• 文献标题:   Graphene-quantum-dot nonvolatile charge-trap flash memories
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   JOO SS, KIM J, KANG SS, KIM S, CHOI SH, HWANG SW
  • 作者关键词:   graphene, quantum dot, memory
  • 出版物名称:   NANOTECHNOLOGY
  • ISSN:   0957-4484 EI 1361-6528
  • 通讯作者地址:   Kyung Hee Univ
  • 被引频次:   19
  • DOI:   10.1088/0957-4484/25/25/255203
  • 出版年:   2014

▎ 摘  要

Nonvolatile flash-memory capacitors containing graphene quantum dots (GQDs) of 6, 12, and 27 nm average sizes (d) between SiO2 layers for use as charge traps have been prepared by sequential processes: ion-beam sputtering deposition (IBSD) of 10 nm SiO2 on a p-type wafer, spin-coating of GQDs on the SiO2 layer, and IBSD of 20 nm SiO2 on the GQD layer. The presence of almost a single array of GQDs at a distance of similar to 13 nm from the SiO2/Si wafer interface is confirmed by transmission electron microscopy and photoluminescence. The memory window estimated by capacitance-voltage curves is proportional to d for sweep voltages wider than +/- 3 V, and for d = 27 nm the GQD memories show a maximum memory window of 8 V at a sweep voltage of +/- 10 V. The program and erase speeds are largest at d = 12 and 27 nm, respectively, and the endurance and data-retention properties are the best at d = 27 nm. These memory behaviors can be attributed to combined effects of edge state and quantum confinement.