Role of ferroelectric/ferromagnetic layers on the ferroelectric properties of magnetoelectric composite films derived by chemical solution deposition
- College of Mathematics and Physics, Anyang Institute of Technology, Anyang, 455000 (China)
- College of Chemistry and Environmental Engineering, Anyang Institute of Technology, Anyang, 455000 (China)
Highlights: • Multiferroic composite films with different components were prepared. • Individual layer effect on the properties of composite films was studied. • BTO-CFO film shows bigger ferroelectric polarization than BTO-BFO film. • Leakage current curves show BTO-CFO film has the smallest leakage current. • Leakage current is dominated by the space-charges-limited mechanisms. - Abstract: Composite thin films with BiFeO{sub 3} (BFO), CoFeO{sub 4} (CFO) and/or BaTiO{sub 3} (BTO) layers as the components are fabricated via CSD method. XRD and Raman patterns show all the composite films can be indexed to perovskite and spinel structures. Except the interfaces between BTO and CFO layers, the other two-phase interfaces can be clearly observed. Interestingly, the BTO-CFO film has bigger polarization than BTO-BFO, especially the thickness of CFO layer is smaller than the BFO layer, implying the ferromagnetic layer has a significant impact on the ferroelectric properties of the composite films, which is too thin to be fully polarized. The variation of leakage currents show BTO-CFO film has the smallest value, corroborating the results of ferroelectric measurements. The leakage current is dominated by the space-charges-limited mechanisms according to the fitting results, and the oxygen vacancies in the BFO layers play an important role for the variations of E{sub SCL} and E{sub TFL} voltages.
- OSTI ID:
- 22805479
- Journal Information:
- Materials Research Bulletin, Vol. 99; Other Information: Copyright (c) 2017 Elsevier Science B.V., Amsterdam, The Netherlands, All rights reserved.; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0025-5408
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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SUPERCONDUCTIVITY AND SUPERFLUIDITY
BARIUM COMPOUNDS
BISMUTH COMPOUNDS
COBALT COMPOUNDS
DEPOSITION
ELECTRIC POTENTIAL
ELECTRICAL PROPERTIES
FERRITES
FERROELECTRIC MATERIALS
FERROMAGNETIC MATERIALS
LEAKAGE CURRENT
MAGNETIC PROPERTIES
OXYGEN
PEROVSKITE
POLARIZATION
SPACE CHARGE
SPINELS
THIN FILMS
TITANATES
VACANCIES
X-RAY DIFFRACTION