溶胶-凝胶方法制备BiFeO_3薄膜的微结构和晶粒尺寸效应

使用溶胶凝胶法在Pt/Ti/SiO_2/Si衬底上生长不同厚度与不同稀土掺杂(Nd,Ce,La)的BiFeO_3(BFO)薄膜,高分辨X射线衍射实验结果表明薄膜是由无择优取向的多晶成份组成,不同厚度和掺杂的薄膜都呈现三方相。对比不同厚度BF0薄膜的结构发现,随着薄膜厚度的增加,薄膜的晶粒尺寸呈现增大的趋势,同时晶格常数也随之增大;比较不同掺杂的薄膜,发现随掺杂原子的离子半径增大(Nd,Ce,La),薄膜的晶粒尺寸随之减小,同时薄膜的晶格参数变小。这些结果表明在BFO薄膜中存在晶粒尺寸效应,BFO的晶格随着晶粒尺寸的增大而增大。     

GaN基半导体上BiFeO_3薄膜的生长与性能研究

采用脉冲激光沉积法在(0001)取向的GaN以及AlGaN/GaN调制掺杂结构上制备了(111)取向的BiFeO3(BFO)薄膜。首先在导电氧化物SrRuO3和TiO2缓冲层包覆的GaN上制备了BFO薄膜,分析了在GaN上生长的BFO薄膜的面外取向、外延关系、表面形貌以及电学性能等性质。然后,在AlGaN/GaN调制掺杂结构上采用TiO2缓冲层生长了BFO薄膜,并采用光刻工艺分别在AlGaN表面制备Ti/Al/Ti/Au欧姆电极和BFO表面制备Ni/Au肖特基电极以形成二极管结构。C-V测试表明,由于BFO铁电薄膜极化的作用,BFO/TiO2/AlGaN/GaN结构具有1 V左右的逆时针窗口。     

Ti掺杂BiFeO3陶瓷的结构和铁电性能研究

用固相反应法制备了BiFe_1-xTi_xO₃(BFTxO)陶瓷样品,研究了不同Ti掺杂量对BFO陶瓷结构、形貌、铁电性能和铁电-顺电相变温度(T_c)的影响. XRD结果表明,当Ti含量x从0增大到0.2,相的结构由菱方钙钛矿逐渐变为斜方结构. Raman光谱的测试和模拟也证实了掺Ti后晶体结构有向三斜晶系转变的趋势. I-V曲线说明Ti掺杂显著降低了BFO陶瓷的漏电流,当Ti掺杂量为0.05时,漏电流最小,在100V电压下,漏电流密度为7.3×10^－6A/cm². Ti掺杂还增强了BFO陶瓷的铁电性,Ti掺杂量为0.05时的剩余极化强度甚至是纯BFO的两倍. 另外,DTA测试显示,Ti掺杂能影响BFO的铁电顺电相变温度. 随着Ti掺杂量的增加,铁电顺电相变温度逐渐降低.     

Ce掺杂ZnO压敏薄膜的微观结构与电学性能研究

通过溶胶-凝胶法制备了一种稀土Ce掺杂的ZnO-Bi2O3压敏薄膜,对薄膜进行了XRD、AFM、介电与压敏性能的表征。结果表明,Ce掺杂不会影响ZnO-Bi2O3压敏薄膜的晶体结构,但是会减小ZnO-Bi2O3压敏薄膜的晶粒尺寸。Ce掺杂会降低ZnO-Bi2O3压敏薄膜的漏电流,减小材料的介电损耗,提升ZnO-Bi2O3压敏薄膜的非线性性能。当Ce掺杂量达到0.3%(摩尔分数)时,ZnO-Bi2O3压敏薄膜的压敏电压达到了175V/mm,漏电流降低至502μA。     

