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Hybrid improper ferroelectricity with quasi-two-dimensional (quasi-2D) structure has attracted much attention recently due to its great potential in realizing strong magnetoelectric coupling and room-temperature multiferroicity in a single phase. However, recent studies show that there appears high coercive field and low remnant polarization in ceramics, which severely hinders the applications of this material. In this work, high-quality Sr3Sn2O7 and Sr3Sn1.99Ge0.01O7 ceramics with a Ruddlesden-Popper (R-P) structure are successfully prepared, and their crystal structures and electrical properties are investigated in detail. It is found that the Sr3Sn2O7 ceramic exhibits a lower coercive field that is close to that of Sr3Sn2O7 single crystal. Moreover, via a small amount of Ge doping, the polarization reaches 0.34 μC/cm2 for Sr3Sn2O7 and 0.61 μC/cm2 for Sr3Sn1.99Ge0.01O7. Combining crystal lattice dynamic studies, we analyze the Raman and infrared responses of the samples, showing the information about the tilting and rotation of the oxygen octahedra in the samples. The improved ferroelectricity after doping may be attributed to the increased amplitude of the tilt mode and the reduced amplitude of rotation mode. Besides, the enhanced ferroelectric properties through Ge doping and its mechanism are further investigated by the Berry phase approach and the Born effective charge method. Furthermore, via the UV-visible spectra, the optical bandgap is determined to be 3.91 eV for Sr3Sn2O7 ceramic and 3.95 eV for Sr3Sn1.99Ge0.01O7 ceramic. Using the Becke-Johnson potential combined with the local density approximation correlation, the bandgap is calculated and is found to be in close agreement with the experimental result. And the electronic excitations can be assigned to the charge transfer excitation from O 2p to Sn 5s (Ge 4s). The effects of Ge doping on the ability of Sr3Sn2O7 to gain and lose electrons and the bonding strength of Sn-O bond are analyzed via two-dimensional charge density difference. In conclusion, this study provides insights into the synthesis method and modulation of ferroelectric properties of hybrid improper ferroelectrics Sr3Sn2O7, potentially facilitating their widespread applications in various capacitors and non-volatile memory devices.
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Keywords:
- Sr3Sn2O7 /
- hybrid improper ferroelectricity /
- oxygen octahedron tilt and rotation /
- first-principles study
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图 3 Sr3Sn2O7和Sr3Sn1.99Ge0.01O7陶瓷在室温下的 (a)红外响应(彩色符号表示预测的模式位置、对称性和强度); (b)红外吸收光谱峰拟合和(c)Raman光谱
Figure 3. (a) Infrared response (Colored symbols indicate predicted mode positions, symmetries, and intensities); (b) peak-fitting infrared absorption spectra; (c) Raman spectra of Sr3Sn2O7 and Sr3Sn1.99Ge0.01O7.
图 4 在DHM模式下频率为100 Hz时(a) Sr3Sn2O7和(b) Sr3Sn1.99Ge0.01O7陶瓷的P-E和I-E曲线; (c), (d) Sr3Sn2O7和Sr3Sn1.99Ge0.01O7陶瓷在10 Hz频率下通过PUND获得的P-E和I-E曲线
Figure 4. At frequency of 100 Hz in DHM mode: P-E loops and displacement current recorded of (a) Sr3Sn2O7, (b) Sr3Sn1.99Ge0.01O7; P-E loops of Sr3Sn2O7 and Sr3Sn1.99Ge0.01O7 ceramics obtained at frequency of 10 Hz by PUND measurement for (c) and (d), respectively.
图 6 Sr3Sn2O7沿着a方向(a)原子和(c)逐层对宏观极化贡献; Ge-Sr3Sn2O7沿着a方向(b)原子和(d)逐层对宏观极化贡献(原子标签对应于图1(b), R表示岩盐层处, P表示钙钛矿层处)
Figure 6. (a), (b) Atomic and (c), (d) layer resolved contributions to macroscopic polarization along a of Sr3Sn2O7 and Ge-Sr3Sn2O7, respectively (atoms correspond to Fig. 1(b), R represents the layer in rock-salt sheets and P represents the layer in perovskite sheets).
图 7 Sr3Sn2O7和Sr3Sn1.99Ge0.01O7陶瓷的(a)漏电流曲线和(b)光吸收谱, 插图为(αhv)2与hv的关系
Figure 7. (a) The leakage current density as a function of applied electric field for Sr3Sn2O7 and Sr3Sn1.99Ge0.01O7 ceramics; (b) UV-Vis absorption spectra of Sr3Sn2O7 and Sr3Sn1.99Ge0.01O7 ceramics. Inset: a functional relationship of (αhv)2 and hv.
