TheeffectofPtandCuelectrodesontheresistiveswitchingpropertiesandfailurebehaviorsofamorphousZrO2?lmswereinvestigated.ComparedwithCu/ZrO2/Ptstructures,thePt/ZrO2/PtstructuresexhibitbetterresistiveswitchingpropertiessuchasthehigherresistanceratioofOFF/ONstates,thelongerswitchingcyclesandnarrowdistributionofOFFstateresistance（Roff）.TheswitchingmechanisminthePt/ZrO2/Ptstructurecanbeattributedtotheformationandruptureofoxygenvacancy?laments;whileintheCu/ZrO2/Ptstructure,thereexistbothoxygenvacancy?lamentsandCu?laments.TheformationofCu?lamentsisrelatedtotheredoxreactionofCuelectrodeundertheappliedvoltage.TheinhomogeneousdispersiveinjectionofCuionsresultsinthedispersiveRoffandsigni?cantdecreaseofoperatevoltage.Schematicdiagramsoftheformationofconductive?lamentsandthefailuremechanismintheCu/ZrO2/Ptstructuresarealsoproposed.
