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1 PublicationLaFeOxNy perovskite thin films: Nitrogen location and its effect on morphological, optical and structural properties
Haye, E.; Bruyère, S.; André, E.; Boulet, P.; Barrat, S.; Capon, F.; Miska, P.; Migot, S.; Carteret, C.; Coustel, R.; Gendarme, C.; Munnik, F.
Abstract
This paper reports on the first study of chemical, optical, and structural properties of lanthanum ferrite oxynitride thin films deposited by reactive magnetron sputtering. Thin films were deposited in a Ar/O2/N2 mixture as reactive plasma, from two elemental La and Fe targets, at room and high temperature (25 and 800°C). Films deposited at room temperature are amorphous and have been flash annealed to crystallize the perovskite. Oxynitride properties were investigated and compared to oxide films deposited in Ar/O2 gas mixture. All oxide and oxynitride films present an orthorhombic structure. However, nitrogen doping limited to 1-1.5% leads to lattice expansion (4%), bandgap narrowing, a lower electrical resistivity in range [25-350°C] , and modification of Infrared and Raman spectra. Electron Energy Loss Spectroscopy measurements clearly show the presence of two nitrogen sites with an “active” intra-granular nitrogen associated to an enhancement of the physical properties.
Keywords: Oxynitride perovskite; Thin film; LaFeO3; Nitrogen doping
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- Ion Beam Center DOI: 10.17815/jlsrf-3-159
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