No abstract

Ferroelectric and superconductor bilayers of Ba1−xSrxTiO3 (BST)/YBa2Cu3 O7 (YBCO) are grown on (001) SrTiO3 substrates by magnetron sputtering and pulsed laser deposition. The BST thin films exhibit typical ferroelectric behavior in their hysteresis loops. Capacitance–voltage curves are measured. From the capacitance, a dielectric constant of 1250 is obtained. The current–voltage curve is fitted to investigate the mechanism of leakage. The Schottky barrier height at the Ag/BST interface is calculated to be 0.521 eV. The trapped level Et in BST is estimated to be 0.335 eV below the conduction-band edge. An energy band diagram of the Ag/BST/YBCO structure is proposed to explain the experimental results.