Effect of oxygen vacancy and Mn-doping on electrical properties of Bi4Ti3O12 thin film grown by pulsed laser deposition

Joo Young Choi, Chang Hak Choi, Kyung Hoon Cho, Tae Geun Seong, Sahn Nahm, Chong Yun Kang, Seok Jin Yoon, Jong Hee Kim

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    Abstract

    An amorphous Bi4Ti3O12 phase was formed when films were grown at <400 °C while Bi2Ti2O7 and Bi2Ti4O11 transient phases were developed when films were grown at 400-500 and 600 °C, respectively. A homogeneous Bi4Ti3O12 crystalline phase was formed in the film grown at 700 °C. The high leakage current density (5 × 10-7 A cm-2 at 0.2 MV cm-1) of the film grown at 300 °C under 100 mTorr oxygen partial pressure (OPP) decreased to 2 × 10-8 A cm-2 for the film grown at 200 mTorr OPP, due to the decreased number of intrinsic oxygen vacancies. However, when OPP exceeded 200 mTorr, the electrical properties were deteriorated due to the formation of oxygen interstitial ions. Mn-doping at a suitable level improved the electrical properties of the films by producing extrinsic oxygen vacancies that reduced the number of intrinsic oxygen vacancies. Schottky emission was suggested as the leakage current mechanism of the Bi4Ti3O12 film.

    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)2454-2460
    Number of pages7
    JournalActa Materialia
    Volume57
    Issue number8
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2009 May

    Bibliographical note

    Funding Information:
    This research was supported by a grant from the Fundamental R&D Program for Core Technology of Materials funded by the Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Energy, Republic of Korea.

    Keywords

    • Dielectrics
    • Laser deposition
    • Thin films

    ASJC Scopus subject areas

    • Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
    • Ceramics and Composites
    • Polymers and Plastics
    • Metals and Alloys

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