TiO2 /BiFeO3薄膜中增强的磁性和铁电性能

为改善铁酸铋(Bi Fe O3)薄膜的铁电性能,通过溶胶-凝胶和磁控溅射的方法在Au/Pt/Cr/Si基底上制备了Ti O2/Bi Fe O3(Ti O2/BFO)和Bi Fe O3薄膜.采用扫描探针显微镜、扫描电子显微镜、X射线衍射仪、铁电测试仪和物理性能测量仪对薄膜进行了物性表征.实验结果表明:Ti O2阻挡层抑制了BFO薄膜表面缺陷的形成,提高了复合薄膜的绝缘性能,使Ti O2/BFO薄膜中泄漏电流明显降低,且导电机制由欧姆型向空间电荷限制传导型转变.此外,溅射Ti O2阻挡层破坏了BFO表面的螺旋结构,使Ti O2和BFO之间晶格失配而产生界面应力,提高了薄膜的磁电性能.在顶电极和铁电层之间引入阻挡层是提高BFO薄膜磁电性能的一种有效方法.     

铁电相BiFeO3对多铁复合薄膜CoFe2O4-BiFeO3铁磁性能的影响

为了研究铁电相BiFeO₃对复合薄膜磁性能的影响,在LaNiO₃ (LNO)缓冲层的Si (100)衬底上旋涂制备了含有0、6、9、10层等不同厚度BiFeO₃的层状CoFe₂O₄-BiFeO₃ (CFO-BFO) 多铁复合薄膜。采用XRD、SEM以及TEM对其结构和形貌进行了表征,采用振动样品磁强计测量磁性,研究了不同厚度BFO对复合薄膜磁性的影响。结果表明: CFO和BFO在异质结构薄膜中共存。缓冲层LNO和铁磁相CFO薄膜具有精细微观结构及明显界面。铁电相BFO的厚度对CFO-BFO复合薄膜的磁性能产生了很大影响。在含有不同层数铁电相BFO的复合薄膜中,含有9层BFO复合薄膜的饱和磁化强度最大,达到了230 emu·cm^-3,相比无铁电相BFO的薄膜,饱和磁化强度提高了18.6%。初步讨论认为: 随着铁电相BFO厚度的增加,CFO与BFO之间的应力传导引起了复合薄膜饱和磁化强度的提高。     

掺镧BiFeO3薄膜的制备及光伏特性研究

采用溶胶–凝胶法,用乙二醇甲醚作溶剂溶解Bi(NO3)3、Fe(NO3)3和La(NO3)3制备前体溶液,通过化学溶液沉积法在FTO导电玻璃基板上合成La3+掺杂的BiFeO3(BFO)薄膜,并研究了La3+掺杂对BiFeO3的能带及其光伏性能的影响。BiFeO3薄膜呈多晶钙钛矿结构,且随着La3+掺杂量的增加,BiFeO3的晶格常数依次递减。掺杂10%La3+的BiFeO3的能隙比未掺杂时稍有减小,为2.71 eV,随着La3+掺杂量的增加,BiFeO3的能隙增加到2.76 eV。采用改良法制备的La3+的掺杂量为10%的BiFeO3薄膜的最大开路电压为0.4 V,具有良好的光伏性能。     

Pt电极上BiFeO3薄膜的淬火效应

用溶胶-凝胶法采用快速退火方法在Pt/Ti/SiO2/Si衬底上制备了BiFeO3(BFO)薄膜.通过淬火冷却与自然冷却的对比,研究了淬火冷却对BiFeO3(BFO)薄膜的结构、形貌及电性能的影响.XRD研究表明淬火未对薄膜的结晶产生显著的影响.扫描电镜研究表明淬火导致薄膜表面粗糙度增加并出现了裂纹.铁电性测试表明淬火冷却得到的薄膜,其铁电性得到了增强,同时,淬火使BiFeO3薄膜的漏电流增加.     

