• Korean Journal of Materials Research
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• v.24 no.4
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• pp.207-213
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• 2014

Flexible $BaTiO_3$ films as dielectric materials for high energy density capacitors were deposited on polyethylene terephthalate (PET) substrates by r.f. magnetron sputtering. The growth behavior, microstructure and electrical properties of the flexible $BaTiO_3$ films were dependent on the sputtering pressure during sputtering. The RMS roughness and crystallite size of the $BaTiO_3$ increased with increasing sputtering pressure. All $BaTiO_3$ films had an amorphous structure, regardless of the sputtering pressures, due to the low PET substrate temperature. The composition of films showed an atomic ratio (Ba:Ti:O) of 0.9:1.1:3. The electrical properties of the $BaTiO_3$ films were affected by the microstructure and roughness. The $BaTiO_3$ films prepared at 100 mTorr exhibited a dielectric constant of ~80 at 1 kHz and a leakage current of $10^{-8}A$ at 400 kV/cm. Also, films showed polarization of $8{\mu}C/cm^2$ at 100 kV/cm and remnant polarization ($P_r$) of $2{\mu}C/cm^2$. This suggests that sputter deposited flexible $BaTiO_3$ films are a promising dielectric that can be used in high energy density capacitors owing to their high dielectric constant, low leakage current and stable preparation by sputtering.

• Korean Journal of Materials Research
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• v.21 no.9
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• pp.509-514
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• 2011

In this study, optical emission spectroscopy was used to monitor the plasma produced during the RF magnetron sputtering of a $BaTiO_3$ target. The intensities of chemical species were measured by real time monitoring with various discharge parameters such as RF power, pressure, and discharge gas. The emission lines of elemental and ionized species from $BaTiO_3$ and Ti targets were analyzed to evaluate the film composition and the optimized growth conditions for $BaTiO_3$ films. The emissions from Ar(I, II), Ba(I, II) and Ti(I) were found during sputtering of the $BaTiO_3$ target in Ar atmosphere. With increasing RF power, all the line intensities increased because the electron density increased with increasing RF power. When the Ar pressure increased, the Ba(II) and Ti(I) line intensity increased, but the $Ar^+$ line intensity decreased with increasing pressure. This result shows that high pressure is of greater benefit for the ionization of Ba than for that of Ar. Oxygen depressed the intensity of the plasma more than Ar did. When the Ar/$O_2$ ratio decreased, the intensity of Ba decreased more sharply than that of Ti. This result indicates that the plasma composition strongly depends on the discharge gas atmosphere. When the oxygen increased, the Ba/Ti ratio and the thickness of the films decreased. The emission spectra showed consistent variation with applied power to the Ti target during co-sputtering of the $BaTiO_3$ and Ti targets. The co-sputtered films showed a Ba/Ti ratio of 1.05 to 0.73 with applied power to the Ti target. The films with different Ba/Ti ratios showed changes in grain size. Ti excess films annealed at $600^{\circ}C$ did not show the second phase such as $BaTi_2O_5$ and $TiO_2$.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Electrical and Electronic Material Engineers Conference
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• 1996.11a
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• pp.183-186
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• 1996

BaTiO$_3$thin films were deposited on Pt/SiO$_2$/Si substrates by RF sputtering technique. The structural and crystallographic properties were studied with deposition conditions and annealing temperatures. Deposition rates and structural properties of BaTiO$_3$thin films were investigated by the SEM, XRD and AFM. The thickness of BaTiO$_3$thin films deposited with optimized conditions was 5200[$\AA$]. The grain size was found to increase remarkably with increasing sputtering power and independent on the sputtering pressure.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Electrical and Electronic Material Engineers Conference
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• 1996.05a
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• pp.193-197
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• 1996

BaTiO$_3$films in pure Ar atmosphere were prepared by RF sputtering method at low substrate temperature(100$^{\circ}C$). The structural and crystallographic properties were studied with deposition conditions and annealing methodes. Deposition rates and structural properties of BaTiO$_3$ thin filles were investigated by the SEM and X-ray diffraction. The chemical composition of BaTiO$_3$ thin films grown on Si(100) wafer was studied by tole EDS and EPHA. The optimised Ar pressure and RF power were 8[mtorr] and 180[W], respectively. The thickness of BaTiO$_3$ thin films deposited at optimised conditions was ∼3400[${\AA}$], and the dielectric constant of the thin films heat-treated at 750[$^{\circ}C$] for 1[hr] was 259.

