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Atomic and electronic structure of ferroelectric La-doped HfO2 films. / Perevalov, T. V.; Gutakovskii, A. K.; Kruchinin, V. N. et al.
In: Materials Research Express, Vol. 6, No. 3, 036403, 01.03.2019.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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TY - JOUR
T1 - Atomic and electronic structure of ferroelectric La-doped HfO2 films
AU - Perevalov, T. V.
AU - Gutakovskii, A. K.
AU - Kruchinin, V. N.
AU - Gritsenko, V. A.
AU - Prosvirin, I. P.
PY - 2019/3/1
Y1 - 2019/3/1
N2 - The atomic structure and optical properties of ferroelectric La-doped hafnium oxide (La:HfO2) thin films grown by the plasma-assisted atomic layer deposition were investigated. Using high resolution transmission electron microscopy, it was shown that the studied La:HfO2 film has a orthorhombic polar structure with the Pmn21 space group. It was found that the film exhibits ferroelectric properties. By means of x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy and specroellipsometry it was established that La:HfO2 consists of the HfO2 and La2O3 phases mixture. The specroellipsometry analysis with the Bruggeman effective medium approximation showed that the investigated La:HfO2 consists of 88% HfO2 and 12% La2O3. It is shown that etching La:HfO2 with argon ions leads to the oxygen vacancies generation in the near-surface region. These vacancies are generated mainly due to the knocking out of oxygen atoms to the interstitial positions, and the following annealing at 700 °C in vacuum for 1 h leads to the annihilation of that Frenkel defects.
AB - The atomic structure and optical properties of ferroelectric La-doped hafnium oxide (La:HfO2) thin films grown by the plasma-assisted atomic layer deposition were investigated. Using high resolution transmission electron microscopy, it was shown that the studied La:HfO2 film has a orthorhombic polar structure with the Pmn21 space group. It was found that the film exhibits ferroelectric properties. By means of x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy and specroellipsometry it was established that La:HfO2 consists of the HfO2 and La2O3 phases mixture. The specroellipsometry analysis with the Bruggeman effective medium approximation showed that the investigated La:HfO2 consists of 88% HfO2 and 12% La2O3. It is shown that etching La:HfO2 with argon ions leads to the oxygen vacancies generation in the near-surface region. These vacancies are generated mainly due to the knocking out of oxygen atoms to the interstitial positions, and the following annealing at 700 °C in vacuum for 1 h leads to the annihilation of that Frenkel defects.
KW - DFT
KW - FRAM
KW - Hafnium oxide
KW - HRTEM
KW - oxygen vacancy
KW - photoelectron spectra
KW - specroellipsometry
KW - THIN-FILMS
KW - OXIDE
KW - hafnium oxide
KW - HAFNIA
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85059244428&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1088/2053-1591/aaf436
DO - 10.1088/2053-1591/aaf436
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85059244428
VL - 6
JO - Materials Research Express
JF - Materials Research Express
SN - 2053-1591
IS - 3
M1 - 036403
ER -
ID: 18064191