Influence of background oxygen pressure on film properties of pulsed laser deposited Y:BaZrO3

Kiho Bae; Dong Young Jang; Sung Min Choi; Byung Kook Kim; Jong Ho Lee; Ji Won Son; Joon Hyung Shim

doi:10.1016/j.tsf.2013.12.006

Influence of background oxygen pressure on film properties of pulsed laser deposited Y:BaZrO₃

Kiho Bae
, Dong Young Jang
, Sung Min Choi
, Byung Kook Kim
, Jong Ho Lee
, Ji Won Son^*
, Joon Hyung Shim

^*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Yttrium-doped barium zirconate (Y:BaZrO₃, BZY) thin films were prepared using pulsed laser deposition (PLD) on MgO substrates at 700 C by varying the ambient oxygen pressure. The microstructure and electrical properties were then investigated using transmission electron microscopy and electrochemical impedance spectroscopy. Dense, well-crystallized BZY films were produced at ambient oxygen pressures (P_amb,O2) of ≤ 6.67 Pa. At P_amb,O2 ≥ 13.3 Pa, conical amorphous defects and porous microstructures were observed in the films. The conductivity of PLD BZY prepared at P_amb,O2 ≤ 13.3 Pa was measured to be close to that of reference polycrystalline BZY films, and the grain-boundary properties governed the overall ion conduction, with nano-grains being covered by the space charge depletion zones. At P_amb,O2 ≥ 13.3 Pa, microstructural defects significantly degraded the electrical properties.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	24-31
Number of pages	8
Journal	Thin Solid Films
Volume	552
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tsf.2013.12.006
Publication status	Published - 2014 Feb 3

Bibliographical note

Funding Information:
We are grateful to the Fusion Research Program for Green Technologies of the National Research Foundation (NRF), Korea, funded by the Ministry of Education, Science, and Technology (Grant No. NRF-2011-0019300 ) and to the Young Fellow Program of the Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST) for their financial support.

Keywords

Electrochemical impedance spectroscopy
Grain-boundary depletion
Oxygen pressure
Proton-conducting ceramics
Pulse-laser deposition
Solid oxide fuel cells
Transmission electron microscopy
Yttrium-doped barium zirconate

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
Surfaces and Interfaces
Surfaces, Coatings and Films
Metals and Alloys
Materials Chemistry

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