Thickness scaling of pyroelectric response in thin ferroelectric Hf 1-xZr xO2 films
- Sandia National Lab. (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)
- Sandia National Lab. (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States); Univ. of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA (United States). Department of Materials Science and Engineering and Charles L. Brown Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
In this study, the scaling of polarization and pyroelectric response across a thickness series (5–20 nm) of Hf0.58Zr0.42O2 films with TaN electrodes was characterized. Reduction in thickness from 20 nm to 5 nm resulted in a decreased remanent polarization from 17 to 2.8 μC cm-2. Accompanying the decreased remanent polarization was an increased absolute pyroelectric coefficient, from 30 to 58 μC m-2 K-1. The pyroelectric response of the 5 nm film was unstable and decreased logarithmically with time, while that of 10 nm and thicker films was stable over a time scale of >300 h at room temperature. Finally, the sign of the pyroelectric response was irreversible with differing polarity of poling bias for the 5 nm thick film, indicating that the enhanced pyroelectric response was of electret origins, whereas the pyroelectric response in thicker films was consistent with a crystallographic origin.
- Research Organization:
- Sandia National Lab. (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA)
- Grant/Contract Number:
- AC04-94AL85000; NA0003525
- OSTI ID:
- 1483977
- Report Number(s):
- SAND-2018-12973J; 669783
- Journal Information:
- Applied Physics Letters, Vol. 113, Issue 18; ISSN 0003-6951
- Publisher:
- American Institute of Physics (AIP)Copyright Statement
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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