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Tae Hyun Jung1, Yunseung Kuk2, June Hee Shin1
1Department of Physics, Sogang University, Seoul, 04107, Republic of Korea.
Abstract:
2D halide perovskite ferroelectrics have garnered significant attention due to their potential applications and intriguing fundamental properties. However, their temperature-dependent ferroelectric behaviors, particularly at the nanoscale, remain poorly understood. In this study, the nanoscale ferroelectric domain evolution with temperature and ferroelectric-to-paraelectric phase transition in (BA)2(MA)Pb2Br7 films are investigated using piezoresponse force microscopy (PFM). Angle-resolved lateral PFM (LPFM) reveals a complex in-plane ferroelectric domain structure. Temperature-dependent LPFM measurements clearly show that the Curie temperature (TC) is ≈353 K, as confirmed by other macroscopic measurements. Notably, it is observed that the ferroelectric-to-paraelectric phase transition initiates locally even below TC. As the temperature increases, large ferroelectric domains fragment into smaller ones and the regions with the novel LPFM phase signal emerge, indicating a local phase transition. Furthermore, temperature-dependent LPFM spectroscopy demonstrates a progressive weakening of the ferroelectricity. The analysis based on Landau-Ginzburg-Devonshire theory identifies a second-order phase transition, consistent with the gradual evolution of nanoscale ferroelectric domains observed in LPFM images. This spatially resolved observation of phase transition provides critical insights into the temperature-dependent ferroelectric properties of 2D halide perovskite ferroelectrics and establishes a foundational framework for their future device applications.
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