Polarization Manipulation via Orientation Control in Polycrystalline BiFeO3 Thin Films on Biaxially Textured, Flexible Metallic Tapes

Abstract

(111)-, (101)-, and (001)-oriented polycrystalline BiFeO3 films were fabricated on rolling-assisted biaxially textured substrates (RABiTS) with appropriate, buffer layer engineering of heteroepitaxially grown buffer multilayers on RABiTS. The crystallographic orientation and polarization direction were confirmed using X-ray diffraction and piezoresponse force microscopy (PFM), respectively. All the films exhibited excellent ferroelectric properties. Switching spectroscopy PFM demonstrated that the switching polarization in (111)-oriented polycrystalline BiFeO3 films is higher than (101) or (001) oriented films. These high-quality, BiFeO3 films on low-cost, flexible, biaxially textured metallic tapes with controllable orientation and polarization are attractive for application in flexible ferroelectric devices.