偏轴磁控溅射法外延BiFeO3薄膜的介电性能与阻变效应

利用偏轴射频磁控溅射法, 在(001) SrTiO₃(STO)单晶基片上制备了Pt/BiFeO₃/La_0.5Sr_0.5CoO₃/STO (Pt/BFO/ LSCO/STO)异质结电容器。研究了BiFeO₃薄膜的结构和物理性能。原子力显微镜(AFM)和X射线衍射(XRD)分析表明: BFO薄膜结晶质量良好, 且为单相(00l)外延钙钛矿结构。介电性能测试结果发现: 在5 V驱动电压下, Pt/BFO/LSCO电容器呈现饱和的蝶形回线, 调谐率和介电损耗分别为14.1%和0.19。此外, 阻变机制研究表明: 在0→5→0 V正向电压和0→-5→0 V负向电压下, 阻变均为高阻向低阻转变规律, 呈现为铁电二极管的阻变开关行为。通过I-V曲线拟合, 得到0→5→0→-5 V时阻变机制为空间电荷限制电流陷阱能级的填充和脱陷, 而-5→0 V时符合界面限制的F-N隧穿机制。     

共掺杂n型CVD金刚石薄膜的结构和性能

利用微波等离子体化学气相沉积(MPCVD)技术制备硫掺杂及硼/硫共掺杂n型金刚石薄膜,探讨n型CVD金刚石薄膜的特性和共掺杂机理.研究结果显示:随着单一硫(S)掺杂含量的增加,金刚石薄膜导电激活能降低,薄膜生长速率减小,薄膜中非金刚石结构相增多;硼/硫(B-S)共掺杂有利于增加硫在金刚石中的固溶度,提高硫在金刚石晶体中的掺杂率,降低金刚石薄膜的导电激活能(在0.26～0.33eV);与单一S掺杂相比较,B-S共掺杂金刚石薄膜生长速率低,薄膜质量和晶格完整性好;霍耳效应测试表明硫掺杂和硼/硫共掺杂金刚石薄膜具有n型导电特征,载流子浓度在1016-1018/cm3之间,载流子迁移率在7～80cm2V-1s-1之间.采用B-S共掺杂技术有利于提高CVD金刚石薄膜的晶格完整性,使得B-S共掺杂金刚石薄膜具有更高的载流子迁移率.     

Synthesis of BiFeO3/ZnO core-shell hetero-structures using ZnO nanorod positive templates

We report the synthesis, morphology, and magnetization characteristics of BiFeO(3) (BFO)-covered ZnO nanorod arrays (ZNAs). High quality and well-aligned ZNAs were grown by a hydrothermal method. BFO shells were deposited by sputtering at ambient temperature and then annealing in an oxygen atmosphere. The BFO shells crystallized to form a perovskite structure at 450?°C. Scanning electron microscopy and high resolution transmission electron microscopy demonstrated that the BFO shell was polycrystalline and randomly oriented, covering the ZnO nanorods well. The magnetization-magnetic field loops measured at 5 and 300 K indicate that the BFO/ZNA hetero-structure exhibits ferromagnetic order. The BFO/ZNA displays enhanced coercivity and saturated magnetization as compared with BFO thin films.     

Structure transition and enhanced ferroelectric properties of (Mn, Cr) co-doped BiFeO3 thin films

Pure BiFeO₃ (BFO) and (Mn, Cr) co-doped BiFe_0.96?yMn_0.04Cr_yO₃ thin films were prepared on FTO/glass (SnO₂:F) substrates by using a sol–gel method. The effects of (Mn, Cr) co-doped on the microstructure and electric properties of the BiFeO₃ thin films were studied. The result indicates that the co-doped BiFe_0.94Mn_0.04Cr_0.02O₃ (BFMCO) thin film has a structure transition and better ferroelectric properties compared with the pure BFO thin film. The Rietveld refined XRD patterns of BFO and BFMCO thin films conform the trigonal (R3c:H) and the biphasic (R3c:H + R3m:R) structure, respectively. The co-existence of two phases and the mixed valences of Cr^3+/6+ and Mn^2+/3+, which apparently improves the electric properties of the (Mn, Cr) co-doped BFMCO thin films. The remnant polarization (P _r) of the BFMCO thin film was 93.58 μC/cm² at 1 kHz in the applied electric field of 636 kV/cm. At an applied electric field of 100 kV/cm, the leakage current density of (Mn, Cr) co-doped BFMCO thin film is 6.2 × 10^?6 A/cm². It is about three orders much lower than that of the BFO thin film (1.43 × 10^?3 A/cm²).     

