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Title: Resistive switching properties in CdZnTe films

Journal Article · · Applied Physics Letters
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4907973· OSTI ID:22412611
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  1. State Key Laboratory of Solidification Processing, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi'an 710072 (China)
  2. Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Beijing Institute of Petrochemical Technology, Beijing 102617 (China)

The ternary II–VI compound semiconductor cadmium zinc telluride (CdZnTe) has bi-stable conduction characteristics. In this letter, CdZnTe films are grown on indium tin oxide (ITO) substrates by radio frequency magnetron sputtering. The current-voltage characteristics show that there is resistive switching in a structure consisting of an 800-nm-thick CdZnTe film, an Au Schottky contact, and an ITO bottom electrode. The electroresistance in Au/CdZnTe/ITO may be related to the polarization of the CdZnTe film and the Schottky contact.

OSTI ID:
22412611
Journal Information:
Applied Physics Letters, Vol. 106, Issue 6; Other Information: (c) 2015 AIP Publishing LLC; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0003-6951
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English