Chemical Research in Chinese Universities ›› 2002, Vol. 18 ›› Issue (3): 255-257.

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Preparation of c-Axis Oriented LiNb1-xTaxO3 Films on Si(111) Substrates by a Modified Sol-gel Process

QIANG Liang-sheng1, FU Hong-gang2   

  1. 1. Department of Applied Chemistry, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150001, P. R. China;
    2. School of Chemistry and Engineering, Heilongiang University, Harbin 150080, P. R. China
  • Received:2001-08-28 Online:2002-08-24 Published:2011-08-04
  • Supported by:

    Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.20171015).

Abstract: In this work, we succeeded in the preparation of LiNb1-xTaxO3 films on Si(111) substrates by means of sol-gel process, and the usual sol-gel process for the preparation of LiNbO3 and LiTaO3 films on Si substrates was improved by adding a 33% aqueous solution of CH3CH2OH to the mixed sols of LiNb(OCH2CH3)6 and LiTa(OCH2CH3)6. The crystallization behavior of LiNb1-xTaxO3 films on Si(111) substrates has been studied. Highly c-axis oriented LiNb1-xTaxO3 films have been obtained within the tantalum composition range of 0<x<0.33. Some factors such as the hydrogen termination of the silicon surface, the RTP annealing process that provides the unidirectional heat flow and the preheating temperature are discussed to analyze the crystallization of the c-axis oriented films.

Key words: LiNb1-xTaxO3 film, Crystallization behavior, Si substrate, Sol-gel