Project description
Ferroelectric materials to boost electronics efficiency
Funded by the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions programme, the OSE-Ferroelectrics project aims to improve the energy efficiency of electronic devices, such as transistors and memory devices, by using ferroelectric materials. One of the main challenges for ferroelectric devices is the negative effect of thickness reduction on the critical properties such as remanent polarisation, coercive voltage, and leakage current. OSE-Ferroelectrics will tackle these issues by tailoring the heterostructure design and tracking the resulting properties. Scanning-probe and optical methods will be used to locally evaluate the crystal and ferroelectric properties. Independent evaluation of electronic structure will help understand charge transport across ferroelectric interfaces. Project results could have significant implications for integrating ferroelectric oxides into the semiconductor industry.
Objective
The rapid increase in power consumption for data collection, storage and processing drives a global interest in finding new energy-efficient device paradigms. Ferroelectric materials can provide energy-efficient solutions for targeted applications such as transistors based on polarization-induced negative capacitance or memory devices based on polarization-controlled resistive switching. The crucial properties of ferroelectric-based heterostructures in electronic applications are remanent polarization, coercive voltage and leakage current because they limit the ON/OFF ratio, energy efficiency and charge transport properties of any device. However, uncompensated bound charge and defects at ferroelectric interfaces result in polarization suppression, increase of coercive voltage and uncontrolled charge carrier formation. The purpose of OSE-Ferroelectrics is to assess the possibility of tackling these size effects in ferroelectric thin films. In OSE-Ferroelectrics, I propose a path to an ambitious goal of overturning ferroelectric size effects by tailoring the heterostructure design and tracking the resulting crystal, electronic and ferroelectric properties. The two cornerstones of the proposal are: (i) adoption of combination of scanning-probe and optical techniques to locally evaluate the crystal, defect, and ferroelectric properties, and (ii) use of independent evaluation of electronic structure, charge carrier concentration and mobility to understand the charge transport properties across ferroelectric interfaces. The research questions and methods addressed in OSE-Ferroelectrics will advance the knowledge of ferroelectric size effects, bring attention to semiconducting properties of ferroelectric layers, and reveal routes for enhancing performance of ferroelectric memory devices. Ultimately, the results of this project would have important implications for the integration of oxide ferroelectrics into the semiconductor industry.
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HORIZON.1.2 - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA)
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HORIZON-TMA-MSCA-PF-EF - HORIZON TMA MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships - European Fellowships
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(opens in new window) HORIZON-MSCA-2022-PF-01
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10000 Zagreb
Croatia
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