Ferrielectricity in the Archetypal Antiferroelectric, PbZrO3

Yao, Yulian; Naden, Aaron; Tian, Mengkun; Lisenkov, Sergey; Beller, Zachary; Kumar, Amit; Kacher, Josh; Ponomareva, Inna; Bassiri‐Gharb, Nazanin

doi:10.1002/adma.202206541

Ferrielectricity in the Archetypal Antiferroelectric, PbZrO₃

Journal Article · Mon Oct 31 00:00:00 EDT 2022 · Advanced Materials

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.202206541· OSTI ID:1903227

Yao, Yulian ^[1]; Naden, Aaron ^[2]; Tian, Mengkun ^[3]; Lisenkov, Sergey ^[4]; Beller, Zachary ^[3]; Kumar, Amit ^[5]; Kacher, Josh ^[3]; Ponomareva, Inna ^[4]; ^[3]

Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA (United States); University of South Florida
Queen's Univ., Belfast, Northern Ireland (United Kingdom); Univ. of St. Andrews, Scotland (United Kingdom)
Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA (United States)
Univ. of South Florida, Tampa, FL (United States)
Queen's Univ., Belfast, Northern Ireland (United Kingdom)

Antiferroelectric materials, where the transition between antipolar and polar phase is controlled by external electric fields, offer exceptional energy storage capacity with high efficiencies, giant electrocaloric effect, and superb electromechanical response. PbZrO₃ is the first discovered and the archetypal antiferroelectric material. Nonetheless, substantial challenges in processing phase pure PbZrO₃ have limited studies of the undoped composition, hindering understanding of the phase transitions in this material or unraveling the controversial origins of a low-field ferroelectric phase observed in lead zirconate thin films. Here, leveraging highly oriented PbZrO₃ thin films, a room-temperature ferrielectric phase is observed in the absence of external electric fields, with modulations of amplitude and direction of the spontaneous polarization and large anisotropy for critical electric fields required for phase transition. The ferrielectric state observations are qualitatively consistent with theoretical predictions, and correlate with very high dielectric tunability, and ultrahigh strains (up to 1.1%). This work suggests a need for re-evaluation of the fundamental science of antiferroelectricity in this archetypal material.

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Research Organization:: Univ. of South Florida, Tampa, FL (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC); National Science Foundation (NSF); Northern Ireland Department of Education and Learning; USDOE; USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)

Grant/Contract Number:: SC0005245

OSTI ID:: 1903227

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1910287

Journal Information:: Advanced Materials, Journal Name: Advanced Materials Journal Issue: 3 Vol. 35; ISSN 0935-9648

Publisher:: WileyCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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