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Electrical Properties of Thick Lead Zirconate Titanate Films Fabricated Using a New Sol-Gel Processing

XIA Dong-Lin; LIU Mei-Dong; ZENG Yi-Ke; LI Jun; HUANG Yan-Qiu; LIU Shao-Bo   

  1. Department of Electronic Science and Technology Huazhong University of Science and technology; Wuhan 430074
  • Received:2000-12-05 Revised:2001-01-02 Published:2001-11-20 Online:2001-11-20

Abstract: Lead zirconate titanate (Pb(Zr0.53Ti0.47)O3, PZT) ferroelectric films 2-60μm in thickness were successfully fabricated on Pt-coated oxidized
Si substrates(Pt/Ti/SiO2/Si) by a new sol gel processing. The microstructure and morphology of the prepared PZT thick films were
investigated via X-ray diffractometry and scanning electron microscopy techniques. X-ray diffraction patterns taken on these films show
single-phase perovskite-type structure, and no pyrochlore phase exists in thick films, and SEM micrographs suggest that the PZT thick films
are of high density, crack-free, and uniformity. Dielectric constant of 860, loss tangent of 0.03, remanent polarization of 25μC/cm2, a coercive field of 40kV/cm were measured on 50μm thick films.

Key words: ferroelectric thick film, lead zirconate titanate (PZT), sol-gel technique, dielectric properties, ferroelectric properties

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