Robust bi-stable memory operation in single-layer graphene ferroelectric memory

Abstract

With the motivation of realizing an all graphene-based circuit for low power, we present a reliable nonvolatile graphene memory device, single-layer graphene (SLG) ferroelectric field-effect transistor (FFET). We demonstrate that exfoliated single-layer graphene can be optically visible on a ferroelectric lead-zirconate-titanate (PZT) substrate and observe a large memory window that is nearly equivalent to the hysteresis of the PZT at low operating voltages in a graphene FFET. In comparison to exfoliated graphene, FFETs fabricated with chemical vapor deposited (CVD) graphene exhibit enhanced stability through a bi-stable current state operation with long retention time. In addition, we suggest that the trapping/de-trapping of charge carriers in the interface states is responsible for the anti-hysteresis behavior in graphene FFET on PZT. (C) 2011 American Institute of Physics. [doi:10.1063/1.3619816]