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Energetics of intrinsic defects in NiO and the consequences for its resistive random access memory performance

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Abstract

© 2015 AIP Publishing LLC.Energetics for a variety of intrinsic defects in NiO are calculated using state-of-the-art ab initio hybrid density functional theory calculations. At the O-rich limit, Ni vacancies are the lowest cost defect for all Fermi energies within the gap, in agreement with the well-known p-type behaviour of NiO. However, the ability of the metal electrode in a resistive random access memory metal-oxide-metal setup to shift the oxygen chemical potential towards the O-poor limit results in unusual NiO behaviour and O vacancies dominating at lower Fermi energy levels. Calculated band diagrams show that O vacancies in NiO are positively charged at the operating Fermi energy giving it the advantage of not requiring a scavenger metal layer to maximise drift. Ni and O interstitials are generally found to be higher in energy than the respective vacancies suggesting that significant recombination of O vacancies and interstitials does not take place as proposed in some models of switching behaviour.

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Author(s): Dawson JA, Guo Y, Robertson J

Publication type: Article

Publication status: Published

Journal: Applied Physics Letters

Year: 2015

Volume: 107

Issue: 12

Online publication date: 25/09/2015

Acceptance date: 01/09/2015

ISSN (print): 0003-6951

Publisher: American Institute of Physics Inc.

URL: https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4931751

DOI: 10.1063/1.4931751

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