Defect states dominate the performance
of low-dimensional nanoelectronics,
which deteriorate the serviceability of devices in most cases. But
in recent years, some intriguing functionalities are discovered by
defect engineering. In this work, we demonstrate a bifunctional memory
device of a MoS2/BiFeO3/SrTiO3 van
der Waals heterostructure, which can be programmed and erased by solely
one kind of external stimuli (light or electrical-gate pulse) via
engineering of oxygen-vacancy-based solid-ionic gating. The device
shows multibit electrical memory capability (>22 bits) with a large
linearly tunable dynamic range of 7.1 × 106 (137 dB).
Furthermore, the device can be programmed by green- and red-light
illuminations and then erased by UV light pulses. Besides, the photoresponse
under red-light illumination reaches a high photoresponsivity (6.7
× 104 A/W) and photodetectivity (2.12 × 1013 Jones). These results highlighted solid-ionic memory for
building up multifunctional electronic and optoelectronic devices.