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The impact of the dopants on the formation of conductive path in titanium dioxide: ab initio calculations

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  • Lei Li

    (Institute of Intelligent Structure and System, Soochow University)

  • Wen-Shi Li

    (Institute of Intelligent Structure and System, School of Electronics & Information Engineering, Soochow University)

  • Jian-Feng Yang

    (Institute of Intelligent Structure and System, School of Electronics & Information Engineering, Soochow University)

  • Hai-Xia Li

    (Institute of Intelligent Structure and System, Soochow University)

  • Ling-Feng Mao

    (Institute of Intelligent Structure and System, Soochow University)

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Ab initio calculations are performed about the dependent characteristics of the conductive path on Ti/Cu/Zr interstitials and oxygen vacancies in rutile-type titanium dioxide. It is found that eight oxygen vacancies in two columns around five Ti-ions could lead to a conductive path. Besides, the conductive path will occur when additional four oxygen vacancies exist at the third column in ⟨ 110 ⟩ direction rather than on (110) facet. Oxygen vacancies at the third and fourth columns on (110) facet are considered and lead to a conductive path. Furthermore, one or three metal interstitials, such as Ti, Cu or Zr, are doped in titanium dioxide with three columns of oxygen vacancies on (110) facet, respectively. The conductive path is only found in the structure above with three Ti interstitials. We conclude that more Ti interstitials doping in reduced TiO2 benefit the formation of stable conductive path in resistive random access memory.

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  • Lei Li & Wen-Shi Li & Jian-Feng Yang & Hai-Xia Li & Ling-Feng Mao, 2016. "The impact of the dopants on the formation of conductive path in titanium dioxide: ab initio calculations," The European Physical Journal B: Condensed Matter and Complex Systems, Springer;EDP Sciences, vol. 89(12), pages 1-9, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:eurphb:v:89:y:2016:i:12:d:10.1140_epjb_e2016-70381-2
    DOI: 10.1140/epjb/e2016-70381-2
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