NDLI: Polarization induced self-doping in epitaxial Pb(Zr0.20Ti0.80)O3 thin films

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Author	Pintilie, Lucian Ghica, Corneliu Teodorescu, Cristian Mihail Pintilie, Ioana Chirila, Cristina Pasuk, Iuliana Lucian, Trupina Hrib, Luminita Boni, Andra Georgia Apostol, Nicoleta Georgiana Elena, Abramiuc Laura Negrea, Raluca Stefan, Mariana Ghica, Daniela
Copyright Year	2015
Abstract	The compensation of the depolarization field in ferroelectric layers requires the presence of a suitable amount of charges able to follow any variation of the ferroelectric polarization. These can be free carriers or charged defects located in the ferroelectric material or free carriers coming from the electrodes. Here we show that a self-doping phenomenon occurs in epitaxial, tetragonal ferroelectric films of Pb(Zr0.2Ti0.8)O3, consisting in generation of point defects (vacancies) acting as donors/acceptors. These are introducing free carriers that partly compensate the depolarization field occurring in the film. It is found that the concentration of the free carriers introduced by self-doping increases with decreasing the thickness of the ferroelectric layer, reaching values of the order of 1026 m−3 for 10 nm thick films. One the other hand, microscopic investigations show that, for thicknesses higher than 50 nm, the 2O/(Ti+Zr+Pb) atomic ratio increases with the thickness of the layers. These results suggest that the ratio between the oxygen and cation vacancies varies with the thickness of the layer in such a way that the net free carrier density is sufficient to efficiently compensate the depolarization field and to preserve the outward direction of the polarization.
Related Links	http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep14974
Starting Page	14974
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ISSN	20452322
e-ISSN	20452322
Journal	Scientific Reports
Volume Number	5
Language	English
Publisher	Nature Publishing Group
Publisher Date	2015-10-01
Access Restriction	Open
Rights Holder	Nature Publishing Group
Subject Keyword	Science and technology Research in Higher Education
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Multidisciplinary

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