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Bugallo D, Langenberg E, Ferreiro-Vila E, Smith EH, Stefani C, Batlle X, Catalan G, Domingo N, Schlom DG, Rivadulla F. Deconvolution of Phonon Scattering by Ferroelectric Domain Walls and Point Defects in a PbTiO 3 Thin Film Deposited in a Composition-Spread Geometry. ACS Appl Mater Interfaces 2021; 13:45679-45685. [PMID: 34523338 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.1c08758] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
Abstract
We present a detailed analysis of the temperature dependence of the thermal conductivity of a ferroelectric PbTiO3 thin film deposited in a composition-spread geometry enabling a continuous range of compositions from ∼25% titanium deficient to ∼20% titanium rich to be studied. By fitting the experimental results to the Debye model we deconvolute and quantify the two main phonon-scattering sources in the system: ferroelectric domain walls (DWs) and point defects. Our results prove that ferroelectric DWs are the main agent limiting the thermal conductivity in this system, not only in the stoichiometric region of the thin film ([Pb]/[Ti] ≈ 1) but also when the concentration of the cation point defects is significant (up to ∼15%). Hence, DWs in ferroelectric materials are a source of phonon scattering at least as effective as point defects. Our results demonstrate the viability and effectiveness of using reconfigurable DWs to control the thermal conductivity in solid-state devices.
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Affiliation(s)
- David Bugallo
- Centro Singular de Investigación en Química Biolóxica e Materiais Moleculares (CiQUS), Departamento de Química-Física, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de Compostela 15782, Spain
| | - Eric Langenberg
- Centro Singular de Investigación en Química Biolóxica e Materiais Moleculares (CiQUS), Departamento de Química-Física, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de Compostela 15782, Spain
- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853, United States
- Department de Física de la Matèria Condensada and Institut de Nanociència i Nanotecnologia (IN2UB), Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona 08028, Spain
| | - Elias Ferreiro-Vila
- Centro Singular de Investigación en Química Biolóxica e Materiais Moleculares (CiQUS), Departamento de Química-Física, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de Compostela 15782, Spain
| | - Eva H Smith
- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853, United States
| | - Christina Stefani
- Catalan Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (ICN2), CSIC, Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology, Campus Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Bellaterra, Barcelona 08193 Spain
| | - Xavier Batlle
- Department de Física de la Matèria Condensada and Institut de Nanociència i Nanotecnologia (IN2UB), Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona 08028, Spain
| | - Gustau Catalan
- Catalan Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (ICN2), CSIC, Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology, Campus Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Bellaterra, Barcelona 08193 Spain
| | - Neus Domingo
- Catalan Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (ICN2), CSIC, Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology, Campus Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Bellaterra, Barcelona 08193 Spain
| | - Darrell G Schlom
- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853, United States
- Kavli Institute at Cornell for Nanoscale Science, Ithaca, New York 14853, United States
- Leibniz-Institut für Kristallzüchtung, Max-Born-Strasse 2, 12489 Berlin, Germany
| | - Francisco Rivadulla
- Centro Singular de Investigación en Química Biolóxica e Materiais Moleculares (CiQUS), Departamento de Química-Física, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de Compostela 15782, Spain
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