Effect of oxygen to argon ratio on properties of (Ba,Sr)TiO3 thin films prepared on LaNiO3 /Si substrates

  • Hong Shen*
  • , Yanhong Gao
  • , Peng Zhou
  • , Jianhua Ma
  • , Jinglan Sun
  • , Xiangjian Meng
  • , Junhao Chu
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Thin films of (Ba,Sr)TiO3 (BST) on LaNiO3 /Si substrates were deposited using rf magnetron sputtering at various (O 2 /Ar+ O2) mixing ratios (OMRs). The crystallinity of the films improved significantly as the OMR increased. The dielectric constant increased with increasing OMR and reached a maximum value at 50% OMR. The leakage current density decreased with increasing oxygen flow because of the decrease of oxygen vacancies in films and had a minimum value at 50% OMR. The results for the dielectric constant were interpreted in terms of polarization and stress effect. In addition, the BST films deposited at 600 °C and 50% OMR exhibited a higher figure of merit (FOM), and the value of FOM is calculated to be 40.23.

Original languageEnglish
Article number061637
JournalJournal of Applied Physics
Volume105
Issue number6
DOIs
StatePublished - 2009
Externally publishedYes

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