Dependence of the Thermal Conductivity of BiFeO₃ Thin Films on Polarization and Structure

The role of the ferroelectric polarization state and crystal structure in determining the room-temperature thermal conductivity of epitaxial BiFeO₃ thin films is investigated. The ferroelectric domain configuration is varied by changing the oxygen partial pressure during growth, as well as by polari...

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Main Authors: Ning, Shuai, Huberman, Samuel C., Zhang, Chen, Zhang, Zhengjun, Chen, Gang, Ross, Caroline A.
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Materials Science and Engineering
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Physical Society 2018
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/114624
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author Ning, Shuai
Huberman, Samuel C.
Zhang, Chen
Zhang, Zhengjun
Chen, Gang
Ross, Caroline A.
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Huberman, Samuel C.
Zhang, Chen
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description The role of the ferroelectric polarization state and crystal structure in determining the room-temperature thermal conductivity of epitaxial BiFeO₃ thin films is investigated. The ferroelectric domain configuration is varied by changing the oxygen partial pressure during growth, as well as by polarizing the samples by the application of an in situ electric field during the thermal conductivity measurement. However, little or no dependence of thermal conductivity on the ferroelectric domain structure is observed. In contrast, the thermal conductivity significantly depends on the morphotropic phase structure, being about 2/3 as large in tetragonal-like compared to rhombohedral-like BiFeO₃ film. The substantial structural dependence of thermal conductivity found here may provide a route to reversible manipulation of thermal properties.
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spelling mit-1721.1/1146242024-07-15T17:17:51Z Dependence of the Thermal Conductivity of BiFeO₃ Thin Films on Polarization and Structure Ning, Shuai Huberman, Samuel C. Zhang, Chen Zhang, Zhengjun Chen, Gang Ross, Caroline A. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Materials Science and Engineering Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Mechanical Engineering The role of the ferroelectric polarization state and crystal structure in determining the room-temperature thermal conductivity of epitaxial BiFeO₃ thin films is investigated. The ferroelectric domain configuration is varied by changing the oxygen partial pressure during growth, as well as by polarizing the samples by the application of an in situ electric field during the thermal conductivity measurement. However, little or no dependence of thermal conductivity on the ferroelectric domain structure is observed. In contrast, the thermal conductivity significantly depends on the morphotropic phase structure, being about 2/3 as large in tetragonal-like compared to rhombohedral-like BiFeO₃ film. The substantial structural dependence of thermal conductivity found here may provide a route to reversible manipulation of thermal properties. Solid-State Solar-Thermal Energy Conversion Center (Award DE-SC0001299) Solid-State Solar-Thermal Energy Conversion Center (Award DE-FG02-09ER46577) 2018-04-09T15:58:17Z 2018-04-09T15:58:17Z 2017-11 2017-06 2017-11-30T18:00:14Z Article http://purl.org/eprint/type/JournalArticle 2331-7019 http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/114624 Dependence of the Thermal Conductivity of BiFeO₃ Thin Films on Polarization and Structure, Physical Review Applied 8, 5 (November 2017): 054049 © 2017 American Physical Society en http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevApplied.8.054049 Physical Review Applied Article is made available in accordance with the publisher's policy and may be subject to US copyright law. Please refer to the publisher's site for terms of use. American Physical Society application/pdf American Physical Society American Physical Society
spellingShingle Ning, Shuai
Huberman, Samuel C.
Zhang, Chen
Zhang, Zhengjun
Chen, Gang
Ross, Caroline A.
Dependence of the Thermal Conductivity of BiFeO₃ Thin Films on Polarization and Structure
title Dependence of the Thermal Conductivity of BiFeO₃ Thin Films on Polarization and Structure
title_full Dependence of the Thermal Conductivity of BiFeO₃ Thin Films on Polarization and Structure
title_fullStr Dependence of the Thermal Conductivity of BiFeO₃ Thin Films on Polarization and Structure
title_full_unstemmed Dependence of the Thermal Conductivity of BiFeO₃ Thin Films on Polarization and Structure
title_short Dependence of the Thermal Conductivity of BiFeO₃ Thin Films on Polarization and Structure
title_sort dependence of the thermal conductivity of bifeo₃ thin films on polarization and structure
url http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/114624
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