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Main Authors: A, Jalaja M, Parate, Shubham Kumar, De, Binoy Krishna, K, Sai Dutt, Nukala, Pavan
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Published: 2024
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2403.18475
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author A, Jalaja M
Parate, Shubham Kumar
De, Binoy Krishna
K, Sai Dutt
Nukala, Pavan
author_facet A, Jalaja M
Parate, Shubham Kumar
De, Binoy Krishna
K, Sai Dutt
Nukala, Pavan
contents On-chip refrigeration at cryogenic temperatures is becoming an important requirement in the context of quantum technologies and nanoelectronics. Ferroic materials with enhanced electrocaloric effects at phase transitions are good material candidates for the same. By exploiting the Mott metal-insulator transition (MIT) of TiOx(Ny), the bottom electrode, we engineer a depolarization field controlled reversible polar to non-polar phase transition in thick La-doped hafnia (40 nm). This transition occurs between ~125 and 140 K and produces giant negative pyroelectric and electrocaloric effects. Refrigeration metrics were estimated between 120 to 200 K, with a peak refrigerant capacity of 25 kJ Kg-1 (2 kJ Kg-1), peak isothermal entropy ΔS~ 8 kJ Kg-1 K-1 (0.5 kJ Kg-1 K-1) and adiabatic ΔTcooling ~ 106 K (11 K) at ~140 K and 5 MV cm-1 (0.5 MV cm-1, and these are the largest reported in any electrocaloric system. Our work fundamentally proposes design guidelines to induce significant solid-state refrigeration through proximity effects, even at cryogenic temperatures relevant to quantum technologies.
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spellingShingle Record cryogenic cooling in ferroelectric hafnia proximity induced via Mott transition
A, Jalaja M
Parate, Shubham Kumar
De, Binoy Krishna
K, Sai Dutt
Nukala, Pavan
Materials Science
On-chip refrigeration at cryogenic temperatures is becoming an important requirement in the context of quantum technologies and nanoelectronics. Ferroic materials with enhanced electrocaloric effects at phase transitions are good material candidates for the same. By exploiting the Mott metal-insulator transition (MIT) of TiOx(Ny), the bottom electrode, we engineer a depolarization field controlled reversible polar to non-polar phase transition in thick La-doped hafnia (40 nm). This transition occurs between ~125 and 140 K and produces giant negative pyroelectric and electrocaloric effects. Refrigeration metrics were estimated between 120 to 200 K, with a peak refrigerant capacity of 25 kJ Kg-1 (2 kJ Kg-1), peak isothermal entropy ΔS~ 8 kJ Kg-1 K-1 (0.5 kJ Kg-1 K-1) and adiabatic ΔTcooling ~ 106 K (11 K) at ~140 K and 5 MV cm-1 (0.5 MV cm-1, and these are the largest reported in any electrocaloric system. Our work fundamentally proposes design guidelines to induce significant solid-state refrigeration through proximity effects, even at cryogenic temperatures relevant to quantum technologies.
title Record cryogenic cooling in ferroelectric hafnia proximity induced via Mott transition
topic Materials Science
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2403.18475