Issue 46, 2021

Multifunctional rare earth molecular ferroelectrics with a piezoelectric response: ((nBu)4N)3[Ce(NO3)4(SCN)2]((CH3CH2CH2CH2)4N = tetrabutylammonium)

Abstract

Piezoelectric responsive molecular ferroelectrics have become a research hotspot due to their advantages of simple fabrication, environmental friendliness, light weight and good mechanical flexibility. Here we proposed a new kind of multipole rare earth molecular ferroelectric, ((nBu)4N)3[Ce(NO3)4(SCN)2]((CH3CH2CH2CH2)4N = tetrabutylammonium) (1). Compound 1 undergoes a high temperature ferroelectric phase transition at 408 K. It is worth noting that compound 1 has a narrow band gap of 2.61 eV, flexible switchable SHG effect, moderate spontaneous polarization Ps = 3.6 μC cm−2, and piezoelectric constant Image ID:d1ce01153g-t1.gif = 3 pC N−1. The results show that these findings provide ideas for exploring multifunctional rare earth molecular ferroelectrics with a piezoelectric effect.

Graphical abstract: Multifunctional rare earth molecular ferroelectrics with a piezoelectric response: ((nBu)4N)3[Ce(NO3)4(SCN)2]((CH3CH2CH2CH2)4N = tetrabutylammonium)

Supplementary files

Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
27 Aga 2021
Accepted
23 Sep 2021
First published
08 Okt 2021

CrystEngComm, 2021,23, 8104-8109

Multifunctional rare earth molecular ferroelectrics with a piezoelectric response: ((nBu)4N)3[Ce(NO3)4(SCN)2]((CH3CH2CH2CH2)4N = tetrabutylammonium)

T. Ying, Y. Tan, Y. Tang, X. Long, N. Song, Y. Li and Z. Sun, CrystEngComm, 2021, 23, 8104 DOI: 10.1039/D1CE01153G

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