Correlation between ferroelectricity and nitrogen incorporation of undoped hafnium dioxide thin films

Jun Dao Luo*, Yun Tien Yeh, Yu Ying Lai, Chia Feng Wu, Hao Tung Chung, Yi Shao Li, Kai Chi Chuang, Wei Shuo Li, Pin Guang Chen, Min Hung Lee, Huang Chung Cheng

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摘要

The ferroelectric characteristics of undoped hafnium oxide (HfO2) in titanium nitride (TiN)/HfO2/TiN stacks exhibited improved remanent polarization by controlling the nitrogen gas flow during TiN deposition in this work. Electrical measurements revealed that samples with a higher N2/(Ar + N2) ratio obtained a higher remanent polarization of approximately 10 μC/cm2 at 2.5 V but exhibited a larger leakage current and less reliability. Among all the samples, the sample with a N2/(Ar + N2) ratio of 33% exhibited a relatively high remanent polarization of 12 μC/cm2 and excellent endurance over 108 cycles. Through X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) analysis, it was observed that increasing the N2 gas flow during TiN electrode deposition contributed to excessive N-diffusion, leading to the creation of more oxygen vacancies and subsequently to device failure. Therefore, controlling the appropriate N2 gas flow during TiN deposition is crucial to enhance the ferroelectric characteristics of undoped HfO2. The results of this study may be applicable to future work on nonvolatile memory applications.

原文英語
文章編號109317
期刊Vacuum
176
DOIs
出版狀態已發佈 - 2020 6月

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • 儀器
  • 凝聚態物理學
  • 表面、塗料和薄膜

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