Structural, vibrational and electronic properties in the glass-crystal transition of thin films Sb₇₀Te₃₀ doped with Sn

Antimony-telluride based phase-change materials doped with Sn have been proposed to be ideal materials for improving the performance of phase-change memories. It is well known that Sb₇₀Te₃₀ thin films show a sharp fall in the electrical resistance in a narrow temperature range when heating. Therefor...

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Autores principales: Bilovol, Vitaliy, Fontana, Marcelo Raúl, Rocca, Javier Alejandro, Medina Chanduví, Hugo Harold, Mudarra Navarro, Azucena Marisol, Gil Rebaza, Arles Víctor, Errico, Leonardo Antonio, Liang, Akun, Errandonea, Daniel, Ureña, María Andrea
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spelling I19-R120-10915-1622062024-02-02T20:08:11Z http://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/handle/10915/162206 Structural, vibrational and electronic properties in the glass-crystal transition of thin films Sb₇₀Te₃₀ doped with Sn Bilovol, Vitaliy Fontana, Marcelo Raúl Rocca, Javier Alejandro Medina Chanduví, Hugo Harold Mudarra Navarro, Azucena Marisol Gil Rebaza, Arles Víctor Errico, Leonardo Antonio Liang, Akun Errandonea, Daniel Ureña, María Andrea 2020 2024-02-02T13:16:47Z en Ciencias Exactas Física chalcogenide glasses non-volatile memories Raman spectroscopy DFT Antimony-telluride based phase-change materials doped with Sn have been proposed to be ideal materials for improving the performance of phase-change memories. It is well known that Sb₇₀Te₃₀ thin films show a sharp fall in the electrical resistance in a narrow temperature range when heating. Therefore, it is interesting to study the effect of adding Sn into this composition. In this work, undoped and Sn-doped SbeTe thin films of composition Snₓ[Sb₀.₇₀Te₀.₃₀]₁₀₀₋ₓ, with x = 0.0, 2.5, 5.0 and 7.5 at. %, have been obtained by pulsed laser deposition. Their electrical resistance has been measured while heating from room temperature to 650 K. A sharp fall in the electrical resistance, associated to the glass-crystal transition, has been detected in all the samples within a narrow temperature range. The onset temperature of this transformation increases with the Sn content. Both as-obtained and thermally-treated films have been structurally characterized by X-ray and by Raman spectroscopy. We have compared the results among these compositions in terms of the identified crystallization products, transformation onset temperatures, transformation temperature ranges and amorphous/crystallized electrical resistance ratio. We have found that the frequency of the Raman modes decreases with Sndoping. Finally, in order to study the electronic structure and to determine the band gap, the frequencies of the allowed Raman modes and the vibration directions of the Sb₇₀Te₃₀ compound, Density Functional Theory based ab initio calculations have been performed as a function of the Sn concentration. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas Instituto de Física La Plata Articulo Articulo http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) application/pdf
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topic Ciencias Exactas
Física
chalcogenide glasses
non-volatile memories
Raman spectroscopy
DFT
spellingShingle Ciencias Exactas
Física
chalcogenide glasses
non-volatile memories
Raman spectroscopy
DFT
Bilovol, Vitaliy
Fontana, Marcelo Raúl
Rocca, Javier Alejandro
Medina Chanduví, Hugo Harold
Mudarra Navarro, Azucena Marisol
Gil Rebaza, Arles Víctor
Errico, Leonardo Antonio
Liang, Akun
Errandonea, Daniel
Ureña, María Andrea
Structural, vibrational and electronic properties in the glass-crystal transition of thin films Sb₇₀Te₃₀ doped with Sn
topic_facet Ciencias Exactas
Física
chalcogenide glasses
non-volatile memories
Raman spectroscopy
DFT
description Antimony-telluride based phase-change materials doped with Sn have been proposed to be ideal materials for improving the performance of phase-change memories. It is well known that Sb₇₀Te₃₀ thin films show a sharp fall in the electrical resistance in a narrow temperature range when heating. Therefore, it is interesting to study the effect of adding Sn into this composition. In this work, undoped and Sn-doped SbeTe thin films of composition Snₓ[Sb₀.₇₀Te₀.₃₀]₁₀₀₋ₓ, with x = 0.0, 2.5, 5.0 and 7.5 at. %, have been obtained by pulsed laser deposition. Their electrical resistance has been measured while heating from room temperature to 650 K. A sharp fall in the electrical resistance, associated to the glass-crystal transition, has been detected in all the samples within a narrow temperature range. The onset temperature of this transformation increases with the Sn content. Both as-obtained and thermally-treated films have been structurally characterized by X-ray and by Raman spectroscopy. We have compared the results among these compositions in terms of the identified crystallization products, transformation onset temperatures, transformation temperature ranges and amorphous/crystallized electrical resistance ratio. We have found that the frequency of the Raman modes decreases with Sndoping. Finally, in order to study the electronic structure and to determine the band gap, the frequencies of the allowed Raman modes and the vibration directions of the Sb₇₀Te₃₀ compound, Density Functional Theory based ab initio calculations have been performed as a function of the Sn concentration.
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author Bilovol, Vitaliy
Fontana, Marcelo Raúl
Rocca, Javier Alejandro
Medina Chanduví, Hugo Harold
Mudarra Navarro, Azucena Marisol
Gil Rebaza, Arles Víctor
Errico, Leonardo Antonio
Liang, Akun
Errandonea, Daniel
Ureña, María Andrea
author_facet Bilovol, Vitaliy
Fontana, Marcelo Raúl
Rocca, Javier Alejandro
Medina Chanduví, Hugo Harold
Mudarra Navarro, Azucena Marisol
Gil Rebaza, Arles Víctor
Errico, Leonardo Antonio
Liang, Akun
Errandonea, Daniel
Ureña, María Andrea
author_sort Bilovol, Vitaliy
title Structural, vibrational and electronic properties in the glass-crystal transition of thin films Sb₇₀Te₃₀ doped with Sn
title_short Structural, vibrational and electronic properties in the glass-crystal transition of thin films Sb₇₀Te₃₀ doped with Sn
title_full Structural, vibrational and electronic properties in the glass-crystal transition of thin films Sb₇₀Te₃₀ doped with Sn
title_fullStr Structural, vibrational and electronic properties in the glass-crystal transition of thin films Sb₇₀Te₃₀ doped with Sn
title_full_unstemmed Structural, vibrational and electronic properties in the glass-crystal transition of thin films Sb₇₀Te₃₀ doped with Sn
title_sort structural, vibrational and electronic properties in the glass-crystal transition of thin films sb₇₀te₃₀ doped with sn
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url http://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/handle/10915/162206
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