Evidence of residual ferroelectric contribution in antiferroelectric lead-zirconate thin films by first-order reversal curves
Résumé
In this study, two different methods have been used in order to characterize leadzirconate anti-ferroelectric thin film elaborated by a modified sol-gel process: First-Order Reversal Curves (FORC) measurements and impedance spectroscopy coupled to hyperbolic law analysis. Approaches at low and high applied electric fields allow concluding on the presence of a weak residual ferroelectric behavior even if this contribution is not visible on the polarization-electric field loops. Moreover, the weak ferroelectric phase seems to switch only when the phase of the antiferroelectric cells is modified and no coalescence of ferroelectric domains at low field occurs due to a well distribution of small residual ferroelectric clusters in the material. The main goal of this paper is to show that FORC distribution measurements and impedance spectroscopy coupled to the hyperbolic law analysis are very sensitive and complementary methods.
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