Effect of top electrodes on photovoltaic properties of polycrystalline BiFeO3 based thin film capacitors

We investigated capacitors based on polycrystalline narrow-band-gap BiFeO(3) (BFO) thin films with different top electrodes. The photovoltaic response for the capacitor with a Sn-doped In(2)O(3) (ITO) top electrode is about 25 times higher than that with a Au top electrode, which indicates that the electrode plays a key role in determining the photovoltaic response of ferroelectric thin film capacitors, as simulated by Qin et al (2009 Appl. Phys. Lett. 95 22912). The light-to-electricity photovoltaic efficiency for the ITO/polycrystalline BFO/Pt capacitor can reach 0.125%. Furthermore, under incident light of 450 μW cm(-2) and zero bias, the corresponding photocurrent varies from 0.2 to 200 pA, that is, almost a 1000-fold photoconductivity enhancement. Our experiments suggest that polycrystalline BFO films are promising materials for application in photo-sensitive and energy-related devices.     

Lattice distortion and room-temperature ferroelectric properties of (Sm, Cr) co-doped BiFeO3 thin films

Pure BiFeO₃ (BFO) and Bi_0.85Sm_0.15Fe_0.97Cr_0.03O₃ (BSFCO) thin films were prepared on FTO/glass (SnO₂: F) substrates by using a chemical solution deposition method. The effects of (Sm, Cr) co-doping on the microstructure and ferroelectric properties of the BSFCO thin films were studied. The X-ray diffraction and Raman scattering spectra proved that the co-doped BSFCO thin film has a lattice distortion compared with the pure BFO thin film. The remnant polarization (2P _r) of the BSFCO thin film was 153.67 μC/cm² at 1 kHz in the applied electric field of 1,270 kV/cm. At an applied electric field of 100 kV/cm, the leakage current density of the co-doped BSFCO thin film (2.12 × 10^?6 A/cm²) was 3 orders lower than that of the pure BFO thin film (3.8 × 10^?3 A/cm²). The improved properties of the co-doped thin film could be attributed to lattices distortion, more grain boundaries, higher binding energy of Sm–O and the mixed-valence states of Cr³⁺ and Cr ⁶⁺.     

玻璃基TiO_2-Fe_2O_3-CeO_2复合纳米薄膜的光催化性能研究

在溶胶-凝胶法制备的TiO2胶膜表面涂覆金属离子,通过焙烧制备TiO2-Fe2O3-CeO2复合纳米薄膜。以甲基橙为目标降解物,讨论过渡金属离子Fe3+和稀土金属离子Ce3+的掺杂对TiO2薄膜光催化活性的影响。采用SEM、XRD、EDS等表征手段对复合氧化物薄膜进行表征。结果表明:所制备的薄膜具有纳米结构;Fe3+、Ce3+单掺和Fe3+/Ce3+共掺均可提高TiO2薄膜的光催化性能,但相同条件下共掺离子的光催化活性更高。     

Fabrication, structural characterization and formation mechanism of multiferroic BiFeO3 nanotubes

Multiferroic BiFeO3 (BFO) nanotubes have been successfully fabricated by the modified sol-gel method within the nanochannels of porous anodic aluminum oxide (AAO) templates. The morphology, structure and composition of the nanotubes were characterized by X-ray diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscope (SEM), transmission electron microscope (TEM), selected-area electron diffraction (SAED), high resolution TEM, (HRTEM) and energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDX). Postannealed (650 degrees C for 1 h), BFO nanotubes were polycrystalline and X-ray diffraction study revealed that they are of the rhomohedrally distorted perovskite crystal structure. The results of SEM and TEM revealed that BFO nanotubes possessed a uniform length (up to 60 microm) and diameter (about 200 nm), which were controlled by the thickness and the pore diameter of the applied AAO template, respectively and the thickness of the wall of the BFO nanotube was about 15 nm. Y-junctions in the BFO nanotubes were observed. EDX analysis demonstrated that stoichiometric BiFeO3 was formed. HRTEM analysis confirmed that the obtained BFO nanotubes made up of nanoparticles (3-6 nm). The possible formation mechanism of BFO nanotubes was discussed.     

