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Zhang X, Cheng M, Dai J, Yang Q, Zhang Y, Dong B, Tao X, Zou J, Jin Z, Liu F, Wu Z, Hu X, Zheng Z, Shi Z, Jiang S, Zhang L, Yang T, Zhang X, Zhou L. Scalable Synthesis of High-Quality Ultrathin Ferroelectric Magnesium Molybdenum Oxide. ADVANCED MATERIALS (DEERFIELD BEACH, FLA.) 2024; 36:e2308550. [PMID: 38478729 DOI: 10.1002/adma.202308550] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/22/2023] [Revised: 02/15/2024] [Indexed: 03/20/2024]
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The development of ultrathin, stable ferroelectric materials is crucial for advancing high-density, low-power electronic devices. Nonetheless, ultrathin ferroelectric materials are rare due to the critical size effect. Here, a novel ferroelectric material, magnesium molybdenum oxide (Mg2Mo3O8) is presented. High-quality ultrathin Mg2Mo3O8 crystals are synthesized using chemical vapor deposition (CVD). Ultrathin Mg2Mo3O8 has a wide bandgap (≈4.4 eV) and nonlinear optical response. Mg2Mo3O8 crystals of varying thicknesses exhibit out-of-plane ferroelectric properties at room temperature, with ferroelectricity retained even at a 2 nm thickness. The Mg2Mo3O8 exhibits a relatively large remanent polarization ranging from 33 to 52 µC cm- 2, which is tunable by changing its thickness. Notably, Mg2Mo3O8 possesses a high Curie temperature (>980 °C) across various thicknesses. Moreover, the as-grown Mg2Mo3O8 crystals display remarkable stability under harsh environments. This work introduces nolanites-type crystal into ultrathin ferroelectrics. The scalable synthesis of stable ultrathin ferroelectric Mg2Mo3O8 expands the scope of ferroelectric materials and may prosper applications of ferroelectrics.
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- Xingxing Zhang
- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Frontiers Science Centre for Transformative Molecules, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 200240, China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Frontiers Science Centre for Transformative Molecules, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 200240, China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Frontiers Science Centre for Transformative Molecules, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 200240, China
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- Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Materials Genome Engineering, Institute for Advanced Materials and Technology, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing, 100083, China
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- Shenyang National Laboratory for Materials Science, Institute of Metal Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China and School of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Science and Technology of China, Shenyang, 110016, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Quantum Optics and Quantum Optics Devices, Institute of Opto-Electronics, Collaborative Innovation Center of Extreme Optics, Shanxi University, Taiyuan, 030006, China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Frontiers Science Centre for Transformative Molecules, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 200240, China
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- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA, 15213, USA
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Frontiers Science Centre for Transformative Molecules, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 200240, China
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- School of Physics and Astronomy, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 200240, China
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- School of Physics and Astronomy, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 200240, China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Frontiers Science Centre for Transformative Molecules, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 200240, China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Frontiers Science Centre for Transformative Molecules, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 200240, China
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- School of Physics and Astronomy, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 200240, China
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- School of Physics and Astronomy, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 200240, China
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- Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Materials Genome Engineering, Institute for Advanced Materials and Technology, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing, 100083, China
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- Shenyang National Laboratory for Materials Science, Institute of Metal Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China and School of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Science and Technology of China, Shenyang, 110016, China
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- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA, 15213, USA
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Frontiers Science Centre for Transformative Molecules, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 200240, China
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Zhang L, Xue L, Bai J, He K, Lu B. Reshaping carbon-coated Mn 2Mo 3O 8 nanotubes and enhanced sodium storage performance. Chem Commun (Camb) 2023; 59:14269-14272. [PMID: 37961869 DOI: 10.1039/d3cc03683a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2023]
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Mn2Mo3O8/C nanotubes are successfully reshaped from micron-sized MnMoO4 blocks using a simple microwave-combined calcination method with dopamine as both scissors and carbon source. The synthesized Mn2Mo3O8/C nanotube (MMOC-2) exhibits enhanced sodium storage performance as anodes for half-cell (217 mA h g-1 with ca. 99% coulombic efficiency after 500 cycles) and full-cell (capacity retention of 75% after 100 cycles), which is attributed to the uniquely reshaped nanostructures with abundant active sites, short ion diffusion path and fast charge transfer.
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- Lifeng Zhang
- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Green Preparation and Functionalization for Inorganic Materials, Shaanxi University of Science and Technology, Xi'an, 710021, China.
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Green Preparation and Functionalization for Inorganic Materials, Shaanxi University of Science and Technology, Xi'an, 710021, China.
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Green Preparation and Functionalization for Inorganic Materials, Shaanxi University of Science and Technology, Xi'an, 710021, China.
