Nonvolatile memory and opto-electrical characteristics of organic memory devices with zinc oxide nanoparticles embedded in the tris(8-hydroxyquinolinato)aluminum light-emitting layer

被引:17
作者
Kao, Po-Ching [1 ]
Liu, Chien-Chi [1 ]
Li, Ting-Yun [1 ]
机构
[1] Natl Chiayi Univ, Dept Electrophys, Chiayi 60004, Taiwan
关键词
Nonvolatile organic memory device; ZnO nanoparticles; Electrical bistability; ELECTRICAL BISTABILITY; THIN-FILMS; POLYMER; MECHANISM; TRANSPORT; CELLS; METAL;
D O I
10.1016/j.orgel.2015.03.022
中图分类号
T [工业技术];
学科分类号
08 ;
摘要
The nonvolatile organic memory devices based on the tris(8-hydroxyquinolinato)aluminum (Alq(3)) emitting layer embedded with zinc oxide nanoparticles (ZnO-NPs) are reported. The devices have a typical tri-layer structure consisting of the Alq(3)/ZnO-NPs/Alq(3) layers interposed between indium tin oxide (ITO) and aluminum (Al) electrodes. An external bias is used to program the ON and OFF states of the device that are separated by a four-orders-of-magnitude difference in conductivity. No significant degradation of the device is observed in either the ON or OFF state after continuous stress (similar to 10(5) s) and multicycle (similar to 10(3) cycles) testings. These nanoparticles behave as the charge trapping units, which enable the nonvolatile electrical bistability when biased to a sufficiently high voltage. Impedance spectroscopy, capacitance-voltage (C-V) and current-voltage (I-V) analysis are used to verify the possible physical mechanism of the switching operation. Moreover, it is found that the location of the ZnO-NPs could affect the memory and opto-electrical characteristics of the devices, such as the ON/OFF ratio, threshold voltage and turn-on voltage, which can be attributed to the influence of the ZnO-NPs and diffused Al atoms in the bulk of the Alq3 layer. (C) 2015 Elsevier B. V. All rights reserved.
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