Relaxation in photo-induced conductivity of polycrystalline BiFeO3film

Abstract

Polycrystalline BiFeO 3 (BFO) film is deposited on Pt(1 1 1)/Ti/SiO 2 /Si(0 0 1) substrate via magnetron sputtering. Integrated Pt/SrRuO 3 (SRO) are used to be top electrode to produce the Pt/SRO/BFO/Pt thin film capacitor. The remanent polarization is 59.5, 69.3, 77 and 89.8 μ C/cm 2 measured at 22.5, 25, 27.5 and 30 V, respectively. The photoconductivity is reported in BFO film under the illumination by the 5 mW/cm 2 purple light of 404 nm. It is found that the leakage current density in purple light displays the tendency of decline with the increased illumination times, which can be explained by the recombination and capture of the photo-induced charges by the ionized vacancies. The relaxation time for the illuminated leakage current density reaching the steady state is 210 and 570 s at positive and negative bias, respectively. The obtained large relaxation time at negative bias is considered to be that negative bias is in the same direction as the SRO/BFO interface field.