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Title: Understanding the Role of Ferroelastic Domains on the Pyroelectric and Electrocaloric Effects in Ferroelectric Thin Films

Abstract

It is well known that temperature- and electric-field-induced structural transitions in a polydomain ferroelectric can have profound effects on its electrothermal susceptibilities. Here, the role of such ferroelastic domains on the pyroelectric and electrocaloric response is experimentally investigated in thin films of the tetragonal ferroelectric PbZr0.2Ti0.8O3. By utilizing epitaxial strain, a rich set of ferroelastic polydomain states spanning a broad thermodynamic phase space are stabilized. Using temperature-dependent scanning-probe microscopy, X-ray diffraction, and high-frequency phase-sensitive pyroelectric measurements, the propensity of domains to reconfigure under a temperature perturbation is quantitatively studied. In turn, the “extrinsic” contributions to pyroelectricity exclusively due to changes between the ferroelastic domain population is elucidated as a function of epitaxial strain. Further, using highly sensitive thin-film resistive thermometry, direct electrocaloric temperature changes are measured on these polydomain thin films for the first time. The results demonstrate that temperature- and electric-field-driven domain interconversion under compressive strain diminish both the pyroelectric and the electrocaloric effects, while both these susceptibilities are enhanced due to the exact-opposite effect from the extrinsic contributions under tensile strain.

Authors:
ORCiD logo [1];  [1];  [1];  [2];  [3];  [1];  [1];  [4];  [3]; ORCiD logo [4]
  1. Univ. of California, Berkeley, CA (United States). Dept. of Materials Science and Engineering
  2. Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States). Materials Sciences Div.
  3. Univ. of California, Berkeley, CA (United States). Dept. of Mechanical Engineering
  4. Univ. of California, Berkeley, CA (United States). Dept. of Materials Science and Engineering; Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States). Materials Sciences Div.
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Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES) (SC-22), Materials Sciences & Engineering Division (SC-22.2); US Army Research Office (ARO); National Science Foundation (NSF); USDOE
OSTI Identifier:
1526497
Alternate Identifier(s):
OSTI ID: 1493098
Grant/Contract Number:  
SC0012375; AC02-05CH11231; W911NF‐14‐1‐0104; OISE‐1545907; DGE 1752814; DMR‐1708615; DMR‐1608938; KC2202
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Advanced Materials
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 31; Journal Issue: 5; Journal ID: ISSN 0935-9648
Publisher:
Wiley
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
36 MATERIALS SCIENCE

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Pandya, Shishir, Velarde, Gabriel A., Gao, Ran, Everhardt, Arnoud S., Wilbur, Joshua D., Xu, Ruijuan, Maher, Josh T., Agar, Joshua C., Dames, Chris, and Martin, Lane W. Understanding the Role of Ferroelastic Domains on the Pyroelectric and Electrocaloric Effects in Ferroelectric Thin Films. United States: N. p., 2018. Web. doi:10.1002/adma.201803312.
Pandya, Shishir, Velarde, Gabriel A., Gao, Ran, Everhardt, Arnoud S., Wilbur, Joshua D., Xu, Ruijuan, Maher, Josh T., Agar, Joshua C., Dames, Chris, & Martin, Lane W. Understanding the Role of Ferroelastic Domains on the Pyroelectric and Electrocaloric Effects in Ferroelectric Thin Films. United States. https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.201803312
Pandya, Shishir, Velarde, Gabriel A., Gao, Ran, Everhardt, Arnoud S., Wilbur, Joshua D., Xu, Ruijuan, Maher, Josh T., Agar, Joshua C., Dames, Chris, and Martin, Lane W. Wed . "Understanding the Role of Ferroelastic Domains on the Pyroelectric and Electrocaloric Effects in Ferroelectric Thin Films". United States. https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.201803312. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1526497.
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title = {Understanding the Role of Ferroelastic Domains on the Pyroelectric and Electrocaloric Effects in Ferroelectric Thin Films},
author = {Pandya, Shishir and Velarde, Gabriel A. and Gao, Ran and Everhardt, Arnoud S. and Wilbur, Joshua D. and Xu, Ruijuan and Maher, Josh T. and Agar, Joshua C. and Dames, Chris and Martin, Lane W.},
abstractNote = {It is well known that temperature- and electric-field-induced structural transitions in a polydomain ferroelectric can have profound effects on its electrothermal susceptibilities. Here, the role of such ferroelastic domains on the pyroelectric and electrocaloric response is experimentally investigated in thin films of the tetragonal ferroelectric PbZr0.2Ti0.8O3. By utilizing epitaxial strain, a rich set of ferroelastic polydomain states spanning a broad thermodynamic phase space are stabilized. Using temperature-dependent scanning-probe microscopy, X-ray diffraction, and high-frequency phase-sensitive pyroelectric measurements, the propensity of domains to reconfigure under a temperature perturbation is quantitatively studied. In turn, the “extrinsic” contributions to pyroelectricity exclusively due to changes between the ferroelastic domain population is elucidated as a function of epitaxial strain. Further, using highly sensitive thin-film resistive thermometry, direct electrocaloric temperature changes are measured on these polydomain thin films for the first time. The results demonstrate that temperature- and electric-field-driven domain interconversion under compressive strain diminish both the pyroelectric and the electrocaloric effects, while both these susceptibilities are enhanced due to the exact-opposite effect from the extrinsic contributions under tensile strain.},
doi = {10.1002/adma.201803312},
journal = {Advanced Materials},
number = 5,
volume = 31,
place = {United States},
year = {Wed Dec 05 00:00:00 EST 2018},
month = {Wed Dec 05 00:00:00 EST 2018}
}

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