Bipolar resistive switching in p-type Co3 O4 nanosheets prepared by electrochemical deposition

Abstract

Metal oxide nanosheets have potential applications in novel nanoelectronics as nanocrystal building blocks. In this work, the devices with a structure of Au/p-type Co3 O4 nanosheets/indium tin oxide/glass having bipolar resistive switching characteristics were successfully fabricated. The experimental results demonstrate that the device have stable high/low resistance ratio that is greater than 25, endurance performance more than 200 cycles, and data retention more than 10,000 s. Such a superior performance of the as-fabricated device could be explained by the bulk film and Co3 O4 /indium tin oxide glass substrate interface effect. © 2013 Younis et al.; licensee Springer.