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Green Preparation and Functionalization for Inorganic Materials, Shaanxi University of Science and Technology, Xi'an, 710021, China.
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- School of Bioresources Chemical and Materials Engineering, Shaanxi University of Science and Technology, Xi'an 710021, Shaanxi, China.
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Ghara S, Barts E, Vasin K, Kamenskyi D, Prodan L, Tsurkan V, Kézsmárki I, Mostovoy M, Deisenhofer J. Magnetization reversal through an antiferromagnetic state. Nat Commun 2023; 14:5174. [PMID: 37620350 PMCID: PMC10449929 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-40722-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/12/2022] [Accepted: 08/07/2023] [Indexed: 08/26/2023] Open
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Magnetization reversal in ferro- and ferrimagnets is a well-known archetype of non-equilibrium processes, where the volume fractions of the oppositely magnetized domains vary and perfectly compensate each other at the coercive magnetic field. Here, we report on a fundamentally new pathway for magnetization reversal that is mediated by an antiferromagnetic state. Consequently, an atomic-scale compensation of the magnetization is realized at the coercive field, instead of the mesoscopic or macroscopic domain cancellation in canonical reversal processes. We demonstrate this unusual magnetization reversal on the Zn-doped polar magnet Fe2Mo3O8. Hidden behind the conventional ferrimagnetic hysteresis loop, the surprising emergence of the antiferromagnetic phase at the coercive fields is disclosed by a sharp peak in the field-dependence of the electric polarization. In addition, at the magnetization reversal our THz spectroscopy studies reveal the reappearance of the magnon mode that is only present in the pristine antiferromagnetic state. According to our microscopic calculations, this unusual process is governed by the dominant intralayer coupling, strong easy-axis anisotropy and spin fluctuations, which result in a complex interplay between the ferrimagnetic and antiferromagnetic phases. Such antiferro-state-mediated reversal processes offer novel concepts for magnetization control, and may also emerge for other ferroic orders.
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- Somnath Ghara
- Experimentalphysik V, Center for Electronic Correlations and Magnetism, Institute for Physics, University of Augsburg, D-86135, Augsburg, Germany.
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- Zernike Institute for Advanced Materials, University of Groningen, Nijenborgh 4, 9747 AG, Groningen, The Netherlands
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- Experimentalphysik V, Center for Electronic Correlations and Magnetism, Institute for Physics, University of Augsburg, D-86135, Augsburg, Germany
- Institute for Physics, Kazan (Volga region) Federal University, 420008, Kazan, Russia
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- Experimentalphysik V, Center for Electronic Correlations and Magnetism, Institute for Physics, University of Augsburg, D-86135, Augsburg, Germany
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- Experimentalphysik V, Center for Electronic Correlations and Magnetism, Institute for Physics, University of Augsburg, D-86135, Augsburg, Germany
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- Experimentalphysik V, Center for Electronic Correlations and Magnetism, Institute for Physics, University of Augsburg, D-86135, Augsburg, Germany
- Institute of Applied Physics, Moldova State University, MD-2028, Chişinău, Republic of Moldova
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- Experimentalphysik V, Center for Electronic Correlations and Magnetism, Institute for Physics, University of Augsburg, D-86135, Augsburg, Germany
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- Zernike Institute for Advanced Materials, University of Groningen, Nijenborgh 4, 9747 AG, Groningen, The Netherlands
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- Experimentalphysik V, Center for Electronic Correlations and Magnetism, Institute for Physics, University of Augsburg, D-86135, Augsburg, Germany
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Savina AA, Saiutina VV, Morozov AV, Boev AO, Aksyonov DA, Dejoie C, Batuk M, Bals S, Hadermann J, Abakumov AM. Chemistry, Local Molybdenum Clustering, and Electrochemistry in the Li 2+xMo 1-xO 3 Solid Solutions. Inorg Chem 2022; 61:5637-5652. [PMID: 35360905 DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.2c00420] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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A broad range of cationic nonstoichiometry has been demonstrated for the Li-rich layered rock-salt-type oxide Li2MoO3, which has generally been considered as a phase with a well-defined chemical composition. Li2+xMo1-xO3 (-0.037 ≤ x ≤ 0.124) solid solutions were synthesized via hydrogen reduction of Li2MoO4 in the temperature range of 650-1100 °C, with x decreasing with the increase of the reduction temperature. The solid solutions adopt a monoclinically distorted O3-type layered average structure and demonstrate a robust local ordering of the Li cations and Mo3 triangular clusters within the mixed Li/Mo cationic layers. The local structure was scrutinized in detail by electron diffraction and aberration-corrected scanning transmission electron microcopy (STEM), resulting in an ordering model comprising a uniform distribution of the Mo3 clusters compatible with local electroneutrality and chemical composition. The geometry of the triangular clusters with their oxygen environment (Mo3O13 groups) has been directly visualized using differential phase contrast STEM imaging. The established local structure was used as input for density functional theory (DFT)-based calculations; they support the proposed atomic arrangement and provide a plausible explanation for the staircase galvanostatic charge profiles upon electrochemical Li+ extraction from Li2+xMo1-xO3 in Li cells. According to DFT, all electrochemical capacity in Li2+xMo1-xO3 solely originates from the cationic Mo redox process, which proceeds via oxidation of the Mo3 triangular clusters into bent Mo3 chains where the electronic capacity of the clusters depends on the initial chemical composition and Mo oxidation state defining the width of the first charge low-voltage plateau. Further oxidation at the high-voltage plateau proceeds through decomposition of the Mo3 chains into Mo2 dimers and further into individual Mo6+ cations.
