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Negative capacitance induced by redistribution of oxygen vacancies in the fatigued BiFeO 3-based thin film

  • Qingqing Ke
  • , Xiaojie Lou
  • , Haibo Yang
  • , Amit Kumar
  • , Kaiyang Zeng
  • , John Wang
  • National University of Singapore

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Abstract

The capacitance dispersion in La and Mg co-substituted BiFeO 3 thin film has been studied at different stages of polarization switching. A negative capacitance (NC) behavior is observed in the sample that is fatigued above 10 9 switching cycles. The origin of the NC is investigated through analyzing relaxation processes and charge transport kinetics by admittance spectroscopy. An activation energy of ∼0.6 eV and a zero field mobility μ 0 5.33 ± 0.02 × 10 - 13 m 2 / Vs are thus obtained. A physical mechanism is proposed to explain this behavior. It involves a redistribution of oxygen vacancies, which are trapped at the film/electrode interface during the fatigue process.

Original languageEnglish
Article number022904
JournalApplied Physics Letters
Volume101
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - 9 Jul 2012

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