Electronic device and method of manufacturing the same
Provided are electronic devices and methods of manufacturing the same. An electronic device may include a substrate, a gate electrode on the substrate, a ferroelectric layer between the substrate and the gate electrode, and a carbon layer between the substrate and the ferroelectric layer. The carbon layer may have an sp 2 bonding structure.
1. An electronic device comprising:
a channel element, the channel element being a channel layer on the substrate and separate from the substrate;
a gate electrode on the channel element;
a ferroelectric layer between the channel element and the gate electrode; and
a carbon layer between the channel element and the ferroelectric layer, the carbon layer having an sp 2 bonding structure, the carbon layer including nanocrystalline graphene including nano-sized crystals.
2. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the nano-sized crystals in the nanocrystalline graphene have a size of 0.5 nm to 100 nm.
3. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein, in the nanocrystalline graphene, a ratio of carbon having an sp 2 bonding structure to total carbon is 50% to 99%.
4. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the nanocrystalline graphene contains 1 atomic percent (at %) to 20 at % of hydrogen.
5. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein a D-parameter of the nanocrystalline graphene in the carbon layer ranges 18 eV to 22.9 eV.
6. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the substrate further includes a source and a drain at both sides of the channel element.
7. The electronic device of claim 1 , further comprising:
an insulating layer between the substrate and the carbon layer.
8. The electronic device of claim 1 , further comprising:
an insulating layer between the carbon layer and the ferroelectric layer.
9. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the gate electrode includes a conductive metal or a carbon material having an sp 2 bonding structure.
10. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the ferroelectric layer includes an oxide including at least one of silicon (Si), aluminum (Al), hafnium (Hf), and zirconium (Zr).
11. The electronic device of claim 10 , wherein the oxide further includes a dopant.
12. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein a thickness of the carbon layer of 0.4 nm to 100 nm.
13. An electronic device comprising:
a substrate;
a channel element, the channel element being a channel layer on the substrate and separate from the substrate, or the channel element being a protruding portion of the substrate where a material of the protruding portion of the substrate is the same as a material of the substrate;
a source and a drain connected to opposite ends of the channel element;
a gate electrode on the channel element;
a ferroelectric layer between the channel element and the gate electrode; and
a carbon layer between the channel element and the ferroelectric layer,
the carbon layer configured to limit diffusion of at least one of metal or oxygen from the ferroelectric layer into the channel element,
the carbon layer having an sp 2 bonding structure, and
the carbon layer including nanocrystalline graphene including nano-sized crystals.
14. The electronic device of claim 13 , wherein the nano-sized crystals in the nanocrystalline graphene have a size of 0.5 nm to 100 nm.
15. The electronic device of claim 13 , wherein, in the nanocrystalline graphene, a ratio of carbon having an sp 2 bonding structure to total carbon is 50% to 99%.
16. The electronic device of claim 13 , wherein the nanocrystalline graphene contains 1 atomic percent (at %) to 20 at % of hydrogen.
17. The electronic device of claim 13 , further comprising:
an insulating layer on the channel element, wherein the insulating layer is between the channel element and the ferroelectric layer, or the insulating layer is between the gate electrode and the ferroelectric layer.
18. The electronic device of claim 13 , wherein the ferroelectric layer includes an oxide including at least one of silicon (Si), aluminum (Al), hafnium (Hf), and zirconium (Zr).
19. The electronic device of claim 13 , wherein a thickness of the carbon layer of 0.4 nm to 100 nm.