Novel single-source precursors for the fabrication of PbTiO3, PbZrO3and Pb(Zr1-xTix)O3thin-films by chemical vapor deposition

Lead titanate, lead zirconate, and lead zirconate titanate (PZT) films in the sub-[small mu ]m-range were produced at temperatures around 400 °C using novel single-source precursors in a classical thermal CVD process. The design of two bimetallic alkoxide compounds, a lead titanate and a lead zirconate source with almost identical physical properties and complement miscibility, resulted in a new quasi-single-source PZT precursor, an azeotropic mixture that evaporates at 30 °C and at a pressure of 4 x 10-1mbar. After thermal treatment at 650 °C, transparent (100)-oriented PZT films with remnant polarization of 20 µC cm-2and a coercive field strength of 20 V µm-1were achieved. An additional lead source is not required.