A New Memristor with 2D Ti3C2Tx MXene Flakes as an Artificial Bio‐Synapse

作者：Xiaobing Yan, Kaiyang Wang, Jianhui Zhao, Zhenyu Zhou, Hong Wang, Jingjuan Wang, Lei Zhang, Xiaoyan Li, Zuoao Xiao, Qianlong Zhao, Yifei Pei, Gong Wang, Cuiya Qin, Hui Li, Jianzhong Lou, Qi Liu, Peng Zhou · 发表于：Small · 年份：2019 · DOI：10.1002/smll.201900107 · 被引用次数：214 · 研究领域：MXene and MAX Phase Materials、Advanced Memory and Neural Computing、Ferroelectric and Negative Capacitance Devices

Abstract Two‐dimensional (2D) materials have attracted extensive research interest in academia due to their excellent electrochemical properties and broad application prospects. Among them, 2D transition metal carbides (Ti3C2Tx) show semiconductor characteristics and are studied widely. However, there are few academic reports on the use of 2D MXene materials as memristors. In this work, reported is a memristor based on MXene Ti3C2Tx flakes. After electroforming, Al/Ti3C2Tx/Pt devices exhibit repeatable resistive switching (RS) behavior. More interestingly, the resistance of this device can be continuously modulated under the pulse sequence with 10 ns pulse width, and the pulse width of 10 ns is much lower than that in other reported work. Moreover, on the nanosecond scale, the transition from short‐term plasticity to long‐term plasticity is achieved. These two properties indicate that this device is favorable for ultrafast biological synapse applications and high‐efficiency training of neural networks. Through the exploration of the microstructure, Ti vacancies and partial oxidation are proposed as the origins of the physical mechanism of RS behavior. This work reveals that 2D MXene Ti3C2Tx flakes have excellent potential for use in memristor devices, which may open the door for more functions and applications.