TY - JOUR
T1 - Photoluminescent Ferroelectric LiNbO
3
Crystals Grown from MXenes
AU - Tu, Shao Bo
AU - Mizohata, Masayuki
AU - Sheng, Guan
AU - Liu, Lingmei
AU - Ming, Fangwang
AU - Xu, Chao-Nan
AU - Tu, Dong
AU - Zhang, Xixiang
AU - Alshareef, Husam N.
N1 - KAUST Repository Item: Exported on 2020-10-01
Acknowledgements: The research reported in this publication is supported by King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Office of Sponsored Research (OSR), Saudi Arabia, under award no. OSR-2016-CRG5-2977, JSPS KAKENHI (Grant nos. 19H00835, 18H01453, and 17H06374), and the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant no. 11804255). The authors would like to thank Prof. Dalaver Anjum and Mr. Jehad K. El-Demellawi for their constructive suggestions in the experimental sessions.
PY - 2020/3/16
Y1 - 2020/3/16
N2 - MXenes have recently been used to grow highly textured potassium niobate ferroelectric crystals. Herein, the versatility of MXenes is further demonstrated by growing ferroelectric and luminescent lithium niobate (LiNbO3) crystals from niobium carbide MXene (Nb2CTx). The formation of high-aspect-ratio LiNbO3 rhombic crystals is confirmed by extensive structural analysis. The ferroelectricity of MXene-derived LiNbO3 is verified, using standard ferroelectric and dielectric measurements. In addition, for the first time, Pr3+-doped LiNbO3 crystals are synthesized with simultaneous visible photoluminescence (PL) from Nb2CTx MXene. This work demonstrates that it is possible, by using the 2D character of MXenes, to fabricate high aspect ratio and well-oriented photoluminescent ferroelectric crystals for advanced optoelectronic applications.
AB - MXenes have recently been used to grow highly textured potassium niobate ferroelectric crystals. Herein, the versatility of MXenes is further demonstrated by growing ferroelectric and luminescent lithium niobate (LiNbO3) crystals from niobium carbide MXene (Nb2CTx). The formation of high-aspect-ratio LiNbO3 rhombic crystals is confirmed by extensive structural analysis. The ferroelectricity of MXene-derived LiNbO3 is verified, using standard ferroelectric and dielectric measurements. In addition, for the first time, Pr3+-doped LiNbO3 crystals are synthesized with simultaneous visible photoluminescence (PL) from Nb2CTx MXene. This work demonstrates that it is possible, by using the 2D character of MXenes, to fabricate high aspect ratio and well-oriented photoluminescent ferroelectric crystals for advanced optoelectronic applications.
UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10754/662196
UR - https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/adfm.201909843
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85081590545&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1002/adfm.201909843
DO - 10.1002/adfm.201909843
M3 - Article
SN - 1616-301X
SP - 1909843
JO - Advanced Functional Materials
JF - Advanced Functional Materials
ER -