Antiferroelectricity in a family of pyroxene-like oxides with rich polymorphism

Antiferroelectrics are technologically important for energy conversion and storage, but are relatively scarce. Here, first-principles calculations suggest that alkali vanadates are as yet undetected antiferroelectrics, offering routes to experimentally tune and optimize their behavior.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Hugo Aramberri, Jorge Íñiguez
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2020-08-01
Series:Communications Materials
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s43246-020-00051-9