Local electromechanical response in doped ceria: Rigorous analysis of the phase and amplitude

Denis O. Alikin, Boris N. Slautin, Andrei D. Ushakov, Vladimir Ya Shur, Eran Mishuk, Igor Lubomirsky, Alexander Tselev, Andrei L. Kholkin

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Abstract

Characterization of the ionic transport and corresponding electro-elastic deformations in cerium oxide at the nanoscale are important for the understanding of the mechanism of the local response under an external electric field, especially the mechanisms of the 'non-Newnham''-Type giant electrostriction. Here, we introduce a methodological approach to the analysis of signals in the piezoresponse force microscopy/electrochemical strain microscopy allowing decoupling ionic motion, electrostriction, and electrostatic contributions to the electromechanical signals based on a precise analysis of the electromechanical amplitude and phase as a function of temperature, and AC and DC biases. The ionic motion was demonstrated to be hampered in a 30-300°C temperature range, the typical operational range of commercial SPM microscopes. The local electromechanical response was interpreted as a mixture of the electrostatic-force-meditated response and conventional electrostriction.

Original languageEnglish
Article number9215096
Pages (from-to)1478-1485
Number of pages8
JournalIEEE Transactions on Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation
Volume27
Issue number5
DOIs
StatePublished - Oct 2020
Externally publishedYes

Bibliographical note

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Funding

The equipment of the Ural Center for Shared Use ‘Modern Nanotechnology’ UrFU was used. The research was supported by the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation Agreement no. 02.A03.21.0006. In part, this work was developed within the scope of the project CICECO-Aveiro Institute of Materials, UIDB/50011/2020 & UIDP/50011/2020, financed by national funds through the FCT/MEC and when appropriate co-financed by FEDER under the PT2020 Partnership Agreement.

FundersFunder number
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ministerio de Educación, Cultura y Deporte
Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian FederationUIDP/50011/2020, UIDB/50011/2020
European Regional Development Fund

    Keywords

    • cerium oxide
    • electrochemical strain microscopy
    • electrostriction
    • oxygen vacancies
    • phase

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