- Experimental evidence of ferroelectricity in calcium doped hafnium oxide thin films
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- 论文类型： 期刊论文
- 发表时间： 2019-10-21
- 发表刊物： JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS
- 收录刊物： EI、SCIE
- 卷号： 126
- 期号： 15
- ISSN号： 0021-8979
- 摘要： Ferroelectricity in calcium doped hafnium oxide (Ca:HfO2) thin films has been experimentally proved for the first time in this work. All films prepared by chemical solution deposition exhibited smooth and crack-free surfaces, which were observed using an atomic force microscope. After 10(4) field cycling, a maximum remanent polarization of 10.5 mu C/cm(2) was achieved in HfO2 films with 4.8 mol. % Ca content. Meanwhile, the breakdown of the film occurred after 7 x 10(6) electric cycles. A phase transition from the monoclinic phase to cubic/orthorhombic phases was observed with increasing Ca concentration. We suggest the change in oxygen vacancy concentration as the origin of phase evolution, which was confirmed by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy analysis. These results open a new pathway for realizing ferroelectricity in HfO2-based films. Published under license by AIP Publishing.
