Growth and Characterization of CeO2 Films on Sapphire Substrates by Sputtering Process

Autor: Lih–Jiaun Lin, Ran–Jin Lin, Lih-Juann Chen, Yueh-Chung Yu, Erh–Kang Lin, Chang–Wan Wang
Rok vydání: 1996
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Zdroj: Japanese Journal of Applied Physics. 35:5805
ISSN: 1347-4065
0021-4922
DOI: 10.1143/jjap.35.5805
Popis: Two-inch-diameter CeO2 films on R-plane (1*BAR*1*BAR*02) sapphire substrates have been prepared using an on-axis rf magnetron sputtering method. The effects of postannealing treatment, sputtering gas pressure and substrate temperature on the orientation, crystallinity and surface morphology of the CeO2 films have been investigated. The (100)-preferred CeO2 films with high crystallinity are grown at 820° C and 0.15 Torr and have a full width at half-maximum value of the rocking curve of (200) planes of 0.15°. The spatial variation of thickness of the CeO2 films across the 2-inch substrate is about 5.8%. The c-axis oriented YBa2Cu3O x (YBCO) films grown on sapphire substrates with a (100)-preferred CeO2 buffer layer of 100 nm are made. The YBCO films have superconducting properties with the T c being 88–90 K and J c (77 K, 0 T) being (1–3)×106 A/cm2.
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