Magneto-ionics,an emerging approach to manipulate magnetism that relies on voltage-driven ion motion,holds the promise to boost energy efficiency in information technologies such as spintronic devices or future non-vo...Magneto-ionics,an emerging approach to manipulate magnetism that relies on voltage-driven ion motion,holds the promise to boost energy efficiency in information technologies such as spintronic devices or future non-von Neumann computing architectures.For this purpose,stability,reversibility,endurance,and ion motion rates need to be synergistically optimized.Among various ions,nitrogen has demonstrated superior magneto-ionic performance compared to classical species such as oxygen or lithium.Here,we show that ternary Co_(1−x)Fe_(x)N compound exhibits an unprecedented nitrogen magneto-ionic response.Partial substitution of Co by Fe in binary CoN is shown to be favorable in terms of generated magnetization,cyclability and ion motion rates.Specifically,the Co_(0.3)5Fe_(0.65)N films exhibit an induced saturation magnetization of 1,500 emu/cm^(3),a magneto-ionic rate of 35.5 emu/(cm^(3)·s)and endurance exceeding 10^(3) cycles.These values significantly surpass those of other existing nitride and oxide systems.This improvement can be attributed to the larger saturation magnetization of Co_(0.35)Fe_(0.65) compared to individual Co and Fe,the nature and size of structural defects in as-grown films of different composition,and the dissimilar formation energies of Fe and Co with N in the various developed crystallographic structures.展开更多
基金Financial support by the European Union's Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation Programme(BeMAGIC European Training Network,ETN/ITN Marie Skłodowska-Curie grant Nº861145)the European Research Council(2021-ERC-Advanced REMINDS Grant Nº101054687)+2 种基金the Spanish Government(PID2020-116844RBeC21,TED2021-130453B-C22 and PDC2021-121276-C31)the Generalitat de Catalunya(2021-SGR-00651)the MCIN/AEI/10.13039/501100011033&“European Union NextGenerationEU/PRTR”(grant CNS2022-135230)is acknowledged.
文摘Magneto-ionics,an emerging approach to manipulate magnetism that relies on voltage-driven ion motion,holds the promise to boost energy efficiency in information technologies such as spintronic devices or future non-von Neumann computing architectures.For this purpose,stability,reversibility,endurance,and ion motion rates need to be synergistically optimized.Among various ions,nitrogen has demonstrated superior magneto-ionic performance compared to classical species such as oxygen or lithium.Here,we show that ternary Co_(1−x)Fe_(x)N compound exhibits an unprecedented nitrogen magneto-ionic response.Partial substitution of Co by Fe in binary CoN is shown to be favorable in terms of generated magnetization,cyclability and ion motion rates.Specifically,the Co_(0.3)5Fe_(0.65)N films exhibit an induced saturation magnetization of 1,500 emu/cm^(3),a magneto-ionic rate of 35.5 emu/(cm^(3)·s)and endurance exceeding 10^(3) cycles.These values significantly surpass those of other existing nitride and oxide systems.This improvement can be attributed to the larger saturation magnetization of Co_(0.35)Fe_(0.65) compared to individual Co and Fe,the nature and size of structural defects in as-grown films of different composition,and the dissimilar formation energies of Fe and Co with N in the various developed crystallographic structures.
