Strongly Enhanced Polarization in a Ferroelectric Crystal by Conduction-Proton Flow

Junichi Yanagisawa, Takuya Aoyama, Kotaro Fujii, Masatomo Yashima, Yoshiyuki Inaguma, Akihide Kuwabara, Kazuki Shitara, Benjamin Le Ouay, Shinya Hayami, Masaaki Ohba, Ryo Ohtani

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Abstract

Ion conductors comprising noncentrosymmetric frameworks have emerged as new functional materials. However, strongly correlated polarity functionality and ion transport have not been achieved. Herein, we report a ferroelectric proton conductor, K2MnN(CN)4·H2O (1·H2O), exhibiting the strong correlation between its polar skeleton and conductive ions that generate anomalous ferroelectricity via the proton-bias phenomenon. The application of an electric field of ±1 kV/cm (0.1 Hz) on 1·H2O at 298 K produced the ferroelectricity (polarization = 1.5 × 104 μC/cm2), which was enhanced by the ferroelectric-skeleton-trapped conductive protons. Furthermore, the strong polarity-proton transport coupling of 1·H2O induced a proton-rectification-like directional ion-conductive behavior that could be adjusted by the magnitude and direction of DC electric fields. Moreover, 1·H2O exhibited reversible polarity switching between the polar 1·H2O and its dehydrated form, 1, with a centrosymmetric structure comprising an order-disorder-type transition of the nitrido-bridged chains.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1476-1483
Number of pages8
JournalJournal of the American Chemical Society
Volume146
Issue number2
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Jan 17 2024

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Catalysis
  • General Chemistry
  • Biochemistry
  • Colloid and Surface Chemistry

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