Exploring optoelectronic properties and mechanisms of layered ferroelectric K4Nb6O17 nanocrystalline films and nanolaminas

Abstract Two-dimensional layered K4Nb6O17 (KN) was easily formed as a secondary phase caused by the volatilization of alkali metal ions, when preparing ferroelectric K x Na1−x NbO3 based ceramics and films. In this work, it was believed that KN film is with weak ferroelectricity and has a little eff...

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Autores principales: Qinglin Deng, Mengjiao Li, Junyong Wang, Peng Zhang, Kai Jiang, Jinzhong Zhang, Zhigao Hu, Junhao Chu
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Publicado: Nature Portfolio 2017
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Sumario:Abstract Two-dimensional layered K4Nb6O17 (KN) was easily formed as a secondary phase caused by the volatilization of alkali metal ions, when preparing ferroelectric K x Na1−x NbO3 based ceramics and films. In this work, it was believed that KN film is with weak ferroelectricity and has a little effect on the ferroelectric properties of K x Na1−x NbO3 based films. Moreover, temperature dependent (77–500 K) dielectric functions of KN film have been firstly extracted by fitting ellipsometric spectra with the Adachi dielectric function model and a four-phase layered model. The high-frequency dielectric constant linearly increases and optical band gap slightly decreases with increasing the temperature. We also research its photoelectrochemical properties and its application in high-efficient light-induced H2 evolution. In addition, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, Raman scattering, temperature dependent transmittance and infrared reflectance spectra, and first-principles calculation were conjointly performed to further reveal the intrinsic optoelectronic features and relevant mechanisms of KN.