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- Aleksandra A Savina
- Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology, Bolshoy Boulevard 30, bld. 1, 121205 Moscow, Russia
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- Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology, Bolshoy Boulevard 30, bld. 1, 121205 Moscow, Russia
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- Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology, Bolshoy Boulevard 30, bld. 1, 121205 Moscow, Russia
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- Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology, Bolshoy Boulevard 30, bld. 1, 121205 Moscow, Russia
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- Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology, Bolshoy Boulevard 30, bld. 1, 121205 Moscow, Russia
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- European Synchrotron Radiation Facility, 71 avenue des Martyrs, 38000 Grenoble, France
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- EMAT, University of Antwerp, Groenenborgerlaan 171, B-2020 Antwerp, Belgium
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- EMAT, University of Antwerp, Groenenborgerlaan 171, B-2020 Antwerp, Belgium
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- EMAT, University of Antwerp, Groenenborgerlaan 171, B-2020 Antwerp, Belgium
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- Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology, Bolshoy Boulevard 30, bld. 1, 121205 Moscow, Russia
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Zhang K, Kuang Q, Wu J, Wen N, Fan Q, Dong Y, Zhao Y. Layered structural Zn2Mo3O8 as electrode material for aqueous zinc-ion batteries. Electrochim Acta 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2021.139629] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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Hänni N, Frontzek M, Hauser J, Cheptiakov D, Krämer K. Low Temperature Phases of Na2
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Revisited. Z Anorg Allg Chem 2017. [DOI: 10.1002/zaac.201700331] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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- Nora Hänni
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry; University of Bern; CH-3012 Bern Switzerland
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- Quantum Condensed Matter Division; Oak Ridge National Laboratory; TN 37831 Oak Ridge USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry; University of Bern; CH-3012 Bern Switzerland
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- Laboratory for Neutron Scattering and Imaging; Paul Scherrer Institute; CH-5232 Villigen PSI Switzerland
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry; University of Bern; CH-3012 Bern Switzerland
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Mourigal M, Fuhrman WT, Sheckelton JP, Wartelle A, Rodriguez-Rivera JA, Abernathy DL, McQueen TM, Broholm CL. Molecular quantum magnetism in LiZn2Mo3O8. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2014; 112:027202. [PMID: 24484043 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.112.027202] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/30/2013] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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Inelastic neutron scattering at low temperatures T≤30 K from a powder of LiZn2Mo3O8 demonstrates this triangular-lattice antiferromagnet hosts collective magnetic excitations from spin-1/2 Mo3O13 molecules. Apparently gapless (Δ<0.2 meV) and extending at least up to 2.5 meV, the low-energy magnetic scattering cross section is surprisingly broad in momentum space and involves one-third of the spins present above 100 K. The data are compatible with the presence of valence bonds involving nearest-neighbor and next-nearest-neighbor spins forming a disordered or dynamic state.
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- M Mourigal
- Institute for Quantum Matter and Department of Physics and Astronomy, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland 21218, USA
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- Institute for Quantum Matter and Department of Physics and Astronomy, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland 21218, USA
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- Institute for Quantum Matter and Department of Physics and Astronomy, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland 21218, USA and Department of Chemistry, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland 21218, USA
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- Institute for Quantum Matter and Department of Physics and Astronomy, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland 21218, USA and École Normale Supérieure de Lyon, Université de Lyon, 46 Allée d'Italie, 69364 Lyon Cedex 07, France
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- NIST Center for Neutron Research, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, Maryland 20899, USA and Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742, USA
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- Quantum Condensed Matter Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831-6475, USA
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- Institute for Quantum Matter and Department of Physics and Astronomy, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland 21218, USA and Department of Chemistry, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland 21218, USA
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- Institute for Quantum Matter and Department of Physics and Astronomy, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland 21218, USA and NIST Center for Neutron Research, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, Maryland 20899, USA and Quantum Condensed Matter Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831-6475, USA
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