A Roadmap for Ferroelectric–Antiferroelectric Phase Transition

Antiferroelectric materials have shown great potential in electronic devices benefiting from the reversible phase transition between ferroelectric and antiferroelectric phases. Understanding the dipole arrangements and clear phase transition pathways is crucial for design of antiferroelectric materi...

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Published in:Nano letters 2024-09, Vol.24 (37), p.11714
Main Authors: Jiang, Ru-Jian, Tang, Yun-Long, Liu, Su-Zhen, Zhu, Mei-Xiong, Li, Changji, Feng, Yan-Peng, Gong, Feng-Hui, Wang, Jing-Hui, Lv, Xiao-Dong, Chen, Shuang-Jie, Wang, Yu-Jia, Zhu, Yin-Lian, Ma, Xiu-Liang
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Summary:Antiferroelectric materials have shown great potential in electronic devices benefiting from the reversible phase transition between ferroelectric and antiferroelectric phases. Understanding the dipole arrangements and clear phase transition pathways is crucial for design of antiferroelectric materials-based energy storage and conversion devices. However, the specific phase transition details remain largely unclear and even controversial to date. Here, we have grown a series of PbZrO3 on SrTiO3 substrates and elucidated the fine atom structures and phase transition pathways using atomic-resolution transmission electron microscopy. Specifically, a roadmap for ferroelectric to antiferroelectric phase transitions, here with increasing film thickness, is determined as ferroelectric rhombohedral (R3c)-ferroelectric monoclinic (Pc)-ferrielectric orthorhombic (Ima2)-antiferroelectric orthorhombic (Pbam), where Pc and Ima2 phases act as structural bridges. Moreover, the phase transition pathway is strongly related to the synergistic effect of oxygen octahedral tilting and cation displacement. These findings provide an insightful understanding for the theories and related properties of antiferroelectrics.Antiferroelectric materials have shown great potential in electronic devices benefiting from the reversible phase transition between ferroelectric and antiferroelectric phases. Understanding the dipole arrangements and clear phase transition pathways is crucial for design of antiferroelectric materials-based energy storage and conversion devices. However, the specific phase transition details remain largely unclear and even controversial to date. Here, we have grown a series of PbZrO3 on SrTiO3 substrates and elucidated the fine atom structures and phase transition pathways using atomic-resolution transmission electron microscopy. Specifically, a roadmap for ferroelectric to antiferroelectric phase transitions, here with increasing film thickness, is determined as ferroelectric rhombohedral (R3c)-ferroelectric monoclinic (Pc)-ferrielectric orthorhombic (Ima2)-antiferroelectric orthorhombic (Pbam), where Pc and Ima2 phases act as structural bridges. Moreover, the phase transition pathway is strongly related to the synergistic effect of oxygen octahedral tilting and cation displacement. These findings provide an insightful understanding for the theories and related properties of antiferroelectrics.
ISSN:1530-6984
1530-6992
1530-6992
DOI:10.1021/acs.nanolett.4c03382