表 1 在室温下根据粉末XRD图谱进行Rietveld精修结果得出的室温下Sr3Sn2O7和Sr3Sn1.99Ge0.01O7陶瓷的晶胞参数
Table 1. Structure parameters obtained from rietveld refinement of Sr3Sn2O7 and Sr3Sn1.99Ge0.01O7.
x a/Å b/Å c/Å V/Å3 Sn-O1/Sn-O2 Sn-O3/Sn-O4 Sn-O1-Sn χ2 0 5.7073(5) 5.7275(9) 20.6614(6) 675.39(1) 2.0543/2.0157 2.0519/2.0655 165.5724 9.34 0.01 5.7072(9) 5.7279(8) 20.6537(9) 675.17(5) 2.0746/2.0124 2.0469/2.0253 164.5905 7.63 表 A1 Sr3Sn2O7 (空间群: A21am) 在Γ点声子频率的计算值(单位: cm–1)
Table A1. Calculated Γ-point phonon frequencies (in cm–1) of the Sr3Sn2O7 A21am phase.
Mode Freq. Mode Freq. Mode Freq. Mode Freq. A1(1) 83.45 A2(1) 84.32 B1(1) 79.63 B2(1) 98.83 A1(2) 106.1 A2(2) 95.39 B1(2) 120.98 B2(2) 105.36 A1(3) 113.74 A2(3) 117.77 B1(3) 135.12 B2(3) 120.32 A1(4) 137.11 A2(4) 143.61 B1(4) 145.26 B2(4) 146.46 A1(5) 161.92 A2(5) 151.16 B1(5) 152.96 B2(5) 147.76 A1(6) 169.23 A2(6) 167.5 B1(6) 177.96 B2(6) 171.62 A1(7) 180.04 A2(7) 184.97 B1(7) 222.77 B2(7) 214.88 A1(8) 205.98 A2(8) 224.54 B1(8) 235.61 B2(8) 228.54 A1(9) 218.41 A2(9) 270.38 B1(9) 256.1 B2(9) 239.46 A1(10) 235.43 A2(10) 282.2 B1(10) 284.18 B2(10) 268.64 A1(11) 259.61 A2(11) 312.19 B1(11) 335.67 B2(11) 309.89 A1(12) 268.83 A2(12) 323.99 B1(12) 357.18 B2(12) 320.91 A1(13) 335.88 A2(13) 389.97 B1(13) 501.68 B2(13) 335.2 A1(14) 380.89 A2(14) 481.55 B1(14) 552.45 B2(14) 351.21 A1(15) 421.45 A2(15) 566.25 B1(15) 610.85 B2(15) 404.25 A1(16) 504.49 A2(16) 620.55 B1(16) 657.19 B2(16) 510.89 A1(17) 572.78 A2(17) 717.72 B2(17) 623.74 A1(18) 610.09 B2(18) 708.57 表 A2 计算的沿着a方向各个原子的玻恩有效电荷和从高对称的顺电相I4/mmm到低对称的铁电相A21am的相对原子位移
Table A2. The calculated Born effective charges and relative atomic displacements along a direction from the high symmetry I4/mmm to distorted A21am positions.
Atom $Z^*$ Atom $Z^*$ ∆x Sr1 2.50(6) Sr1 2.51(3) –0.04(8) Sr2 2.33(1) Sr2 2.34(6) 0.37(2) Sn 4.22(0) Sn/Ge 4.25(2)/4.37(7) 0.15(0) O1 –1.75(2) O1 –1.73(6) 0.14(0 O2 –1.93(2) O2 –1.93(2) 0.03(5) O3 –2.49(8) O3 –2.53(4) 0.42(2) O4 –2.49(8) O4 –2.53(7) –0.11(7) -
[1] Scott J F 2007 Science 315 954Google Scholar
[2] Haertling G H 1999 J. Am. Ceram. Soc. 82 797Google Scholar
[3] Benedek N A, Fennie C J 2011 Phys. Rev. Lett. 106 107204Google Scholar
[4] 刘小强, 吴淑雅, 朱晓莉, 陈湘明 2018 物理学报 67 50Google Scholar
Liu X Q, Wu S Y, Zhu X L, Chen X M 2018 Acta Phys. Sin. 67 50Google Scholar
[5] Zhang H W, Yuan K J, Tang H, Zheng P F, Zhou W, Wang C, Liu W F 2023 J. Solid State Chem. 325 124180Google Scholar
[6] Wu X X, Wang S Y, Wong-Ng W, Gu Q, Jiang Y, Wang C, Ma S, Liu W F 2021 J. Adv. Ceram. 10 120Google Scholar
[7] Wang Y Z, Huang F T, Luo X, Gao B, Cheong S W 2017 Adv. Mater. 29 1601288Google Scholar
[8] Xu X H, Wang Y Z, Huang F T, Du K, Nowadnick E A, Cheong S W 2020 Adv. Funct. Mater. 30 2003623Google Scholar
[9] Gu Q, Liu W F, Wong-Ng W, Wu X X, Wang C, Zhou W, Wang S Y 2021 J. Electroceram. 47 42Google Scholar
[10] Lu J J, Liu X Q, Ma X, Fu M S, Yuan A, Wu Y J, Chen X M 2019 J. Appl. Phys. 125 044101Google Scholar
[11] Chen B H, Sun T L, Liu X Q, Zhu X L, Tian H, Chen X M 2020 Appl. Phys. Lett. 116 042903Google Scholar
[12] Chen Q S, Zhang B H, Chen B H, Liu X Q, Chen X M 2022 J. Appl. Phys. 131 184102Google Scholar
[13] Wu H D, Gao Z Y, Cai W, Gao R, Chen D, Chen G, Deng X, Wang Z, Lei X, Wang X Y, Fu C 2022 Mater. Today Chem. 26 101226Google Scholar
