Effect of Oxygen Flow Rate on the Memristive Behavior of Reactively Sputtered TiO2 Thin Films

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The paper presents the memristive behavior of sputtered titania thin films on ITO substrate. Titania thin films were deposited by RF magnetron sputtering method while varying the oxygen flow rate of (O2/ (O2 + Ar) x100 = 10, 20 and 30 %) during deposition process. The effect of oxygen flow rate to the structural properties was studied including the physical thickness, and also the effect towards switching behavior. It was found that sample deposited at 20 % oxygen flow rate gave better memristive behavior compared to other samples, with larger ROFF/RON ratio of 9. The characterization of memristive behavior includes the effect of electroforming process and successive of I-V measurements are discussed.

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