npj 2D Materials and Applications (Dec 2024)

Memristors based on two-dimensional h-BN materials: synthesis, mechanism, optimization and application

  • Shaojie Zhang,
  • Ye Tao,
  • Shiwei Qin,
  • Dong Li,
  • Kunkun Cao,
  • Lin Lv,
  • Guokun Ma,
  • Yiheng Rao,
  • Houzhao Wan,
  • Wang Hao

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41699-024-00519-z
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 8, no. 1
pp. 1 – 25

Abstract

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Abstract Memristors offer vast application opportunities in storage, logic devices, and computation due to their nonvolatility, low power consumption, and fast operational speeds. Two-dimensional materials, characterized by their novel mechanisms, ultra-thin channels, high mechanical flexibility, and superior electrical properties, demonstrate immense potential in the domain of high-density, fast, and energy-efficient memristors. Hexagonal boron nitride (h-BN), as a new two-dimensional material, has the characteristics of high thermal conductivity, flexibility, and low power consumption, and has a significant application prospect in the field of memristor. In this paper, the recent research progress of the h-BN memristor is reviewed from the aspects of device fabrication, resistance mechanism, and application prospect.