Flexoelectricity and electronic properties of monolayer GaSe under shear strain gradient

Zhang, Juxiao; Li, Guannan; Zhang, Bingwen; Lin, Xichen

doi:10.1016/j.physleta.2022.128090

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“…These inhomogeneous strains are chosen because they are common in a distorted sheet, such as the FNG cell during operation. [38] While there are density functional perturbation methods for calculating flexoelectric coefficients, [39] we elected for a simpler strategy involving calculations on a supercell with a manual, periodic strain imposed (see details in section S2, Supporting Information, Theoretical calculations). [11,40] We refer to the periodic strain modes corresponding to the calculation of μ 3kk3 and μ 33kk as the shear and bending modes, respectively.…”

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Flexible Nanogenerators Based on Enhanced Flexoelectricity in Mn₃O₄ Membranes

Chowde Gowda,

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Kumbhakar

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Atomically thin, few‐layered membranes of oxides show unique physical and chemical properties compared to their bulk forms. Manganese oxide (Mn3O4) membranes are exfoliated from the naturally occurring mineral Hausmannite and used to make flexible, high‐performance nanogenerators (NGs). An enhanced power density in the membrane NG is observed with the best‐performing device showing a power density of 7.99 mW m−2 compared to 1.04 µW m−2 in bulk Mn3O4. A sensitivity of 108 mV kPa−1 for applied forces <10 N in the membrane NG is observed. The improved performance of these NGs is attributed to enhanced flexoelectric response in a few layers of Mn3O4. Using first‐principles calculations, the flexoelectric coefficients of monolayer and bilayer Mn3O4 are found to be 50–100 times larger than other 2D transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDCs). Using a model based on classical beam theory, an increasing activation of the bending mode with decreasing thickness of the oxide membranes is observed, which in turn leads to a large flexoelectric response. As a proof‐of‐concept, flexible NGs using exfoliated Mn3O4 membranes are made and used in self‐powered paper‐based devices. This research paves the way for the exploration of few‐layered membranes of other centrosymmetric oxides for application as energy harvesters.

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Flexible Nanogenerators Based on Enhanced Flexoelectricity in Mn₃O₄ Membranes

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“…44 Beside strain engineering, a strain gradient effect on the electronic properties of nanomaterials was also explored in very recent years. 45,46 As a matter of fact, a strain-gradient-induced electric field was recognized as novel electromechanical coupling named flexoelectricity. 47 The flexoelectricity of 2D materials, 48 e.g.…”

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Tunable Li-ion diffusion properties in MoSSe bilayer anodes by strain gradient

Zhong,

Li,

et al. 2024

Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys.

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“…The former is an inhomogeneous shear strain along an in-plane direction while the latter is an inplane uniaxial strain that varies along the out-of-plane direction. These inhomogeneous strains are chosen because they are common in a distorted sheet, such as the TENG cell during operation 29,44 .…”

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Flexible Nanogenerators based on Enhanced Flexoelectricity in Hausmannite Membranes

Gowda

Cavin

Kumbhakar

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Atomically thin, few-layered membranes of oxides show unique physical and chemical properties compared to their bulk forms. We have exfoliated manganese oxide (Mn3O4) membranes from naturally occurring Hausmannite and used them to make flexible, high-performance nanogenerators. We observe an enhanced power density in the membrane nanogenerators (NG) with the best-performing device showing a power density of 7.20 µW cm-2 compared to 1.04 µW cm-2 obtained from NG made up of bulk Mn3O4. We also observe a sensitivity of 108 mV/kPa for applied forces < 10 N in the membrane NGs. We attribute the improved performance to enhanced flexoelectric response in few-layers Mn3O4. Using first-principles calculations, we calculate the flexoelectric coefficients of monolayer and bilayer Mn3O4, and find them to be 50 – 100 times larger than two-dimensional transition metal dichalcogenides. We also show the presence of a destructive interference between the bending and shear modes in bulk Mn3O4 that almost cancel the overall flexoelectric coefficients. Dimensional reduction in the Mn3O4 suppresses the response to the shear modes and results in large flexoelectric coefficients. As a proof-of-concept, we made flexible triboelectric nanogenerators (TENG) using exfoliated Mn3O4 membranes and used them in self-powered devices such as paper based TENG. This research paves the way for exploration of few-layer membranes of other centrosymmetric oxides for application as energy harvesters.

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Flexoelectricity and electronic properties of monolayer GaSe under shear strain gradient

Cited by 5 publications

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Flexible Nanogenerators Based on Enhanced Flexoelectricity in Mn₃O₄ Membranes

Flexible Nanogenerators Based on Enhanced Flexoelectricity in Mn₃O₄ Membranes

Tunable Li-ion diffusion properties in MoSSe bilayer anodes by strain gradient

Flexible Nanogenerators based on Enhanced Flexoelectricity in Hausmannite Membranes

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Flexoelectricity and electronic properties of monolayer GaSe under shear strain gradient

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Flexible Nanogenerators Based on Enhanced Flexoelectricity in Mn3O4 Membranes

Flexible Nanogenerators Based on Enhanced Flexoelectricity in Mn3O4 Membranes

Tunable Li-ion diffusion properties in MoSSe bilayer anodes by strain gradient

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