• 文献标题:   Photoreduced nanocomposites of graphene oxide/N-doped carbon dots toward all-carbon memristive synapses
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   LIN Y, WANG ZQ, ZHANG X, ZENG T, BAI L, KANG ZH, WANG CH, ZHAO XN, XU HY, LIU YC
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  • 出版物名称:   NPG ASIA MATERIALS
  • ISSN:   1884-4049 EI 1884-4057
  • 通讯作者地址:   Northeast Normal Univ
  • 被引频次:   1
  • DOI:   10.1038/s41427-020-00245-0
  • 出版年:   2020

▎ 摘  要

An all-carbon memristive synapse is highly desirable for hardware implementation in future wearable neuromorphic computing systems. Graphene oxide (GO) can exhibit resistive switching (RS) and may be a feasible candidate to achieve this objective. However, the digital-type RS often occurring in GO-based memristors restricts the biorealistic emulation of synaptic functions. Here, an all-carbon memristive synapse with analog-type RS behavior was demonstrated through photoreduction of GO and N-doped carbon quantum dot (NCQD) nanocomposites. Ultraviolet light irradiation induced the local reduction of GO near the NCQDs, therefore forming multiple weak conductive filaments and demonstrating analog RS with a continuous conductance change. This analog RS enabled the close emulation of several essential synaptic plasticity behaviors; more importantly, the high linearity of the conductance change also facilitated the implementation of pattern recognition with high accuracy. Furthermore, the all-carbon memristive synapse can be transferred onto diverse substrates, showing good flexibility and 3D conformality. Memristive potentiation/depression was stably performed at 450 K, indicating the resistance of the synapse to high temperature. The photoreduction method provides a new path for the fabrication of all-carbon memristive synapses, which supports the development of wearable neuromorphic electronics.