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To elucidate the origin of the formation of the ferroelectric phase in Hf0.5Zr0.5O2 films, the effects of film strain and crystallographic orientation on the properties were examined. Using a (111)-textured Pt bottom electrode, Hf0.5Zr0.5O2 films with a (111)-preferred texture inappropriate for transforming their phase from non-ferroelectric tetragonal to ferroelectric orthorhombic phase were deposited. In contrast, randomly oriented Hf0.5Zr0.5O2 films, grown on the TiN electrode, showed feasible ferroelectric properties due to their transformation to the ferroelectric orthorhombic phase. The origin of such transformation is the large in-plane tensile strain for the elongation of the c-axis of the tetragonal phase.
Park et al. (Mon,) studied this question.