PbTiO_(3)nanorods with tetragonal phase were synthesized by hydrothermal method and heat treatment,and temperature-dependent electrical transport properties of individual PbTiO_(3)nanorod were investigated.The results...PbTiO_(3)nanorods with tetragonal phase were synthesized by hydrothermal method and heat treatment,and temperature-dependent electrical transport properties of individual PbTiO_(3)nanorod were investigated.The results show that the conductivities of PbTiO_(3)nanorods are gradually enhanced with temperature increasing from 77.4 to 295 K,and exhibit the typical nonlinear Ⅰ–Ⅴ char-acteristics.The barrier height between Au electrode and nanorod is reduced from 0.137 to 0.088 eV with increasing bias from 0.2 to 1 V.The corresponding values of thermal activation energies are 0.172 and 0.06 eV below the conduction band for 180–295 and 77.4–180 K,respectively.This semiconductor-like behavior may result from the larger number of surface defects or localized states in the amorphorized PbTiO_(3).展开更多
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(NSFC Grant No.61274073).
文摘PbTiO_(3)nanorods with tetragonal phase were synthesized by hydrothermal method and heat treatment,and temperature-dependent electrical transport properties of individual PbTiO_(3)nanorod were investigated.The results show that the conductivities of PbTiO_(3)nanorods are gradually enhanced with temperature increasing from 77.4 to 295 K,and exhibit the typical nonlinear Ⅰ–Ⅴ char-acteristics.The barrier height between Au electrode and nanorod is reduced from 0.137 to 0.088 eV with increasing bias from 0.2 to 1 V.The corresponding values of thermal activation energies are 0.172 and 0.06 eV below the conduction band for 180–295 and 77.4–180 K,respectively.This semiconductor-like behavior may result from the larger number of surface defects or localized states in the amorphorized PbTiO_(3).
