Characteristics of sol-gel derived PZT thin films with lead oxide cover layers and lead titanate interlayers |
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Authors: | C Lee S Kawano T Itoh T Suga |
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Affiliation: | (1) Nanometre-scale Manufacturing Science Laboratory, Research Centre for Advanced Science and Technology, The University of Tokyo, 153 Tokyo, Japan;(2) Present address: Surface & Interface Technology Division, Department of Manufacturing Systems, Mechanical Engineering Laboratory, AIST, MITI, Namiki 1-2, Tsukuba, 305 Ibaraki, Japan |
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Abstract: | The sol-gel derived PbZr0.53Ti0.47O3 (PZT) films were fabricated on the bare Pt/Ti/SiO2/Si substrates or the same substrates coated by the PbTiO3 (PT) interlayers. The post-deposition annealing temperature and time were optimized when the PbO cover layers and PbO vapour-containing atmosphere were compared with each other and adopted as the method to diminish the lead-loss problem during the high-temperature post-deposition annealing. The X-ray diffraction patterns, microstructures, and electrical properties such as relative permittivity, r, remanent polarization, P
r, and coercive electrical field, E
c, were investigated in relation to the annealing conditions. The PZT films deposited on the bare Pt/Ti/SiO2/Si substrates under the PbO vapour-containing atmosphere showed better electrical properties. This indicates that the PbO vapour-containing atmosphere may be the better method of lead-loss-prevention to process the lead-containing films rather than the PbO cover layer method. The electrical characteristics of the PZT films, r=1150, a dissipation factor of 0.039, P
r=26 C cm–2, and E
c=40.5 kV cm–1 were measured at 1 kHz. When PZT films were deposited on substrates coated by the PT layers, PZT-PT films with single perovskite phase were derived by post-deposition annealing at 500 °C for 1 h. However, the relative electrical properties are very poor, i.e. E
r=160, P
r=2.0 C cm–2 and E
c=75 kVcm–1. The optimum combination for preparing PZT-PT films is a 40 nm PbTiO3 interlayer and annealing conditions of 6 h at 550 °C in a PbO vapour-containing atmosphere; the derived films exhibit electrical properties of E
r=885, P
r=21.5 C cm–2 and E
c=64 kV cm–1. The combination of inserting a PT interlayer and annealing in a PbO vapour-containing atmosphere can prevent the formation of electrical short paths. In this case, nearly pin-hole-free PZT films can be grown on the PT (interlayer) /Pt/Ti/SiO2/Si substrates. It is believed that it is possible to prepare the PZT films with nano-scale uniformity, reproducible quality, which may be worth considering for commercial applications. |
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