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Carbon nanowalls/diamond heterojunctions as novel photo-switching memory devices

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Publication Date2019-05-01
AuthorsYuuta Imai, K. Ueda, Hideharu Itou, Yuki Mizuno, H. Asano
InstitutionsNagoya University

We demonstrate in-situ growth of carbon nanowalls (CNWs) on diamond semiconductors by microwave plasma assisted chemical vapor deposition. The resulting CNW/diamond junctions behave as photomemristors having both photo-controllable multiple resistance states and nonvolatile memory functions. The resistance state (high or low resistance state) can be selected by light irradiation with the application of a bias voltage, giving a large resistance switching ratio of ~10 <sup xmlns:mml=ā€œhttp://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathMLā€ xmlns:xlink=ā€œhttp://www.w3.org/1999/xlinkā€&gt;6&lt;/sup> . The photo-induced resistance switching behaviors are rarely observed and has only been observed in a few materials and/or heterostructures. These results indicate CNW/diamond (that is, carbon sp <sup xmlns:mml=ā€œhttp://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathMLā€ xmlns:xlink=ā€œhttp://www.w3.org/1999/xlinkā€&gt;2&lt;/sup> -sp <sup xmlns:mml=ā€œhttp://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathMLā€ xmlns:xlink=ā€œhttp://www.w3.org/1999/xlinkā€&gt;3&lt;/sup> ) junctions could have applications in novel photo-controllable devices, which have photo-sensing, memory, and switching functions.