Magnetic-Field Controllable Displacement-Type Ferroelectricity Driven by Off-Center Fe2+ Ions in CaFe3Ti4O12 Perovskite

Dabiao Lu, Denis Sheptyakov, Yingying Cao, Haoting Zhao, Jie Zhang, Maocai Pi, Xubin Ye, Zhehong Liu, Xueqiang Zhang, Zhao Pan, Xingxing Jiang, Zhiwei Hu, Yi feng Yang, Pu Yu, Youwen Long*

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Abstract

Displacement-type ferroelectrics usually exclude magnetic d-electron contribution. Applying a magnetic field thus can little change the electric polarization. Herein, a magnetic ionic driven displacement-type perovskite ferroelectric CaFe3Ti4O12 is reported. In this compound, magnetic Fe2+ ions contribute to both ferroelectric and antiferromagnetic orders respectively at TC ≈107 and TN ≈ 3.1 K, resulting in coupled electric and magnetic domains. A moderate magnetic field can induce a metamagnetic transition toward ferromagnetic correlations. External magnetic fields can thus readily tune the magnetic and the joint ferroelectric domains, giving rise to exceptional magnetic-field controllable displacement-type polarization with a large magnetoelectric (ME) coupling coefficient. This study opens up a new avenue to find unprecedented ME effects in displacement-type ferroelectrics for numerous applications.

Original languageEnglish
Article number2411133
JournalAdvanced Functional Materials
Volume34
Issue number52
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 23 Dec 2024
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • A-site ordered perovskite
  • displacement-type ferroelectric
  • high-pressure synthesis
  • magnetoelectric coupling

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