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  • Materials Science
  • Condensed Matter Physics
  • Nanotechnology

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  • Ferroelectric tunnel junctions (FTJs) are crucial for next-generation non-volatile memories and logic devices.
  • FTJ performance is highly sensitive to electrical boundary conditions, controllable via electrode and interface engineering.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To demonstrate graphene electrodes for interface control and enhanced FTJ performance.
  • To investigate the impact of interfacial molecular layers on ferroelectric polarization stability and resistive switching.

Main Methods:

  • Fabrication of FTJs utilizing graphene electrodes and a BaTiO3 ferroelectric barrier.
  • Engineering the graphene/BaTiO3 interface with a molecular layer (ammonia).
  • Characterization of resistive switching and tunneling electroresistance (TER) effect.

Main Results:

  • Graphene electrodes enable effective control of interface properties in FTJs.
  • An interfacial ammonia layer significantly affects ferroelectric polarization stability.
  • An enhanced tunneling electroresistance (TER) effect of 6 × 10^5% was achieved with the ammonia-modified interface.

Conclusions:

  • Graphene electrodes offer a novel approach for interface engineering in FTJs.
  • Interface-facilitated polarization stability and enhanced TER are achievable using this method.
  • The findings have implications for developing advanced FTJ-based electronic devices.