Leakage current behavior in pulsed laser deposited Ba(Zr0.05Ti0.95)O3 thin films

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Mukherjee, Arnab [1 ]
Victor, P. [1 ]
Parui, J. [1 ]
Krupanidhi, S. B. [1 ]
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[1] Indian Inst Sci, Mat Res Ctr, Bangalore 560012, Karnataka, India
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10.1063/1.2433717
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Barium zirconium titanate [Ba(Zr0.05Ti0.95)O-3, BZT] thin films were prepared by pulsed laser ablation technique and dc leakage current conduction behavior was extensively studied. The dc leakage behavior study is essential, as it leads to degradation of the data storage devices. The current-voltage (I-V) of the thin films showed an Ohmic behavior for the electric field strength lower than 7.5 MV/m. Nonlinearity in the current density-voltage (J-V) behavior has been observed at an electric field above 7.5 MV/m. Different conduction mechanisms have been thought to be responsible for the overall I-V characteristics of BZT thin films. The J-V behavior of BZT thin films was found to follow Lampert's theory of space charge limited conduction similar to what is observed in an insulator with charge trapping moiety. The Ohmic and trap filled limited regions have been explicitly observed in the J-V curves, where the saturation prevailed after a voltage of 6.5 V referring the onset of a trap-free square region. Two different activation energy values of 1.155 and 0.325 eV corresponding to two different regions have been observed in the Arrhenius plot, which was attributed to two different types of trap levels present in the film, namely, deep and shallow traps. (c) 2007 American Institute of Physics.
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