La和Nb共掺提高BiFeO3的磁学性能

采用溶胶-凝胶法成功制备了Bi1-xLaxFe0.99Nb0.01O3(x≤0.25)纳米颗粒样品,并研究了La和Nb共掺对BiFeO3样品的晶体结构、晶粒尺寸和磁学性质的影响.根据X射线衍射及Rietveld精修结果可知,所有样品都保持R3c空间结构,且Fe-O-Fe键角随着La掺杂量的增加而减小.XPS测试结果表明,La和少量Nb共掺不会引起样品中Fe3+和Fe2+含量的明显变化.磁性测量发现剩余磁化强度强烈依赖于La掺杂量x.La掺杂影响着反向旋转的FeO5八面体结构变化,而Nb离子掺杂会导致样品晶粒细化.共掺BiFeO3的磁性增强是两种影响机制协同作用的结果.     

Nb、K共掺对BiFeO3纳米晶体结构和磁性的影响

采用溶胶-凝胶法制备Bi_(1-x)K_xFe_(1-x)Nb_xO_3(0≤x≤0.05)纳米晶体,并研究Nb、K共掺杂对BiFeO_3样品晶格结构和磁学性质的影响。根据XRD图谱和Rietveld精修可知,所有样品保持R3c相,晶格常数a、c,晶胞体积V和Fe-O-Fe发生微弱的变化。XPS测量显示,少量的Nb、K共掺杂不引起样品中Fe~(3+)和Fe~(2+)比例的变化。磁测量表明,所有掺杂样品的磁性都得到了增强。当掺杂量x=0.01时,剩余磁化强度Mr达到最大值,Mr=0.1978emu/g,相比于纯BiFeO_3增大了18倍。低掺杂时剩余磁化强度Mr增大,可能是由于掺杂样品中存在束缚磁极化子引起的。     

高声子能量氧化物对掺铒碲酸盐玻璃光谱性质的影响

在研制的Er3+/Ce3+共掺低声子能量碲酸盐玻璃(TeO2-Bi2O3-TiO2)中,分别引入高声子能量WO3、SiO2和B2O3氧化物组分,测试了玻璃样品400~1700 nm范围内的吸收光谱、1.53μm波段荧光谱、Er3+离子荧光寿命和拉曼光谱,结合McCumber理论计算了Er3+离子光谱参数.结果表明:高声子能量氧化物组分的引入,能使声子参与的Er3+/Ce3+离子间能量传递过程变得更为有效,增加了Er3+离子亚稳态能级4I13/2上粒子数积累,从而增强1.53μm波段荧光发射.另外,高声子能量氧化物组分的引入还可以增加荧光半高宽(FWHM)和带宽品质因子(σe×FWHM).研究结果对于获取具有优异光谱特性的掺Er3+光纤放大器(EDFA)的玻璃基质具有实际意义.     

Improved infrared emissions of Er(3+)-Tm3+ co-doped Al2O3 thin films: the role of cross relaxation among rare earth ions

We report the infrared emissions of Er(3+)-Tm3+ co-doped amorphous Al2O3 thin films pumped at 791 nm by a Ti:sapphire laser. The as-deposited films were annealed to improve the photoluminescence performance. Three cross relaxation channels among Er(3+)-Tm3+ and Tm(3+)-Tm3+ ions incorporated in the films were investigated as annealing temperature increases especially from 800 to 850 degrees C. In order to understand the Stark effect and cross relaxations, the photoluminescence spectra were deconvoluted by Gaussian fittings. Our results indicate that the luminescence intensity of 1.62 microm in comparison to 1.5 microm can be enhanced by the cross relaxation process [Er3+ (4I13/2) + Tm3+ (3H6) --> Er3+ (4I15/2) + Tm3+ (3F4)], and the longer-wavelength side of Er3+ emission can be improved by the CR process [Er3+ (4I15/2) + Tm3+ (3H4) --> Er3+ (4I3/2) + Tm3+ (3F4) at expense of the Tm3+ 1.47 microm emission which is also maybe quenched by the CR effect between themselves. These results suggest one possible approach to achieve broadband infrared emissions at the wavelength region of 1.45-1.65 microm from the Er(3+)-Tm3+ co-doped systems.