• Journal of the Korean Ceramic Society
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• v.34 no.4
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• pp.373-379
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• 1997

A study on the deposition and characterization of BaTiO3 thin films on MgO-buffered Si(100) substrates by sputtering was conducted. The MgO buffer layers were investigated as a function of deposition temperature. At lower substrate temperature, the MgO layers were not fully crystalline, but a crystallized MgO layer with (001) preferred orientation was obtained at the substrate temperature of $700^{\circ}C$. Partially (00ι) or (h00) textured BaTiO3 films were obtained on Si(100) with the MgO buffer layer grown at 700ι. While, randomly oriented BaTiO3 films with large-scale cracks on the surface were made without the MgO layer. The crystallographic orientation, morphology and electrical properties between the BaTiO3 films on Si with and without the MgO layer were compared using the BaTiO3 film on MgO(100) single crystal substrate as a reference system. Also the favorable role of the MgO layer as a buffer for growing of oriented BaTiO3 films on Si substrates was confirmed.

• Journal of the Korean Ceramic Society
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• v.34 no.2
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• pp.181-187
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• 1997

The layered BaTiO3 thin films with a high dielectric constant of polycrystalline BaTiO3 and a good in-sulating property of amorphous BaTiO3 were prepared. And their electrical properties were characterized with stacking methods. The BaTiO3 thin films were prepared by rf-magnetron sputtering technique using a ceramic target on Indium-doped Tin oxide coated glasses. A new stacking method resulted in higher dielec-tric constant, capacitance per unit area, and breakdown strength than those prepared by a conventional stacking method; the new method continuously decrease the substrate temperature after initial deposition of a polycrystalline BaTiO3 layer. The observed high dielectric constant could be explained only by a mul-tilayered amorphous/microcrystalline/polycrystalline structure, which was confirmed indirectly by AES depth profile.

• Proceedings of the Materials Research Society of Korea Conference
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• 2003.11a
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• pp.104-104
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• 2003

RF magnetron sputtering 법을 이용하여 LaA1O$_3$, SrTiO$_3$, MgO 단결정 기판 위에 BaTiO$_3$ 박막을 에피텍셜하게 증착하여 박막의 특성과 마이크로 웨이브에서의 유전특성을 평가하였다. 각 기판위에 증착한 박막의 격자상수와 FWHM을 조사하였고, pole figure로 에피텍셜 성장을 관찰하였다. 각 시편에 상부 전극으로 interdigital 타입의 전극을 photolithography 하여 캐패시턴스와 tan $\delta$을 조사하였다. 각 기판의 변화에 따른 격자상수 변화와 유전 특성의 변화를 고찰하였다.

• Journal of the Korean Ceramic Society
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• v.30 no.6
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• pp.441-448
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• 1993

The Ba1-xSrxTiO3 thin films deposited on ITO-coated glass substrate at 55$0^{\circ}C$ by rf magnetron sputtering method have individual preferential orientations as a function of composition (X=0, 0.25, 0.5, 0.75, 1) due to the stress relief interactions among the intrinsic compressive stress, thermal tensile stress adn extrinsic compressive stress (compressive stress in case of BaTiO3(Tc=12$0^{\circ}C$) and Ba0.75Sr0.25TiO3(Tc=57$^{\circ}C$)). This behavior also appears on the (BaSr)TiO3 thin films (X=0.5) deposited on ITO-coated glass substrate at deposition temperature between 35$0^{\circ}C$ and 55$0^{\circ}C$. The composition of Ba1-xSrxTiO3 thin films deposited on ITO-coated glass substrate at 55$0^{\circ}C$ is close to stoichiometry (1.009~1.089 in A/B ratio), but the compositional deviation from a stoichiometry is larger as SrTiO3 is added. The morphology of Ba1-xSrxTiO3 thin films is very similar for over all substrate temperatures, and the roughness due to the differences of cluster size is the smallest at X=0.25.

• Proceedings of the Materials Research Society of Korea Conference
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• 1993.11a
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• pp.119-120
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• 1993

• Proceedings of the Materials Research Society of Korea Conference
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• 1993.11a
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• pp.121-122
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• 1993