Journal of Inorganic Materials, Volume. 39, Issue 1, 99(2024)

Self-polarization Achieved by Compositionally Gradient Doping in BiFeO3 Thin Films

Le DAI1, Yang LIU1, Xuan GAO1, Shuhao WANG1, Yating SONG1, Mingmeng TANG1, V Karpinsky DMITRY2, Lisha LIU1、*, and Yaojin WANG1、*
Author Affiliations
  • 11. School of Materials Science and Engineering, Nanjing University of Science and Technology, Nanjing 210094, China
  • 22. entific and Practical Centre for Materials Research, National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, Minsk 220072, Belarus
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    (a-c) Schematic drawings of structures; Ferroelectric domains illustrating (d) up-graded film, (e) down-graded film and (f) BFO thin film; Schematic diagrams of crystal structures of BFO films (g) before and (h, i) after doping
    Structures and cross section morphologies of thin films(a) XRD patterns and SEM images of (b) up-graded films and (f) down-graded films. Bismuth, iron and calcium mappings of (c-e) up-graded BFO films and (g-i) down-graded BFO films
    Surface morphologies and domain structures of thin films(a-c) AFM images, (d-f) out-of-plane PFM images, (g-i) accordingly asymmetric phase and amplitude loops versus tip bias voltage of (a, d, g) up-graded films, (b, e, h) down-graded films and (c, f, i) BFO films
    J-V characteristics of thin films(a) Up-graded BFO films and down-graded BFO films; (b) BCFO (x=0, 0.05, 0.10, 0.15, 0.20) films; Colorful figures are available on website
    Ferroelectric properties of BFO compositionally graded films(a) Up-graded films; (b) Down-graded films; (c) BFO thin films; (d) Three kinds of films at the electric field intensity of 1500 kV/cm; (e) Remanent polarization, Pr and (f) coercive field, Ec changed with applied voltage; Colorful figures are available on website
    Valence analysis of thin filmsNarrow scan spectra of thin films: (a) O1s, (b) Fe2p, and (c) Ca2p of Bi1-xCaxFeO3 samples with x=0, 0.05, 0.10, 0.15 and 0.20; (d) Ratio of Fe3+/Fe2+ and (e) percentage of the oxygen vacancy concentration of BFCO with the increase of x
    AFM images, PFM images and asymmetric phase and amplitude loops versus tip bias voltage of BCFO (x=0.05, 0.10, 0.15, 0.20) films
    Ferroelectric properties of Bi1-xCaxFeO3 films(a) x=0; (b) x=0.05; (c) x=0.10; (d) x=0.15; (e) x=0.20; (f) The remanent polarization Pr, the coercive field Ec measured under the electric field intensity of 1800 kV·cm-1
    Narrow scan spectra of Bi4f of Bi1-xCaxFeO3 samples with x=0, 0.05, 0.10, 0.15 and 0.20
    Mechanical displacement of (a) up-graded BFO films and (b) down-graded BFO films as a function of time under an applied sinusoidal voltage
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    Le DAI, Yang LIU, Xuan GAO, Shuhao WANG, Yating SONG, Mingmeng TANG, V Karpinsky DMITRY, Lisha LIU, Yaojin WANG. Self-polarization Achieved by Compositionally Gradient Doping in BiFeO3 Thin Films [J]. Journal of Inorganic Materials, 2024, 39(1): 99

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    Received: Jun. 12, 2023

    Accepted: --

    Published Online: Mar. 28, 2024

    The Author Email: LIU Lisha (lishaliu@njust.edu.cn), WANG Yaojin (yjwang@njust.edu.cn)

    DOI:10.15541/jim20230278

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