Ferroelectricity in Niobium Oxide Dihalides NbOX2 (X = Cl, I): A Macroscopic- to Microscopic-Scale Study

Chaofei Liu, Xiuying Zhang, Xinyun Wang, Ziying Wang, Ibrahim Abdelwahab, Ivan Verzhbitskiy, Yan Shao, Goki Eda, Wanxin Sun, Lei Shen, Kian Ping Loh*

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2D materials with ferroelectric and piezoelectric properties are of interest for energy harvesting, memory storage and electromechanical systems. Here, we present a systematic study of the ferroelectric properties in NbOX2 (X = Cl, I) across different spatial scales. The in-plane ferroelectricity in NbOX2 was investigated using transport and piezoresponse force microscopy (PFM) measurements, where it was observed that NbOCl2 has a stronger ferroelectric order than NbOI2. A high local field, exerted by both PFM and scanning tunneling microscopy (STM) tips, was found to induce 1D collinear ferroelectric strips in NbOCl2. STM imaging reveals the unreconstructed atomic structures of NbOX2 surfaces, and scanning tunneling spectroscopy was used to probe the electronic states induced at defect (vacancy) sites.

源语言英语
页(从-至)7170-7179
页数10
期刊ACS Nano
17
8
DOI
出版状态已出版 - 25 4月 2023
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