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  • Solid-State Electronics
  • Nanotechnology

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  • Conventional floating-gate memories face scaling limitations due to charge leakage and complex structures.
  • Existing 2D nonvolatile memory (NVM) devices often require multiple material layers for different functions.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To develop a monolithic NVM device using a single 2D material.
  • To integrate channel, charge storage, and tunneling functionalities within one material system.
  • To overcome the fabrication complexity and scalability issues of current 2D NVMs.

Main Methods:

  • Utilized a single 2D material, Bi2O2Se, for device construction.
  • Employed UV-ozone treatment to form a crystalline oxide shell (β-Bi2SeO5).
  • Introduced selenium vacancies via thermal annealing to create a metallic core (m-BOS) for charge storage.

Main Results:

  • Achieved a monolithic NVM device integrating channel (s-BOS), storage (m-BOS), and tunneling (BOS oxide) functions.
  • Demonstrated a large memory window, high storage density (~5 × 10^13 cm^-2), and ON/OFF ratio > 10^8.
  • Exhibited fast programming/erasing (±12 V, 100 ms), endurance (>2000 cycles), and retention (>10^4 s).

Conclusions:

  • The single-material Bi2O2Se platform simplifies fabrication and enhances scalability for 2D NVM devices.
  • This approach offers a promising alternative to multilayered memory architectures.
  • The device performance metrics meet requirements for advanced memory applications.