Issue 12, 2021

Optically tunable ultra-fast resistive switching in lead-free methyl-ammonium bismuth iodide perovskite films

Abstract

Resistive RAMs (Re-RAMs) have come to the fore as a rising star among the next generation non-volatile memories with fast operational speed, excellent endurance and prolonged data retention capabilities. Re-RAMs are being profusely used as storage and processing modules in neuromorphic hardware and high frequency switches in radio-frequency (RF) circuits. Owing to its intrinsic hysteresis and abundance of charge migration pathways, lead halide perovskites have emerged as a promising switching medium in Re-RAMs besides their ubiquitous usage in optoelectronic devices. Here, we adopted a lead-free eco-friendly methyl-ammonium bismuth iodide (MA3Bi2I9) perovskite (prepared by solvent-free engineering) as the switching medium sandwiched between copper (Cu) and indium doped tin oxide (ITO) electrodes. The devices exhibited a 104 high ON/OFF ratio that provided a large window for the multi-bit data storage in a single cell with good accuracy. Robust endurance of 1730 cycles and good data retention ability of >3 × 105 s were also observed. Careful switching speed measurements showed the devices can operate with an ultra-fast speed of 10 ns for writing and erasing respectively. The devices responded to light illumination and the prolonged retention of the opto-electrically tuned resistance states paved the way for image memorization.

Graphical abstract: Optically tunable ultra-fast resistive switching in lead-free methyl-ammonium bismuth iodide perovskite films

Supplementary files

Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
31 Dec 2020
Accepted
19 Feb 2021
First published
02 Mar 2021

Nanoscale, 2021,13, 6184-6191

Optically tunable ultra-fast resistive switching in lead-free methyl-ammonium bismuth iodide perovskite films

S. Poddar, Y. Zhang, Y. Zhu, Q. Zhang and Z. Fan, Nanoscale, 2021, 13, 6184 DOI: 10.1039/D0NR09234G

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