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  • Zhou, B W; Zhang, J; Ye, X B; Liu, G X; Xu, X; Wang, J; Liu, Z H; Zhou, L; Liao, Z Y; Yao, H B; Xu, S; Shi, J J; Shen, X; Yu, X H; Hu, Z W; Lin, H J; Chen, C T; Qiu, X G; Dong, C; Zhang, J X; Yu, R C; Yu, P; Jin, K J; Meng, Q B; Long, Y W

    Physical review letters, 2023-Apr-07, 20230407, Letnik: 130, Številka: 14
    Journal Article

    Because of the half-filled t_{2g}-electron configuration, the BO_{6} octahedral distortion in a 3d^{3} perovskite system is usually very limited. In this Letter, a perovskitelike oxide Hg_{0.75}Pb_{0.25}MnO_{3} (HPMO) with a 3d^{3} Mn^{4+} state was synthesized by using high pressure and high temperature methods. This compound exhibits an unusually large octahedral distortion enhanced by approximately 2 orders of magnitude compared with that observed in other 3d^{3} perovskite systems like RCr^{3+}O_{3} (R=rare earth). Essentially different from centrosymmetric HgMnO_{3} and PbMnO_{3}, the A-site doped HPMO presents a polar crystal structure with the space group Ama2 and a substantial spontaneous electric polarization (26.5  μC/cm^{2} in theory) arising from the off-center displacements of A- and B-site ions. More interestingly, a prominent net photocurrent and switchable photovoltaic effect with a sustainable photoresponse were observed in the current polycrystalline HPMO. This Letter provides an exceptional d^{3} material system which shows unusually large octahedral distortion and displacement-type ferroelectricity violating the "d^{0}-ness" rule.