Volume 136, Issue 14 e202319650
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Organic-Inorganic Hybrid Ferroelectric and Antiferroelectric with Afterglow Emission

Dr. Zhi-Xu Zhang

Dr. Zhi-Xu Zhang

Institute for Science and Applications of Molecular Ferroelectrics, Key Laboratory of the Ministry of Education for Advanced Catalysis Materials, Zhejiang Normal University, Jinhua, 321004 People's Republic of China

These authors contributed equally to this work.

Contribution: Conceptualization (equal), Data curation (equal), Formal analysis (equal), ​Investigation (lead), Methodology (equal), Software (supporting), Writing - original draft (lead)

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Dr. He Wang

Dr. He Wang

Key Laboratory of Flexible Electronics (KLOFE) & Institute of Advanced Materials (IAM), Nanjing Tech University (Nanjing Tech), 30 South Puzhu Road, Nanjing, 211800 People's Republic of China

These authors contributed equally to this work.

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Hao-Fei Ni

Hao-Fei Ni

Institute for Science and Applications of Molecular Ferroelectrics, Key Laboratory of the Ministry of Education for Advanced Catalysis Materials, Zhejiang Normal University, Jinhua, 321004 People's Republic of China

These authors contributed equally to this work.

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Na Wang

Na Wang

Chaotic Matter Science Research Center, Jiangxi University of Science and Technology, Ganzhou, 341000 People's Republic of China

Contribution: Data curation (supporting)

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Dr. Chang-Feng Wang

Dr. Chang-Feng Wang

Institute for Science and Applications of Molecular Ferroelectrics, Key Laboratory of the Ministry of Education for Advanced Catalysis Materials, Zhejiang Normal University, Jinhua, 321004 People's Republic of China

Contribution: Methodology (supporting)

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Pei-Zhi Huang

Pei-Zhi Huang

Institute for Science and Applications of Molecular Ferroelectrics, Key Laboratory of the Ministry of Education for Advanced Catalysis Materials, Zhejiang Normal University, Jinhua, 321004 People's Republic of China

Contribution: Formal analysis (supporting)

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Qiang-Qiang Jia

Qiang-Qiang Jia

Institute for Science and Applications of Molecular Ferroelectrics, Key Laboratory of the Ministry of Education for Advanced Catalysis Materials, Zhejiang Normal University, Jinhua, 321004 People's Republic of China

Contribution: ​Investigation (supporting)

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Gele Teri

Gele Teri

Institute for Science and Applications of Molecular Ferroelectrics, Key Laboratory of the Ministry of Education for Advanced Catalysis Materials, Zhejiang Normal University, Jinhua, 321004 People's Republic of China

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Prof. Da-Wei Fu

Prof. Da-Wei Fu

Institute for Science and Applications of Molecular Ferroelectrics, Key Laboratory of the Ministry of Education for Advanced Catalysis Materials, Zhejiang Normal University, Jinhua, 321004 People's Republic of China

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Prof. Yujian Zhang

Corresponding Author

Prof. Yujian Zhang

Institute for Science and Applications of Molecular Ferroelectrics, Key Laboratory of the Ministry of Education for Advanced Catalysis Materials, Zhejiang Normal University, Jinhua, 321004 People's Republic of China

Contribution: Methodology (equal), Supervision (equal), Validation (equal), Writing - review & editing (equal)

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Prof. Zhongfu An

Corresponding Author

Prof. Zhongfu An

Key Laboratory of Flexible Electronics (KLOFE) & Institute of Advanced Materials (IAM), Nanjing Tech University (Nanjing Tech), 30 South Puzhu Road, Nanjing, 211800 People's Republic of China

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Prof. Yi Zhang

Corresponding Author

Prof. Yi Zhang

Institute for Science and Applications of Molecular Ferroelectrics, Key Laboratory of the Ministry of Education for Advanced Catalysis Materials, Zhejiang Normal University, Jinhua, 321004 People's Republic of China

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First published: 26 January 2024
Citations: 3

Abstract

Luminescent ferroelectrics are holding exciting prospect for integrated photoelectronic devices due to potential light-polarization interactions at electron scale. Integrating ferroelectricity and long-lived afterglow emission in a single material would offer new possibilities for fundamental research and applications, however, related reports have been a blank to date. For the first time, we here achieved the combination of notable ferroelectricity and afterglow emission in an organic-inorganic hybrid material. Remarkably, the presented (4-methylpiperidium)CdCl3 also shows noticeable antiferroelectric behavior. The implementation of cationic customization and halogen engineering not only enables a dramatic enhancement of Curie temperature of 114.4 K but also brings a record longest emission lifetime up to 117.11 ms under ambient conditions, realizing a leapfrog improvement of at least two orders of magnitude compared to reported hybrid ferroelectrics so far. This finding would herald the emergence of novel application potential, such as multi-level density data storage or multifunctional sensors, towards the future integrated optoelectronic devices with multitasking capabilities.

Conflict of interests

The authors declare no conflict of interest.

Data Availability Statement

Research data are not shared.

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