Abstract
[ <TEX>$PZT(Pb(Zr,Ti)O_3)$</TEX> ] thin films were deposited by multi-target reactive sputtering method on <TEX>$RuO_2$</TEX> substrates. Pure perovskite phase PZT films could be obtained by introducing Ti-oxide seed layer on the <TEX>$RuO_2$</TEX> substrates prior to PZT film deposition. The PZT films deposited on the <TEX>$RuO_2$</TEX> substrates showed highly voltage-shifted hysteresis loop compared with the films deposited on the Pt substrates. The surface of <TEX>$RuO_2$</TEX> substrate was found to be reduced to metallic Ru in vacuum at elevated temperature, which caused the formation of oxygen vacancies at the initial stage of PZT film deposition and gave rise to the voltage shift in the P-E hysteresis loop of the PZT capacitor. The fatigue characteristics of the PZT capacitors under unipolar wane electric field were different from those under bipolar wane. The fatigue test under unipolar wane showed the increase of polarization. It was thought that the ferroelectric domains which had been pinned by charged defects such as oxygen vacancies and the charged defects were reduced in number by combining with the electrons injected from the electrode under unipolar wave, resulting in the relaxation of the ferroelectric domains and the increase of polarization.
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