Journal of Advanced Dielectrics, Volume. 13, Issue 3, 2243001(2023)

Stable large-area monodomain in as-grown bulk ferroelectric single crystal Sn2P2S6

Yingzhuo Lun1... Jiaqian Kang1, Wenfu Zhu1, Jianming Deng1,2, Xingan Jiang1, Cheng Zhu3, Qi Ren1, Xian Zi1, Ziyan Gao1, Tianlong Xia4, Zishuo Yao5, Xueyun Wang1,* and Jiawang Hong1,** |Show fewer author(s)
Author Affiliations
  • 1School of Aerospace Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, P. R. China
  • 2Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Electronic Functional Materials and Devices, Huizhou University, Huizhou, Guangdong 516007, P. R. China
  • 3Advanced Research Institute of Multidisciplinary Science, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, P. R. China
  • 4Beijing Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Functional Materials & Micro-nano Devices, Department of Physics, Renmin University of China, Beijing 100872, P. R. China
  • 5School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, P. R. China
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    Driven by the minimization of total energy, the multi-domain morphology is preferred in as-grown ferroelectrics to reduce the depolarization and strain energy during the paraelectric to ferroelectric phase transition. However, the complicated multi-domain is not desirable for certain high-performance ferroelectric electro-optic devices. In this work, we achieve a reproducible and stable large-area monodomain in as-grown bulk ferroelectric single crystal Sn2P2S6. The monodomain dominates the entire single crystal, which is attributed to the internal charge carriers from the photoexcited disproportionation reaction of Sn ions. The charge carriers effectively screen the depolarization field and therefore decrease the depolarization energy and facilitate the formation of monodomain. This work offers a potential approach for engineering bulk ferroelectrics with a stable monodomain, which is desirable for the high-performance ferroelectric electro-optic devices.

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    Yingzhuo Lun, Jiaqian Kang, Wenfu Zhu, Jianming Deng, Xingan Jiang, Cheng Zhu, Qi Ren, Xian Zi, Ziyan Gao, Tianlong Xia, Zishuo Yao, Xueyun Wang, Jiawang Hong. Stable large-area monodomain in as-grown bulk ferroelectric single crystal Sn2P2S6[J]. Journal of Advanced Dielectrics, 2023, 13(3): 2243001

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    Paper Information

    Category: Research Articles

    Received: Apr. 26, 2022

    Accepted: Jul. 1, 2022

    Published Online: Jul. 18, 2023

    The Author Email: Wang Xueyun (xueyun@bit.edu.cn), Hong Jiawang (hongjw@bit.edu.cn)

    DOI:10.1142/S2010135X22430019

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