{"title":"Cryogenic Ferroelectric Behavior of Wurtzite Ferroelectrics","authors":"Ruiqing Wang;Jiuren Zhou;Siying Zheng;Feng Zhu;Wenxin Sun;Haiwen Xu;Bochang Li;Yan Liu;Yue Hao;Genquan Han","doi":"10.1109/LED.2025.3584071","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"This study presents the first experimental exploration into cryogenic ferroelectric behavior in wurtzite ferroelectrics. A breakdown field (<inline-formula> <tex-math>${E}_{\\text {BD}}\\text {)}$ </tex-math></inline-formula> to coercive field (<inline-formula> <tex-math>${E}_{\\text {C}}\\text {)}$ </tex-math></inline-formula> ratio of 1.8 is achieved even at 4 K, marking the lowest ferroelectric switching temperature reported for wurtzite ferroelectrics. Additionally, a significant evolution in fatigue behavior is captured, transitioning from hard breakdown to ferroelectricity loss at cryogenic temperatures. These findings unlock the feasibility for wurtzite ferroelectrics to advance wide temperature non-volatile memory.","PeriodicalId":13198,"journal":{"name":"IEEE Electron Device Letters","volume":"46 9","pages":"1533-1536"},"PeriodicalIF":4.5000,"publicationDate":"2025-06-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"IEEE Electron Device Letters","FirstCategoryId":"5","ListUrlMain":"https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/11058692/","RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q2","JCRName":"ENGINEERING, ELECTRICAL & ELECTRONIC","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
This study presents the first experimental exploration into cryogenic ferroelectric behavior in wurtzite ferroelectrics. A breakdown field (${E}_{\text {BD}}\text {)}$ to coercive field (${E}_{\text {C}}\text {)}$ ratio of 1.8 is achieved even at 4 K, marking the lowest ferroelectric switching temperature reported for wurtzite ferroelectrics. Additionally, a significant evolution in fatigue behavior is captured, transitioning from hard breakdown to ferroelectricity loss at cryogenic temperatures. These findings unlock the feasibility for wurtzite ferroelectrics to advance wide temperature non-volatile memory.
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IEEE Electron Device Letters publishes original and significant contributions relating to the theory, modeling, design, performance and reliability of electron and ion integrated circuit devices and interconnects, involving insulators, metals, organic materials, micro-plasmas, semiconductors, quantum-effect structures, vacuum devices, and emerging materials with applications in bioelectronics, biomedical electronics, computation, communications, displays, microelectromechanics, imaging, micro-actuators, nanoelectronics, optoelectronics, photovoltaics, power ICs and micro-sensors.