Designing Inorganic Semiconductors with Cold‐Rolling Processability (Adv. Sci. 30/2022)

Wang, Xudong; Tan, Jiang-Li; Ouyang, Jian; Zhang, Hangming; Wang, Jiangjing; Wang, Yuecun; Deringer, Volker L.; Zhou, Jing; Zhang, Wei; Ma, Evan

doi:10.1002/advs.202270192

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“…Since 2018, a series of inorganic semiconductors, such as Ag 2 S [8] as well as Ag 2 (S, Se, Te) alloys [9][10][11][12] and 2D van der Waals (vdW) crystals of InSe [13,14] and others, [15][16][17] have been found to exhibit exceptional plastic deformability at room temperature, demonstrating that plasticity/ductility can be a crucial property of inorganic nonmetallic materials. High plasticity enables high-efficiency and low-cost manufacturing techniques (e.g., roller pressing, drawing, and forging) for various geometries with minimal fracture or waste.…”

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Room‐Temperature Wide‐Gap Inorganic Materials with Excellent Plasticity

Huang,

Chen,

Gao

et al. 2023

Adv Funct Materials

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In general, inorganic non‐metallic materials exhibit brittleness, and achieving plasticity in wide‐gap semiconductors or dielectrics poses an even greater challenge. Historically, silver halides have been suggested to be ductile; however, their deformability under different load modes has not been well demonstrated, and the underlying mechanisms are not fully understood. In this study, the authors demonstrate the excellent plasticity of AgCl and AgBr polycrystals at room temperature under tension, bending, compression, and roller pressing. In particular, the rolling reduction rate of AgCl/AgBr exceeds 97%, corresponding to the plastic extensibility from 3600% to 4200%. The metal‐like plasticity and multiple slip systems are attributed to the ionic features, specifically the Coulombic nature of the Ag‐Cl/Br interactions, and the appreciable polarization of the anions. Such less localized diffuse bonding can be readily switched upon atomic gliding, thus ensuring slip without cleavage. This study contributes to the advancement of the understanding and development of wide‐gap plastically deformable inorganic materials for applications in flexible, shape‐conformable high‐power electronics and dielectrics.

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