The crucial role of nanocrystalline morphology in stabilizing the ferroelectric orthorhombic (o)-phase in doped-hafnia films is achieved via chemical solution deposition (CSD) by intentionally retaining carbonaceous impurities to inhibit grain growth. However, in the present study, large-grained (>100 nm) La-doped HfO2 (HLO) films are grown directly on silicon by adopting engineered water-diluted precursors with a minimum carbonaceous load and excellent shelf life. The o-phase stabilization is accomplished through a well-distributed La dopant, which generates uniformly populated oxygen vacancies, eliminating the need for oxygen-scavenging electrodes. These oxygen-deficient HLOs show a maximum remnant polarization of 37.6 μC/cm2 (2Pr) without wake-up and withstand large fields (>6.2 MV/cm). Furthermore, CSD-HLO in series with Al2O3 improves switching of MOSFETs (with an amorphous oxide channel) based on the negative capacitance effect. Thus, uniformly distributed oxygen vacancies serve as a standalone factor in stabilizing the o-phase, enabling efficient wake-up-free ferroelectricity without the need for nanostructuring, capping stresses, or oxygen-reactive electrodes.
An Aqueous Route to Oxygen-Deficient Wake-Up-Free La-Doped HfO2 Ferroelectrics for Negative Capacitance Field Effect Transistors / Pujar, Pavan; Cho, Haewon; Kim, Young-Hoon; Zagni, Nicolo; Oh, Jeonghyeon; Lee, Eunha; Gandla, Srinivas; Nukala, Pavan; Kim, Young-Min; Alam, Muhammad Ashraful; Kim, Sunkook. - In: ACS NANO. - ISSN 1936-0851. - 17:19(2023), pp. 19076-19086. [10.1021/acsnano.3c04983]
An Aqueous Route to Oxygen-Deficient Wake-Up-Free La-Doped HfO2 Ferroelectrics for Negative Capacitance Field Effect Transistors
Zagni, Nicolo;
2023
Abstract
The crucial role of nanocrystalline morphology in stabilizing the ferroelectric orthorhombic (o)-phase in doped-hafnia films is achieved via chemical solution deposition (CSD) by intentionally retaining carbonaceous impurities to inhibit grain growth. However, in the present study, large-grained (>100 nm) La-doped HfO2 (HLO) films are grown directly on silicon by adopting engineered water-diluted precursors with a minimum carbonaceous load and excellent shelf life. The o-phase stabilization is accomplished through a well-distributed La dopant, which generates uniformly populated oxygen vacancies, eliminating the need for oxygen-scavenging electrodes. These oxygen-deficient HLOs show a maximum remnant polarization of 37.6 μC/cm2 (2Pr) without wake-up and withstand large fields (>6.2 MV/cm). Furthermore, CSD-HLO in series with Al2O3 improves switching of MOSFETs (with an amorphous oxide channel) based on the negative capacitance effect. Thus, uniformly distributed oxygen vacancies serve as a standalone factor in stabilizing the o-phase, enabling efficient wake-up-free ferroelectricity without the need for nanostructuring, capping stresses, or oxygen-reactive electrodes.File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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