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JOURNAL OF PHYSICS D-APPLIED PHYSICS
Volume 49, Issue 7, Pages -Publisher
IOP PUBLISHING LTD
DOI: 10.1088/0022-3727/49/7/075104
Keywords
WORM; interfacial dipole; poly(9-vinylcarbazole)
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- University of Malaya Flagship project [FL017/2011]
- University of Malaya Chancellery High Impact Research Grant [UM.C/625/1/HIR/195]
- MOHE Fundamental Research Grant [FP005-2013A]
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Understanding the mechanism of resistive switching in a memory device is fundamental in order to improve device performance. The mechanism of current switching in a basic organic write-once read-many (WORM) memory device is investigated by determining the energy level alignments of indium tin oxide (ITO), poly(9-vinylcarbazole) (PVK) and aluminum (Al) using x-ray and ultraviolet photoelectron spectroscopy, current-voltage characterization and Auger depth profiling. The current switching mechanism was determined to be controlled by the interface between the ITO and the PVK. The electric field applied across the device causes the ITO from the uneven surface of the anode to form metallic filaments through the PVK, causing a shorting effect within the device leading to increased conduction. This was found to be independent of the PVK thickness, although the switch-on voltage was non-linearly dependent on the thickness. The formation of these filaments also caused the destruction of the interfacial dipole at the PVK-AI interface.
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