Field-induced resistive switching based on space-charge-limited current

Polycrystalline (Ba,Sr)(Zr,Ti)O3 thin films sandwiched between two Pt electrodes have been revealed to exhibit hysteretic current-voltage (I-V) characteristics and resistive switching at room temperature. High- and low-resistance states, as well as a less abrupt state transition, occur during the voltage cycle. The maximum ratio between these two resistance states is about 230. Analyses of I-V behaviors have been executed, and it is proposed that space-charge-limited-current conduction in higher voltage region caused by asymmetric electron trapping centers is responsible for such transition of resistance states.

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