Improved electrical mobility in highly epitaxial La:BaSnO3 films on SmScO3(110) substrates


Wadekar, PV, Alaria, J ORCID: 0000-0001-5868-0318, O'Sullivan, M ORCID: 0000-0003-2703-3382, Flack, NLO, Manning, TD ORCID: 0000-0002-7624-4306, Phillips, LJ ORCID: 0000-0001-5181-1565, Durose, K ORCID: 0000-0003-1183-3211, Lozano, O, Lucas, S, Claridge, JB ORCID: 0000-0003-4849-6714 et al (show 1 more authors) (2014) Improved electrical mobility in highly epitaxial La:BaSnO3 films on SmScO3(110) substrates APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS, 105 (5). 052104-. ISSN 0003-6951, 1077-3118

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Abstract

Heteroepitaxial growth of BaSnO<inf>3</inf> and Ba<inf>1-x</inf>La <inf>x</inf>SnO<inf>3</inf> (x = 7%) lanthanum doped barium stannate thin films on different perovskite single crystal (SrTiO<inf>3</inf> (001) and SmScO <inf>3</inf> (110)) substrates has been achieved by pulsed laser deposition under optimized deposition conditions. X-ray diffraction measurements indicate that the films on either of these substrates are relaxed due to the large mismatch and present a high degree of crystallinity with narrow rocking curves and smooth surface morphology while analytical quantification by proton induced X-ray emission confirms the stoichiometric La transfer from a polyphasic target, producing films with measured La contents above the bulk solubility limit. The films show degenerate semiconducting behavior on both substrates, with the observed room temperature resistivities, Hall mobilities, and carrier concentrations of 4.4 mΩ cm, 10.11 cm2 V-1 s -1, and 1.38 × 1020 cm-3 on SmScO <inf>3</inf> and 7.8 mΩ cm, 5.8 cm2 V-1 s -1, and 1.36 × 1020 cm-3 on SrTiO <inf>3</inf> ruling out any extrinsic contribution from the substrate. The superior electrical properties observed on the SmScO<inf>3</inf> substrate are attributed to reduction in dislocation density from the lower lattice mismatch. © 2014 AIP Publishing LLC.

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Uncontrolled Keywords: 40 Engineering, 4016 Materials Engineering
Depositing User: Symplectic Admin
Date Deposited: 15 Mar 2017 14:26
Last Modified: 16 Jun 2026 08:19
DOI: 10.1063/1.4891816
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