Analysis of leakage current conduction phenomenon in thin SrBi2Ta2O9 films grown by excimer laser ablation

Bhattacharyya, S and Laha, Apurba and Krupanidhi, SB (2002) Analysis of leakage current conduction phenomenon in thin SrBi2Ta2O9 films grown by excimer laser ablation. In: Journal of Applied Physics, 91 (7). pp. 4543-4548.

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Abstract

The dc conduction behavior of thin films of SrBi2Ta2O9 (SBT) has been investigated on the basis of space-charge limited current theory. The theory was generalized to account for the traps, which were inevitably present in this case. The relative percentage of trapped injected charge and the free injected charge was seen to follow a dynamical equilibrium instead of the true thermal equilibrium as the temperature of the sample was raised during the measurement. The onset voltage of the trap filled region (VTFL) showed a decreasing trend with the increase of temperature. This reduction of VTFL was ascribed to the appearance of some excess charge in the conduction band. It was seen that the thermodynamically stable distribution of charges among the energy levels could not be taken to explain such a situation. A dynamic model was proposed to explain this kind of a nonequilibrium distribution of trapped and free charges.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Publication:	Journal of Applied Physics
Publisher:	American Institute of Physics
Additional Information:	Copyright for this article belongs to American Institute of Physics (AIP).
Department/Centre:	Division of Chemical Sciences > Materials Research Centre
Date Deposited:	16 Nov 2004
Last Modified:	19 Sep 2010 04:17
URI:	http://eprints.iisc.ac.in/id/eprint/2324

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