Unique Features of Polarization in Ferroelectric Ionic Conductors

O'Hara, Andrew; Balke, Nina; Pantelides, Sokrates T.

doi:10.1002/aelm.202100810

Title: Unique Features of Polarization in Ferroelectric Ionic Conductors

Journal Article · 01 December 2021 · Advanced Electronic Materials

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/aelm.202100810 · OSTI ID:1833726

O'Hara, Andrew ^[1]; Balke, Nina ^[2];

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Department of Physics and Astronomy Vanderbilt University Nashville TN 37235 USA
Center for Nanophase Materials Sciences Oak Ridge National Laboratory Oak Ridge TN 37831 USA
Department of Physics and Astronomy Vanderbilt University Nashville TN 37235 USA, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering Vanderbilt University Nashville TN 37235 USA

Abstract Ferroelectrics that are also ionic conductors offer possibilities for novel applications with high tunability, especially if the same atomic species causes both phenomena. In particular, at temperatures just below the Curie temperature, polarized states may be sustainable as the mobile species is driven in a controlled way over the energy barrier that governs ionic conduction, resulting in unique control of the polarization. This possibility is recently demonstrated in CuInP ₂ S ₆ , a layered ferroelectric ionic conductor in which Cu ions cause both ferroelectricity and ionic conduction. Here, it is shown that the commonly used approach to calculate the polarization of evolving atomic configurations in ferroelectrics using the modern theory of polarization, namely concerted (synchronous) migration of the displacing ions, is not well suited to describe the polarization evolution as the Cu ions cross the van der Waals gaps. An asynchronous Cu‐migration scheme is introduced, which reflects the physical process by which Cu ions migrate, resolves the difficulties, and describes the polarization evolution both for normal ferroelectric switching and for transitions across the van der Waals gaps, providing a single framework to discuss ferroelectric ionic conductors.

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Grant/Contract Number:: AC02-05CH11231; FG02-09ER46554

OSTI ID:: 1833726

Journal Information:: Advanced Electronic Materials, Journal Name: Advanced Electronic Materials Journal Issue: 3 Vol. 8; ISSN 2199-160X

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