Year: 2025
Type: preprint
Abstract: We demonstrate the tunability of oxygen content in pulsed laser deposition (PLD)-grown barium stannate (BaSn$O_3$, BSO) thin films by precisely controlling the background oxygen pressure over a broad range from 0.0004 mbar to 0.13 mbar. The introduction of oxygen vacancies significantly alters the structural properties of BSO films, inducing a monotonic expansion of the out-of-plane lattice parameter and cell volume as the vacancy concentration increases. The progressive formation of oxygen vacancies was spectroscopically tracked using X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), providing direct insight into the vacancy evolution. Furthermore, we show that the oxygen stoichiometry in BSO plays a critical role in modulating the sheet resistance of BSO/LaScO$_3$ heterostructures, enabling interface metallic electron conduction. This oxygen content control offers a robust strategy to tailor the electronic properties at the interface, highlighting its potential for oxide electronics and functional interface engineering.
Source: arXiv (Cornell University)
Authors: Acevedo, Wilson Rom\'an, Aguirre, Myriam H., Noheda, Beatriz, Rubi, Diego
Language: English
Subfield: Materials Chemistry
Field: Materials Science
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W6979322882
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