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X-ray photoemission spectroscopy measurements were executed to compare the nature of defects in SrBi2Ta2O9 (SBT) and Bi4Ti3O12 (BTO) films. In the SBT film, it was found that the oxygen ions at the metal–oxygen octahedra were much more stable than those at the Bi2O2 layers. On the other hand, for the BTO film, oxygen vacancies could be induced both at the titanium–oxygen octahedra and at the Bi2O2 layers. We suggested that the difference in stability of the metal–oxygen octahedra should be related to different fatigue behaviors of the SBT and the BTO films.

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