Electrical properties of pulsed laser-deposited Hf0.75Zr0.25O2 thin films on platinized silicon substrates
摘要
The article discusses the preparation and characterization of Hf0.75Zr0.25O2 thin films by pulsed laser deposition as a CMOS-compatible material for non-volatile memories. Films with a thickness of 150 nm were deposited on platinized silicon substrates at 550 °C with post-annealing at 600 °C. X-ray diffraction revealed mixed monoclinic-tetragonal phases. Electrical characterization was done on Pt/Hf0.75Zr0.25O2/Pt/Si, metal–insulator-metal capacitors. Dielectric constant ranged 125–240 across 100 Hz-1 MHz with loss tangent minimum 0.10–0.11 at 10 kHz. Leakage current density was ~ 10–7 A/cm2 at -7 V, with space-charge-limited current as the dominant conduction mechanism. The structure exhibited consistent unipolar resistive switching with a switchable polarization of ~ 10 μC/cm2 and a coercive field in the range of 267–400 kV/cm, demonstrating potential applications in resistive memory devices.