Abstract
The physical properties of perovskite oxides are strongly influenced by their stoichiometry and one of the key features of these materials is the tunability of their functionality by controlling the interplay between the compositional and structural properties. Here, the effects on the photoelectrochemical (PEC) water splitting properties of ferroelectric LaFeO3 thin films obtained at different oxygen partial pressures during growth are reported in conjunction with the morphological, optical and structural features. The LaFeO3 thin films have been deposited by pulsed laser deposition on Nb:SrTiO3 substrates. The strong dependence of the photocurrent values Jphoto on the growth conditions is revealed by the photoelectrochemical measurements. Strong variations of the lateral coherence lengths L‖ of LaFeO3/Nb:SrTiO3 with the oxygen partial pressure values are noticed from the X-ray diffraction (XRD) analysis. All the films are heteroepitaxial with small tensile strain levels detected in the crystalline structure, but only for a narrow interval of oxygen partial pressures the LFO/STON thin films show high quality crystalline structure with large lateral coherence length L‖ and photoelectrochemical currents.
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