Effects of Oxygen Concentration on Growth of Bi4Ti3O12 Thin Films by Metalorganic Chemical Vapor Deposition

Abstract
The effects of oxygen concentration on the growth of Bi4Ti3O12 thin films by metalorganic chemical vapor deposition (MOCVD) were investigated, using Bi(C6H5)3 and Ti( i-OC3H7)4 precursors, c-axis-oriented Bi4Ti3O12 thin films were obtained at an oxygen gas flow rate of 200 sccm and a substrate temperature of 600° C on Pt(111)/ SiO2/Si(100) substrates without Bi2Ti2O7 buffer layers. This film shows remanent polarization of 1.3 µ C/cm2, coercive field of 25 kV/cm, dielectric constant of 130 and leakage current density as low as 10-8–10-7 A/cm2.