[14] Fukasawa I, Maruyama Y, Yoshida S, Fujita K, Takahashi H, Ohgaki M, Nagao M, Watauchi S, Gopalan V, Tanaka K, Tanaka I 2023 J. Cryst. Growth 615 127241Google Scholar
[15] Xiao Z F, Xiao T Q, Wang S Y, Huang S, Wei B D, Liu W F 2024 J. Am. Ceram. Soc. 107 334Google Scholar
[16] Kresse G, Furthmüller J 1996 Phys. Rev. B 54 11169Google Scholar
[17] Kresse G, Joubert D 1999 Phys. Rev. B 59 1758Google Scholar
[18] Perdew J P, Ruzsinszky A, Csonka G I, Vydrov O A, Scuseria G E, Constantin L A, Zhou X, Burke K 2008 Phys. Rev. Lett. 100 136406Google Scholar
[19] Becke A D, Johnson E R 2006 J. Chem. Phys. 124 221101Google Scholar
[20] Baroni S, de Gironcoli S, Dal Corso A, Giannozzi P 2001 Rev. Mod. Phys. 73 515Google Scholar
[21] Togo A, Tanaka I 2015 Scr. Mater. 108 1Google Scholar
[22] Resta R 1994 Rev. Mod. Phys. 66 899Google Scholar
[23] Meyer B, Vanderbilt D 2002 Phys. Rev. B 65 104111Google Scholar
[24] Kroumova E, Aroyo M I, Perez-Mato J M, Kirov A, Capillas C, Ivantchev S, Wondratschek H 2003 Phase Transitions 76 155Google Scholar
[25] Skelton J M, Burton L A, Jackson A J, Oba F, Parker S C, Walsh A 2017 Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 19 12452Google Scholar
[26] Momma K, Izumi F 2011 J. Appl. Crystallogr. 44 1272Google Scholar
[27] Wiles D B, Young R A 1981 J. Appl. Crystallogr. 14 149Google Scholar
[28] Lufaso M W, Woodward P M 2004 Acta Crystallogr. , Sect. B 60 10Google Scholar
[29] Liu X Q, Chen B H, Lu J J, Hu Z Z, Chen X M 2018 Appl. Phys. Lett. 113 242904Google Scholar
[30] Fawcett I D, Kim E, Greenblatt M, Croft M, Bendersky L A 2000 Phys. Rev. B 62 6485Google Scholar
[31] Huang L F, Lu X Z, Rondinelli J M 2016 Phys. Rev. Lett. 117 115901Google Scholar
[32] Mulder A T, Benedek N A, Rondinelli J M, Fennie C J 2013 Adv. Funct. Mater. 23 4810Google Scholar
[33] 黄昆 2012 固体物理学 (北京: 高等教育出版社) 第78页
Huang K 2012 Solid State Physics (Beijing: Higher Education Press) p78
[34] Smith K A, Ramkumar S P, Harms N C, Clune A J, Xu X, Cheong S W, Liu Z, Nowadnick E A, Musfeldt J L 2021 Phys. Rev. B 104 064106Google Scholar
[35] Yuan K J, Zhang H W, Gu Q, Xiao T Q, Li Z Y, Wong-Ng W K, Zhou W, Wang C, Wang S Y, Liu W F 2023 J. Am. Ceram. Soc. 106 2455Google Scholar
[36] Sun X F, Yang X M, Xu C, Gan X C, Zhang W J, Gao Z R, Cai H L, Wu X S 2019 Chem. Phys. Lett. 728 74Google Scholar
[37] Singh M K, Karan N K, Katiyar R S, Scott J F, Jang H M 2008 J. Phys. : Condens. Matter 20 055210Google Scholar
[38] Spaldin N A 2012 J. Solid State Chem. 195 2Google Scholar
[39] Neaton J B, Ederer C, Waghmare U V, Spaldin N A, Rabe K M 2005 Phys. Rev. B 71 014113Google Scholar
[40] Filip L D, Plugaru N, Pintilie L 2019 Modell. Simul. Mater. Sci. Eng. 27 045008Google Scholar
[41] Kamimura S, Obukuro Y, Matsushima S, Nakamura H, Arai M, Xu C N 2015 J. Solid State Chem. 232 163Google Scholar
[42] Tauc J, Grigorovici R, Vancu A 1966 Phys. Status. 15 627Google Scholar
[43] Kamimura S, Yamada H, Xu C N 2012 Appl. Phys. Lett. 101 091113Google Scholar
[44] Kumaradhas P, Gopalan R S, Kulkarni G U 1999 Proc. Indian Acad. Sci. (Chem. Sci.) 111 569Google Scholar
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