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Synthesis and optical characterization of Pb(Zr0.53Ti0.47)O3 thin films on indium tin oxide/quartz substrates by a simplified sol–gel route

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Pb(Zr0.53Ti0.47)O3 (PZT 53/47) thin films were deposited onto commercial indium tin oxide (ITO)/quartz substrates using a simplified sol–gel acetic-acid route developed at our laboratory. The films were fully crystallized to the perovskite phase with the final surface roughness remaining relatively low (around 2 nm). Optical properties were studied by Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR) and UV–Vis reflection and transmission spectroscopy. Optical reflection and transmission were applied to determine film thickness, optical constants and energy band gap. A multi-layer oscillator model was assumed, with the film consisting on a bottom ITO-layer, an intermediate dense PZT layer and a top PZT + voids layer. A reasonably good fit was attained with the selected model. Hysteresis loops and ferroelectric fatigue confirmed that substitution of platinum by ITO as bottom electrode improves the ferroelectric behavior and maintains a reasonably good fatigue resistance.

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The authors are grateful to Ing. Eleazar Urbina, and M. C. Araceli Mauricio for their technical assistance. To Conacyt for the financial support in the project CB-2007-82843, the infrastructure facilities of (LIDTRA) Lab-2009-01-123630 and the economical support of Dra. Ma. Del Carmen Rodríguez in the national postdoctoral program. F. Calderon Piñar is grateful to Cinvestav, for his sabbatical stay.

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    M. C. Rodríguez-Aranda, F. Calderón-Piñar & J. M. Yáñez-Limón

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Rodríguez-Aranda, M.C., Calderón-Piñar, F., Mayén-Mondragón, R. et al. Synthesis and optical characterization of Pb(Zr0.53Ti0.47)O3 thin films on indium tin oxide/quartz substrates by a simplified sol–gel route. J Mater Sci: Mater Electron 26, 3486–3492 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10854-015-2859-9

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