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Polar Nature of (CH3NH3)3Bi2I9 Perovskite-Like Hybrids. / Kamminga, Machteld E.; Stroppa, Alessandro; Picozzi, Silvia; Chislov, Mikhail; Zvereva, Irina A.; Baas, Jacob; Meetsma, Auke; Blake, Graeme R.; Palstra, Thomas T.M.
In: Inorganic Chemistry, Vol. 56, No. 1, 03.01.2017, p. 33-41.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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T1 - Polar Nature of (CH3NH3)3Bi2I9 Perovskite-Like Hybrids
AU - Kamminga, Machteld E.
AU - Stroppa, Alessandro
AU - Picozzi, Silvia
AU - Chislov, Mikhail
AU - Zvereva, Irina A.
AU - Baas, Jacob
AU - Meetsma, Auke
AU - Blake, Graeme R.
AU - Palstra, Thomas T.M.
N1 - Publisher Copyright: © 2016 American Chemical Society. Copyright: Copyright 2017 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2017/1/3
Y1 - 2017/1/3
N2 - High-quality single crystals of perovskite-like (CH3NH3)3Bi2I9 hybrids have been synthesized, using a layered-solution crystal-growth technique. The large dielectric constant is strongly affected by the polar ordering of its constituents. Progressive dipolar ordering of the methylammonium cation upon cooling below 300 K gradually converts the hexagonal structure (space group P63/mmc) into a monoclinic phase (C2/c) at 160 K. A well-pronounced, ferrielectric phase transition at 143 K is governed by in-plane ordering of the bismuth lone pair that breaks inversion symmetry and results in a polar phase (space group P21). The dielectric constant is markedly higher in the C2/c phase above this transition. Here, the bismuth lone pair is disordered in-plane, allowing the polarizability to be substantially enhanced. Density functional theory calculations estimate a large ferroelectric polarization of 7.94 μC/cm2 along the polar axis in the P21 phase. The calculated polarization has almost equal contributions of the methylammonium and Bi3+ lone pair, which are fairly decoupled.
AB - High-quality single crystals of perovskite-like (CH3NH3)3Bi2I9 hybrids have been synthesized, using a layered-solution crystal-growth technique. The large dielectric constant is strongly affected by the polar ordering of its constituents. Progressive dipolar ordering of the methylammonium cation upon cooling below 300 K gradually converts the hexagonal structure (space group P63/mmc) into a monoclinic phase (C2/c) at 160 K. A well-pronounced, ferrielectric phase transition at 143 K is governed by in-plane ordering of the bismuth lone pair that breaks inversion symmetry and results in a polar phase (space group P21). The dielectric constant is markedly higher in the C2/c phase above this transition. Here, the bismuth lone pair is disordered in-plane, allowing the polarizability to be substantially enhanced. Density functional theory calculations estimate a large ferroelectric polarization of 7.94 μC/cm2 along the polar axis in the P21 phase. The calculated polarization has almost equal contributions of the methylammonium and Bi3+ lone pair, which are fairly decoupled.
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U2 - 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.6b01699
DO - 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.6b01699
M3 - Article
C2 - 27626290
AN - SCOPUS:85008950506
VL - 56
SP - 33
EP - 41
JO - Inorganic Chemistry
JF - Inorganic Chemistry
SN - 0020-1669
IS - 1
ER -
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