Single-layer Sb2Te3 films and three-layer Sb2Te3/Sb2S3/Sb2Te3 structures are obtained by thermal vacuum deposition. Their thermoelectric characteristics have been investigated in a wide temperature range (5350 K). It is shown that the conductivity of Sb2Te3/Sb2S3/Sb2Te3 has a semiconductor behavior, the resistivity is an order of magnitude higher than the resistivity of the Sb2Te3 film; the Seebeck coefficient of Sb2Te3/Sb2S3/Sb2Te3 is 1.5 and 3 times higher than the Seebeck coefficient of the film and single-crystal Sb2Te3, respectively. The currentvoltage characteristics of the Sb2Te3 film exhibit memristive properties with unipolar resistive switching, whereas Sb2Te3/Sb2S3/Sb2Te3 can be considered as a memristor with a parallel connected capacitance.
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