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Main Authors: Liu, Zhijie, Ma, Xingyue, Chen, Lan, Yan, Xiaohong, Liu, Jun-Ming, Duan, Chun-Gang, Íñiguez-González, Jorge, Wu, Di, Yang, Yurong
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Published: 2025
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2503.13027
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author Liu, Zhijie
Ma, Xingyue
Chen, Lan
Yan, Xiaohong
Liu, Jun-Ming
Duan, Chun-Gang
Íñiguez-González, Jorge
Wu, Di
Yang, Yurong
author_facet Liu, Zhijie
Ma, Xingyue
Chen, Lan
Yan, Xiaohong
Liu, Jun-Ming
Duan, Chun-Gang
Íñiguez-González, Jorge
Wu, Di
Yang, Yurong
contents Electrostatic dielectric capacitors are foundational to advance the electronics and electric power devices due to their ultrafast charging/discharging capability and high-power density. However, the low energy density limits the potential for next generation devices in terms of miniaturization and integration. We propose a strategy that relies on inducing a field-driven phase transition that we denote paraelectric-metaparaelectric, which yields an ultrahigh energy density in III-nitrides. III-nitride compounds (Al, Sc, B)N with certain cation concentrations possess a nonpolar hexagonal ground phase which could transform into a polar wurtzite phase under a very large electric field, which is denoted as metaparaelectric with nearly null hysteresis P-E loop. This paraelectric-metaparaelectric transition leads to a polarization saturation at large electric field. The corresponding P-E loop displays a giant energy density of 308 J/cm$^3$ with high efficiency nearly 100%. The proposed paraelectric-metaparaelectric phase transition strategy in nitrides opens an avenue to design of next generation high performance dielectrics.
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spellingShingle Giant energy density nitride dielectrics enabled by a paraelectric-metaparaelectric phase transition
Liu, Zhijie
Ma, Xingyue
Chen, Lan
Yan, Xiaohong
Liu, Jun-Ming
Duan, Chun-Gang
Íñiguez-González, Jorge
Wu, Di
Yang, Yurong
Materials Science
Computational Physics
Electrostatic dielectric capacitors are foundational to advance the electronics and electric power devices due to their ultrafast charging/discharging capability and high-power density. However, the low energy density limits the potential for next generation devices in terms of miniaturization and integration. We propose a strategy that relies on inducing a field-driven phase transition that we denote paraelectric-metaparaelectric, which yields an ultrahigh energy density in III-nitrides. III-nitride compounds (Al, Sc, B)N with certain cation concentrations possess a nonpolar hexagonal ground phase which could transform into a polar wurtzite phase under a very large electric field, which is denoted as metaparaelectric with nearly null hysteresis P-E loop. This paraelectric-metaparaelectric transition leads to a polarization saturation at large electric field. The corresponding P-E loop displays a giant energy density of 308 J/cm$^3$ with high efficiency nearly 100%. The proposed paraelectric-metaparaelectric phase transition strategy in nitrides opens an avenue to design of next generation high performance dielectrics.
title Giant energy density nitride dielectrics enabled by a paraelectric-metaparaelectric phase transition
topic Materials Science
Computational Physics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2503.13027