Electronic Structure and Phase Transition in Ferroelectic Sn2P2S6 Crystal

نویسندگان

  • Konstantin Glukhov
  • Kristina Fedyo
  • Juras Banys
  • Yulian Vysochanskii
چکیده

An analysis of the P2S6 cluster electronic structure and its comparison with the crystal valence band in the paraelectric and ferroelectric phases has been done by first-principles calculations for Sn2P2S6 ferroelectrics. The origin of ferroelectricity has been outlined. It was established that the spontaneous polarization follows from the stereochemical activity of the electron lone pair of tin cations, which is determined by hybridization with P2S6 molecular orbitals. The chemical bonds covalence increase and rearrangement are related to the valence band changes at transition from the paraelectric phase to the ferroelectric phase.

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دوره 13  شماره 

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تاریخ انتشار 2012