The enhanced ferroelectricity in Sr1-δTiO3/BaTiO3 superlattices with Sr deficiency

Wang, Zhicheng; Cao, Hui; Liu, Qixin; Cui, Zhangzhang; Xu, Hui; Zhou, Hua; Zhai, Xiaofang; Lu, Yalin

doi:10.1088/1361-6463/ab8990

Title: The enhanced ferroelectricity in Sr_1-δTiO₃/BaTiO₃ superlattices with Sr deficiency

Journal Article · Fri May 29 00:00:00 EDT 2020 · Journal of Physics. D, Applied Physics

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6463/ab8990· OSTI ID:1787327

^[1]; Cao, Hui ^[2]; Liu, Qixin ^[1]; Cui, Zhangzhang ^[1]; Xu, Hui ^[1]; Zhou, Hua ^[3]; Zhai, Xiaofang ^[4]; Lu, Yalin ^[1]

Univ. of Science and Technology of China, Hefei (China)
Univ. of Science and Technology of China, Hefei (China); Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
Univ. of Science and Technology of China, Hefei (China); Shanghaitech Univ. (China)

Here we report the tunable ferroelectricity in superlattices of (Sr_1-δTiO₃)n/(BaTiO₃)₈ with δ ≈ 5% and the maximally enhanced ferroelectricity is found in the n = 6 superlattice. The room-temperature remnant polarization of n = 6 is enhanced by 70% and 1120% compared to those of BaTiO₃ and Sr_1-δTiO₃ thin films, respectively. The ferroelectric transition temperature of n = 6 is 40 K higher than that of the BaTiO₃ film, and is independent of the measurement frequency. The dependence of remnant field 2Pr on n coincides well with the n dependence of γ/α, which is ratio between out-of-plane and in-plane octahedral rotation angles. It thus suggests a strong correlation between the octahedral rotation pattern and the ferroelectric distortion. Furthermore, our study demonstrates the importance of constructing superlattices to enhance the ferroelectric properties of the defect-engineered materials to be better than the pristine materials.

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Research Organization:: Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES); National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC); National Key Research and Development Program of China; Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities

Grant/Contract Number:: AC02-06CH11357; 51627901; 11574287; 2016YFA0401004; WK2340000088; 2016389

OSTI ID:: 1787327

Journal Information:: Journal of Physics. D, Applied Physics, Vol. 53, Issue 31; ISSN 0022-3727

Publisher:: IOP PublishingCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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