Compositionally graded ferroelectrics as wide band gap semiconductors: Electrical domain structures and the origin of low dielectric loss

Mısırlıoğlu, Burç and Alpay, S. P. (2017) Compositionally graded ferroelectrics as wide band gap semiconductors: Electrical domain structures and the origin of low dielectric loss. Acta Materialia, 122 . pp. 266-276. ISSN 1359-6454 (Print) 1873-2453 (Online)

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Abstract

Functional materials with compositional gradients exhibit unique characteristics that are different from the components comprising the structure. Graded ferroelectrics are very good examples to such materials where a systematic variation in composition is introduced along the thickness of a thin film heterostructure. Such structures display interesting properties including the, disappearance of the dielectric anomaly at the ferroelectric-paraelectric transition that is otherwise observed in monolayer ferroelectrics, a strong internal ("built-in") electric field, low dielectric loss, and an almost temperature insensitive dielectric tunability. We present here a theoretical study to understand some interesting properties of graded ferroelectrics by treating these as wide band gap semiconductors. Such an approach allows us to address the effect of impuritiesidopants. We specifically analyze compositionally graded (001) hetero-epitaxial (Pb,Sr)TiO3 films between Pt electrodes on (001) SrTiO3. Our analysis shows that a single domain state could be stabilized in the presence of space charges whereas intrinsic stacks display wedge-like electrical domain patterns. The computations also provide an explanation as to why graded ferroelectrics should have lower dielectric losses and lower leakage currents compared to monolayer ferroelectrics., We attribute this to the carrier depletion in the layers due to built-in electric fields resulting from the polarization mismatch.
Item Type: Article
Uncontrolled Keywords: Graded thin films; Ferroelectric; Dielectric constant; Semiconductor; Thermodynamics
Subjects: Q Science > QC Physics
Divisions: Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences > Academic programs > Materials Science & Eng.
Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences
Depositing User: Burç Mısırlıoğlu
Date Deposited: 10 Sep 2017 15:13
Last Modified: 26 Apr 2022 09:49
URI: https://research.sabanciuniv.edu/id/eprint/33546

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