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Electric-field control of tri-state phase transformation with a selective dual-ion switch

Overview of attention for article published in Nature, May 2017
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Title
Electric-field control of tri-state phase transformation with a selective dual-ion switch
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Nature, May 2017
DOI 10.1038/nature22389
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Authors

Nianpeng Lu, Pengfei Zhang, Qinghua Zhang, Ruimin Qiao, Qing He, Hao-Bo Li, Yujia Wang, Jingwen Guo, Ding Zhang, Zheng Duan, Zhuolu Li, Meng Wang, Shuzhen Yang, Mingzhe Yan, Elke Arenholz, Shuyun Zhou, Wanli Yang, Lin Gu, Ce-Wen Nan, Jian Wu, Yoshinori Tokura, Pu Yu

Abstract

Materials can be transformed from one crystalline phase to another by using an electric field to control ion transfer, in a process that can be harnessed in applications such as batteries, smart windows and fuel cells. Increasing the number of transferrable ion species and of accessible crystalline phases could in principle greatly enrich material functionality. However, studies have so far focused mainly on the evolution and control of single ionic species (for example, oxygen, hydrogen or lithium ions). Here we describe the reversible and non-volatile electric-field control of dual-ion (oxygen and hydrogen) phase transformations, with associated electrochromic and magnetoelectric effects. We show that controlling the insertion and extraction of oxygen and hydrogen ions independently of each other can direct reversible phase transformations among three different material phases: the perovskite SrCoO3-δ (ref. 12), the brownmillerite SrCoO2.5 (ref. 13), and a hitherto-unexplored phase, HSrCoO2.5. By analysing the distinct optical absorption properties of these phases, we demonstrate selective manipulation of spectral transparency in the visible-light and infrared regions, revealing a dual-band electrochromic effect that could see application in smart windows. Moreover, the starkly different magnetic and electric properties of the three phases-HSrCoO2.5 is a weakly ferromagnetic insulator, SrCoO3-δ is a ferromagnetic metal, and SrCoO2.5 is an antiferromagnetic insulator-enable an unusual form of magnetoelectric coupling, allowing electric-field control of three different magnetic ground states. These findings open up opportunities for the electric-field control of multistate phase transformations with rich functionalities.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
United States 1 <1%
Unknown 447 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Ph. D. Student 113 25%
Researcher 64 14%
Student > Master 41 9%
Student > Bachelor 31 7%
Student > Doctoral Student 26 6%
Other 59 13%
Unknown 114 25%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Materials Science 134 30%
Physics and Astronomy 85 19%
Chemistry 35 8%
Engineering 27 6%
Medicine and Dentistry 5 1%
Other 26 6%
Unknown 136 30%
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