Enhanced ferro-/piezoelectric properties of tape-casting-derived Er3+-doped Ba0.85Ca0.15Ti0.9Zr0.1O3 optoelectronic thick films

Jie XU; Qiling LU; Jinfeng LIN; Cong LIN; Xinghua ZHENG; Tengfei LIN; Xiao WU

doi:10.1007/s40145-020-0405-6

Journal of Advanced Ceramics 2020, 9(6): 693-702 https://doi.org/10.1007/s40145-020-0405-6

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Enhanced ferro-/piezoelectric properties of tape-casting-derived Er³⁺-doped Ba_0.85Ca_0.15Ti_0.9Zr_0.1O₃ optoelectronic thick films

Show Author's Information Hide Author's Information Jie XU, Qiling LU, Jinfeng LIN, Cong LIN, Xinghua ZHENG, Tengfei LIN, Xiao WU(

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Key Laboratory of Eco-materials Advanced Technology, College of Materials Science and Engineering, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou 350108, China

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texture, ferroelectric, photoluminescence, thick films, piezoelectric

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XU J, LU Q, LIN J, et al. Enhanced ferro-/piezoelectric properties of tape-casting-derived Er³⁺-doped Ba_0.85Ca_0.15Ti_0.9Zr_0.1O₃ optoelectronic thick films. Journal of Advanced Ceramics, 2020, 9(6): 693-702. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40145-020-0405-6

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Er³⁺-doped Ba_0.85Ca_0.15Ti_0.9Zr_0.1O₃ (xEr-BCTZ, x = 0, 0.005, 0.01, 0.015) multifunctional thick films were prepared by the tape-casting method, using sol-gel-derived nano-sized powders as the matrix material. The surface morphologies, photoluminescence, and electrical properties were investigated. Dense microstructures with pure perovskite structure were obtained in the thick films. By doping an appropriate amount of Er³⁺, the samples exhibit superior up-conversion photoluminescence performance and simultaneously enhanced electrical performances. In addition, relatively higher texture fractions (with the largest value of 83.5%) were realized through introducing plate-like BaTiO₃ templates to make the thick film grow by the [001]_c orientation. And the ferro-/piezoelectric properties of the thick films were further improved, showing potential in the applications of micro-optoelectronic devices.

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Enhanced ferro-/piezoelectric properties of tape-casting-derived Er³⁺-doped Ba_0.85Ca_0.15Ti_0.9Zr_0.1O₃ optoelectronic thick films

Show Author's information Hide Author's Information Jie XU, Qiling LU, Jinfeng LIN, Cong LIN, Xinghua ZHENG, Tengfei LIN, Xiao WU(

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Key Laboratory of Eco-materials Advanced Technology, College of Materials Science and Engineering, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou 350108, China

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Keywords: texture, ferroelectric, photoluminescence, thick films, piezoelectric

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Received: 23 February 2020

Revised: 20 June 2020

Accepted: 07 July 2020

Published: 25 July 2020

Issue date: December 2020

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This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 51602055) and the Natural Science Foundation of Fujian Province (No. 2019J01228).

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