Skip to main navigation Skip to search Skip to main content

Ferroelectric PLZT thick films grown by poly(1-vinylpyrrolidone-co-vinyl acetate) (PVP/VA)-modified sol-gel process

  • Zhongqiang Hu
  • , Beihai Ma
  • , Meiya Li
  • , Rachel E. Koritala
  • , Uthamalingam Balachandran
  • Argonne National Laboratory
  • Northeastern University
  • Wuhan University

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

4 Scopus citations

Abstract

We report the growth of ferroelectric Pb0.92La0.08Zr0.52Ti0.48O3 (PLZT) thick films using a poly(1-vinylpyrrolidone-co-vinyl acetate) (PVP/VA)-modified sol-gel process. A per-coating thickness of ≈0.66 μm has been demonstrated using PVP/VA-modified solution, which is more than doubled that of the PLZT films grown by PVP-modified method, and nearly 6 times the per-coating thickness of films prepared by conventional sol-gel process. PLZT thick films grown on LNO/Ni substrates exhibited denser microstructure, higher remanent polarization (11 μC/cm2) and dielectric tunability (45%), lower leakage current density (≈1.2 × 10-8 A/cm2), and higher breakdown strength (≈1.6 MV/cm) than those for the samples grown on PtSi substrates. These results demonstrated great potential of using PVP/VA-modified sol-gel process for high power film capacitor applications.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)167-171
Number of pages5
JournalMaterials Research Bulletin
Volume75
DOIs
StatePublished - Mar 2016
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • A. Ceramics
  • B. Sol-gel chemistry
  • C. X-ray diffraction
  • D. Dielectric properties
  • E. Ferroelectricity

Fingerprint

Dive into the research topics of 'Ferroelectric PLZT thick films grown by poly(1-vinylpyrrolidone-co-vinyl acetate) (PVP/VA)-modified sol-gel process'. Together they form a unique fingerprint.

Cite this