Silicon oxide-niobium oxide mixture films and nanolaminates grown by atomic layer deposition from niobium pentaethoxide and hexakis(ethylamino) disilane

Amorphous SiO2-Nb2O5 nanolaminates and mixture films were grown by atomic layer deposition. The films were grown at 300 degrees C from Nb(OC2H5)(5), Si-2(NHC2H5)(6), and O-3 to thicknesses ranging from 13 to 130 nm. The niobium to silicon atomic ratio was varied in the range of 0.11-7.20. After optimizing the composition, resistive switching properties could be observed in the form of characteristic current-voltage behavior. Switching parameters in the conventional regime were well defined only in a SiO2:Nb2O5 mixture at certain, optimized, composition with Nb:Si atomic ratio of 0.13, whereas low-reading voltage measurements allowed recording memory effects in a wider composition range.Peer reviewe