Influence of the Ozone Dose Time during Atomic Layer Deposition on the Ferroelectric and Pyroelectric Properties of 45 nm-Thick ZrO2 Films
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Beitragende
Abstract
Over a decade ago, ferroelectricity was discovered in doped HfO2 thin films. The HfO2-based thin films have attracted much attention due to their remarkable scalability and CMOS compatibility. Other than the HfO2-based thin films, the undoped ZrO2 thin films are understudied despite their commonly reported antiferroelectric behavior. However, being of the same fluorite structure as HfO2-based thin films, the undoped ZrO2 also displayed considerable ferroelectricity as demonstrated in recent studies. In this work, 45 nm-thick polycrystalline undoped ZrO2 films are synthesized using atomic layer deposition with different ozone dose times. The ZrO2 films are crystallized after atomic layer deposition at 350 °C without anneals. In general, the longer ozone dose time causes a lower in-plane tensile stress and oxygen vacancy content, which help facilitate an irreversible non-polar tetragonal to polar orthorhombic phase transition with electric-field cycling. However, the lower in-plane tensile stress and oxygen vacancy content also stabilize the monoclinic phase so that a long ozone dose time (>17.5 s) reduces the ferroelectric behavior. After wake-up cycles, the ZrO2 thin film with an ozone dose time of 17.5 s exhibits a remanent polarization of 6 μC·cm-2 and a pyroelectric coefficient of −35 μC·K-1·m-2. Moreover, the wake-up behavior is consistent between the ferroelectric and pyroelectric response. As essential factors in optimizing the growth of fluorite-structure thin films for ferroelectric applications, the in-plane tensile stress and oxygen vacancy content significantly influence the ferroelectric and pyroelectric properties. Additionally, the low thermal budget for processing ferroelectric ZrO2 thin films is valuable for semiconductor back-end-of-line processes.
Details
Originalsprache | Englisch |
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Seiten (von - bis) | 2288–2295 |
Seitenumfang | 8 |
Fachzeitschrift | ACS applied electronic materials |
Jahrgang | 5 |
Ausgabenummer | 4 |
Frühes Online-Datum | 30 März 2023 |
Publikationsstatus | Veröffentlicht - 25 Apr. 2023 |
Peer-Review-Status | Ja |
Externe IDs
WOS | 000973020800001 |
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ORCID | /0000-0003-3814-0378/work/142256354 |
Schlagworte
Forschungsprofillinien der TU Dresden
DFG-Fachsystematik nach Fachkollegium
Fächergruppen, Lehr- und Forschungsbereiche, Fachgebiete nach Destatis
ASJC Scopus Sachgebiete
Schlagwörter
- ferroelectrics, irreversible t- to o-phase transition, ozone dose time, stress, wake-up effect, zirconium oxide, Irreversible t-to o-phase transition, Zirconium oxide, Ozone dose time, Ferroelectrics, Wake-up effect, Stress