Abstract

A ferroelectric thin film of Aurivillius phase K0.5Bi4.5Ti4O15 (KBT) with a complex bismuth layer-structure was fabricated using the pulsed laser deposition method. The thin film grown on Pt/Ti/SiO2/Si substrate shows a strong c-axis orientation, as revealed by x-ray diffraction results, and platelike growth of grains. A Pt/KBT/Pt capacitor shows a maximum polarization of about 20 μC/cm2. In addition, the capacitor also shows good fatigue resistance, with a decrease of 14.5% in the remanent polarization after 107 switching cycles. This Aurivillius phase with four layers of TiO6 octahedra in its unit cell has a band gap of 3.6 eV, which is greater than that of Bi4Ti3O12.

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