Abstract
Recently, hexagonal rare earth ferrites (h-RFeO3) have attracted much scientific attention due to their room-temperature multiferroicity. The primary issue for h-RFeO3 is how to manipulate from nonpolar orthorhombic (Pbnm) structure to polar hexagonal (P63cm) structure, and this could be realized by the wet-chemical method, epitaxial stain engineering, or introducing chemical pressure. Another key issue for h-RFeO3 is the experimental determination of its macroferroelectricity and magnetoelectric (ME) coupling because the semiconducting nature seriously obstructs the experimental characterization. In the present work, owing to the suppressed leakage current density with decreasing temperature, saturated electrical hysteresis loops were observed in A-site substituted h-Lu0.5In0.5FeO3 ceramics at 198 K, directly demonstrating the presence of the macroferroelectricity. Room-temperature switchable ferroelectric polarization was further confirmed by the piezoresponse force microscopy. Furthermore, noticeable ME coupling with a linear ME voltage coefficient of 0.67 mV/cm Oe was observed at room temperature.
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