the W substrate, and the surface W-O promotes the surface chemical reaction. This can result in the eventual increase of the saturated growth rate even in the ALD mode. The supply of oxygen to the adsorbing Ni-precursor by the reduction of a previously oxidized Ru substrate enhanced the initial growth rate of NiO film but this does not affect the steady-state growth rate on the Ru substrate. The small lattice mismatch between the NiO and Pt, as well as the identical crystal structure of the two materials results in the local epitaxial growth of NiO film on Pt substrate even though the growth temperature was only 250 degrees C. The NiO films on the W substrate showed reliable bipolar resistance switching in a wide temperature range (25-100 degrees C), which provides new opportunities for the next generation nonvolatile memory applications.
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页码:4675 / 4685
页数:11
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