Continuously Controllable Photoconductance in Freestanding BiFeO by the Macroscopic Flexoelectric Effect

Overview

Journal Nat Commun

Specialty Biology

Date 2020 May 24

PMID 32444607

Citations 13

Authors

Rui Guo

Lu You

Weinan Lin

Amr Abdelsamie

Xinyu Shu

Guowei Zhou

Shaohai Chen

Liang Liu

Xiaobing Yan

Junling Wang

Jingsheng Chen

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Abstract

Flexoelectricity induced by the strain gradient is attracting much attention due to its potential applications in electronic devices. Here, by combining a tunable flexoelectric effect and the ferroelectric photovoltaic effect, we demonstrate the continuous tunability of photoconductance in BiFeO films. The BiFeO film epitaxially grown on SrTiO is transferred to a flexible substrate by dissolving a sacrificing layer. The tunable flexoelectricity is achieved by bending the flexible substrate which induces a nonuniform lattice distortion in BiFeO and thus influences the inversion asymmetry of the film. Multilevel conductance is thus realized through the coupling between flexoelectric and ferroelectric photovoltaic effect in freestanding BiFeO. The strain gradient induced multilevel photoconductance shows very good reproducibility by bending the flexible BiFeO device. This control strategy offers an alternative degree of freedom to tailor the physical properties of flexible devices and thus provides a compelling toolbox for flexible materials in a wide range of applications.

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