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We have fabricated Sol-Gel synthesised Zinc Oxide (ZnO)-Reduced Graphene Oxide (rGO) on Fluorine-doped tin oxide (FTO) glass electrodes using a Dip Coating process. The Ag/ZnO-rGO/FTO sandwich structure showed bipolar resistive switching behavior. The resistive switching behavior can be attributed to the oxygen vacancies in the ZnO-rGO composite thin film giving rise to the formation and annihilation of conducting filament along the thin film. Good resistive switching (RS) characteristics with good On-OFF was also observed with good stability. The fabricated device has characteristics similar to that of biological synaptic plasticity and can be used for making electronics dynamical synapse.
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Khanal, G. et al. (2018). ZnO-rGO Composite Thin Film Resistive Switching Device: Emulating Biological Synapse Behavior. In: De Gloria, A. (eds) Applications in Electronics Pervading Industry, Environment and Society. ApplePies 2016. Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering, vol 429. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-55071-8_15
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