Issue 42, 2019, Issue in Progress

Ferroelectric properties and Raman spectroscopy of the [(C4H9)4N]3Bi2Cl9 compound

Abstract

The exploration of ferroelectric hybrid materials is highly appealing due to their great technological significance. They have the potential to conserve power and amazing applications in information technology. In line with this, we herein report the development of a [(C4H9)4N]3Bi2Cl9 tetra-alkyl hybrid compound that exhibits ferroelectric properties. The phase purity was confirmed by Rietveld refinement of the X-ray powder diffraction pattern. It crystallizes, at room temperature, in the monoclinic system with the P21/n space group. The outcome of temperature dependence of the dielectric constant proved that this compound is ferroelectric below approximately 238 K. The dielectric constants have been fitted using the modified Curie–Weiss law and the estimated γ values are close to 1. This confirms classical ferroelectric behavior. Raman spectroscopy is efficiently utilized to manifest the origin of the ferroelectricity, which is ascribed to the dynamic motion of cations as well as distortion of the anions. Moreover, the analysis of the wavenumbers and the half-width for δs(Cl–Bi–Cl) and ω(CH2) modes, based on the order–disorder model, allowed us to obtain the thermal coefficient and activation energy near the para-ferroelectric phase transition.

Graphical abstract: Ferroelectric properties and Raman spectroscopy of the [(C4H9)4N]3Bi2Cl9 compound

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Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
05 Apr 2019
Accepted
24 Jul 2019
First published
06 Aug 2019
This article is Open Access
Creative Commons BY-NC license

RSC Adv., 2019,9, 24291-24298

Ferroelectric properties and Raman spectroscopy of the [(C4H9)4N]3Bi2Cl9 compound

W. Trigui and F. Hlel, RSC Adv., 2019, 9, 24291 DOI: 10.1039/C9RA02577D

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