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Annealing Effects on Electrical Properties and Defects of CaCu3Ti4O12 Thin Films Deposited by Pulsed Laser Deposition

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 February 2011

Guochu Deng  and
Paul Muralt
Guochu Deng
Affiliation:
Guochu.Deng@psi.ch, Paul Scherrer Institute, Villingen, Switzerland
Paul Muralt
Affiliation:
paul.muralt@epfl.ch, EPFL, Materials, Station 12, Ceramics Lab, Lausanne, 1015, Switzerland
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Abstract

We present a systematic study of semiconductor and dielectric properties as a function of annealing treatments at CCTO thin films deposited by pulsed laser deposition at 720 °C in 200 mTorr oxygen. The as-deposited thin film samples contain a high concentration of defects that contribute to the semiconductivity in the interior of grains. With increasing annealing temperature, the apparent dielectric constant decreases, and the resistance increases, both at a given temperature (e.g. room temperature). After annealing at 680oC, the semiconductivity was almost completely suppressed and CaCu3Ti4O12 behaved as a dielectric material. Knowing that oxygen vacancies are removed during annealing, one can infer that the dopant states are related to oxygen vacancies. A double plateau behavior in the dielectric constant vs temperature graph indicates that there are at least two defect levels in CaCu3Ti4O12 thin films. This was confirmed by simulating the capacitance response of a Schottky barrier containing two defect levels. Apart of the usual acceptor level, a trap at 500 meV from the valence band was identified. The finally achieved quasi intrinsic material exhibits a negative temperature dependency of the dielectric constant below 120 K.

Keywords

dielectric propertiessemiconductingthin film
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Research Article
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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 1256: Symposium N – Functional Oxide Nanostructures and Heterostructures , 2010 , 1256-N02-06
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2010

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