Robust low-temperature (350 °C) ferroelectric Hf0.5Zr0.5O2 fabricated using anhydrous H2O2 as the ALD oxidant
- University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, TX (United States)
- University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, TX (United States); Inha University, Incheon (Korea, Republic of)
- Inha University, Incheon (Korea, Republic of)
- Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL), Upton, NY (United States). Center for Functional Nanomaterials (CFN)
- RASIRC Inc., San Diego, CA (United States)
- Kangwon National University, Chuncheon (Korea, Republic of)
Here, in this Letter, the robust ferroelectric properties of low-temperature (350 °C) Hf0.5Zr0.5O2 (HZO) films are investigated. We demonstrate that the lower crystallization temperature of HZO films originates from a densified film deposition with an anhydrous H2O2 oxidant in the atomic layer deposition process. As a consequence of this densification, H2O2-based HZO films showed completely crystallinity with fewer defects at a lower annealing temperature of 350 °C. This reduction in the crystallization temperature additionally suppresses the oxidation of TiN electrodes, thereby improving device reliability. The low-temperature crystallization process produces an H2O2-based HZO capacitor with a high remanent polarization ( Pr), reduced leakage current, high breakdown voltage, and better endurance. Furthermore, while an O3-based HZO capacitor requires wake-up cycling to achieve stable Pr, the H2O2-based HZO capacitor demonstrates a significantly reduced wake-up nature. Anhydrous H2O2 oxidant enables the fabrication of a more reliable ferroelectric HZO device using a low process thermal budget (350 °C).
- Research Organization:
- Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)
- Grant/Contract Number:
- SC0012704
- OSTI ID:
- 1923328
- Report Number(s):
- BNL-223935-2023-JAAM; TRN: US2312783
- Journal Information:
- Applied Physics Letters, Vol. 121, Issue 22; ISSN 0003-6951
- Publisher:
- American Institute of Physics (AIP)Copyright Statement
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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