S. Clima , D. Matsubayashi , T. Ravsher , D. Garbin , R. Delhougne , G.S. Kar , G. Pourtois
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Abstract
Chalcogenides Ovonic Threshold Switching (OTS) chalcogenide materials have suitable electronic properties for two-terminal selector application. To reduce the use of toxic elements, there is a need to replace As and Se of the presently-used OTS materials with environmentally friendly OTS materials. In an effort to accelerate the discovery of such materials, we predicted electrical device parameters only from atomistic first-principles simulations and performed a theoretical screening for alternative OTS compositions. With the help of the identified correlations between the theoretical trap/mobility gaps, the local atomic coordination environments and the experimentally-measured threshold, hold voltages or hold, leakage currents and other physics-based material parameter filters like material stability and OTS gauge, we identified more than 35 promising As/Se-free ternary alloy OTS compositions.
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It is the aim of this journal to bring together in one publication outstanding papers reporting new and original work in the following areas: (1) applications of solid-state physics and technology to electronics and optoelectronics, including theory and device design; (2) optical, electrical, morphological characterization techniques and parameter extraction of devices; (3) fabrication of semiconductor devices, and also device-related materials growth, measurement and evaluation; (4) the physics and modeling of submicron and nanoscale microelectronic and optoelectronic devices, including processing, measurement, and performance evaluation; (5) applications of numerical methods to the modeling and simulation of solid-state devices and processes; and (6) nanoscale electronic and optoelectronic devices, photovoltaics, sensors, and MEMS based on semiconductor and alternative electronic materials; (7) synthesis and electrooptical properties of materials for novel devices.