Influences of post-annealing on structural and electrical properties of Bi_1.5Zn_1.0Nb_1.5O₇ thin films prepared by pulsed laser deposition

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• 作者：Xiaohua Zhang ; ^{zhangcity@126.com} ; Wei Ren ; ^{wren@mail.xjtu.edu.cn}
• 关键词：Bi1.5Zn1.0Nb1.5O7 thin films ; Pulsed laser deposition ; Post-annealing ; Dielectric properties
• 刊名：Materials Science and Engineering: B
• 出版年：2012
• 出版时间：25 July, 2012
• 年：2012
• 卷：177
• 期：12
• 页码：975-980
• 全文大小：1096 K

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Bi_1.5Zn_1.0Nb_1.5O₇ (BZN) thin films were prepared on Pt/TiO₂/SiO₂/Si(100) substrates at 650 ¡ãC under an oxygen pressure of 10 Pa by using pulsed laser deposition process. The crystallinity, microstructure and electrical properties of BZN thin films were investigated to verify the influences of post-annealing thermal process on them. The X-ray diffractometer (XRD) results indicate that all Bi_1.5Zn_1.0Nb_1.5O₇ thin films without post-annealing process or with post-annealing in situ vacuum chamber and in oxygen ambient exhibit a cubic pyrochlore structure. The improved crystallinity of BZN thin films through post-annealing was confirmed by XRD and scanning electron microscope (SEM) analysis. Dielectric constant and loss tangent of the as-deposited BZN thin films are 160 and 0.002 at 10 kHz, respectively. After annealing, dielectric properties of thin films are significantly improved. Dielectric constant and loss tangent of the in situ annealed films are 181 and 0.0005 at 10 kHz, respectively. But the films post-annealed in O₂ oven show the largest dielectric constant of 202 and the lowest loss tangent of 0.0002, which may attribute to the increase in grain size and the elimination of oxygen vacancies. Compared with the as-deposited BZN thin films, the post-annealed films also show the larger dielectric tunability and the lower leakage current density.