Retention of high-pressure solution-processable metastable phase to ambience via differential sublattice rigidity for broadband photodetectors

Abstract Materials science exploits only properties that are available at ambience. Therefore, although high-pressure changes the physical state of all condensed matter, most of the extraordinary properties discovered vanish after decompression and cannot be utilized. Here, we demonstrate sublattice...

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Main Authors: Zhongyang Li, Jue Gong, Zhikai Zhu, Donghao Liu, Qingyang Hu, Yiming Wang, Xuqiang Liu, Shuo Zhou, Hui Luo, Dong Wang, Xingyi Liu, Zengxi Yang, Min Tang, Qingyu Kong, N-Diaye Adama, Kai Zhang, Shuai Yan, Lili Zhang, Xiaohui Zeng, Zhenhai Yu, Wei Xia, Jian Yuan, Mingtao Li, Nana Li, Hongliang Dong, Ziyou Zhang, Haiyun Shu, Yang Ding, Dongbo Wang, Yanfeng Guo, Tao Xu, Lingping Kong, Wenge Yang, Ho-kwang Mao, Gang Liu
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Published: Nature Portfolio 2025-03-01
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-025-57523-0
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author Zhongyang Li
Jue Gong
Zhikai Zhu
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Shuo Zhou
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Dong Wang
Xingyi Liu
Zengxi Yang
Min Tang
Qingyu Kong
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Kai Zhang
Shuai Yan
Lili Zhang
Xiaohui Zeng
Zhenhai Yu
Wei Xia
Jian Yuan
Mingtao Li
Nana Li
Hongliang Dong
Ziyou Zhang
Haiyun Shu
Yang Ding
Dongbo Wang
Yanfeng Guo
Tao Xu
Lingping Kong
Wenge Yang
Ho-kwang Mao
Gang Liu
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Zengxi Yang
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Qingyu Kong
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Zhenhai Yu
Wei Xia
Jian Yuan
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Hongliang Dong
Ziyou Zhang
Haiyun Shu
Yang Ding
Dongbo Wang
Yanfeng Guo
Tao Xu
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description Abstract Materials science exploits only properties that are available at ambience. Therefore, although high-pressure changes the physical state of all condensed matter, most of the extraordinary properties discovered vanish after decompression and cannot be utilized. Here, we demonstrate sublattice decoupling in a mixed-anion chalcohalide Rb6Re6S8I8 upon compression, in which the [Rb6I2]4+ framework is soft and plastic, while the [Re6S8I6]4- clusters are hard and elastic. This discrepancy in the rigidity allows the applied pressure to selectively amorphize the framework while maintaining the ordered state in the cluster, leading to intriguing photocurrent generation and enhancement upon compression. These high-pressure properties are retained at ambience, permitting scalable synthesis of the decompressed samples using a large-volume press, followed by further fabrication into self-powered broadband photodetectors with a response time of ~ 102 μs and a specific detectivity of ~ 1011 Jones. This study subverts the stereotype that pressure engineering is hardly to be employed for device applications.
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spelling doaj-art-bf38ccd1fd7c4542a578ef12dd1350072025-08-20T01:57:51ZengNature PortfolioNature Communications2041-17232025-03-0116111210.1038/s41467-025-57523-0Retention of high-pressure solution-processable metastable phase to ambience via differential sublattice rigidity for broadband photodetectorsZhongyang Li0Jue Gong1Zhikai Zhu2Donghao Liu3Qingyang Hu4Yiming Wang5Xuqiang Liu6Shuo Zhou7Hui Luo8Dong Wang9Xingyi Liu10Zengxi Yang11Min Tang12Qingyu Kong13N-Diaye Adama14Kai Zhang15Shuai Yan16Lili Zhang17Xiaohui Zeng18Zhenhai Yu19Wei Xia20Jian Yuan21Mingtao Li22Nana Li23Hongliang Dong24Ziyou Zhang25Haiyun Shu26Yang Ding27Dongbo Wang28Yanfeng Guo29Tao Xu30Lingping Kong31Wenge Yang32Ho-kwang Mao33Gang Liu34Center for High Pressure Science and Technology Advanced Research (HPSTAR)Sichuan University-Pittsburgh Institute, Sichuan UniversityCenter for High Pressure Science and Technology Advanced Research (HPSTAR)School of Materials Science and Engineering, Harbin Institute of TechnologyCenter for High Pressure Science and Technology Advanced Research (HPSTAR)Center for High Pressure Science and Technology Advanced Research (HPSTAR)Center for High Pressure Science and Technology Advanced Research (HPSTAR)Center for High Pressure Science and Technology Advanced Research (HPSTAR)Center for High Pressure Science and Technology Advanced Research (HPSTAR)Center for High Pressure Science and Technology Advanced Research (HPSTAR)Sichuan University-Pittsburgh Institute, Sichuan UniversitySichuan University-Pittsburgh Institute, Sichuan UniversitySichuan University-Pittsburgh Institute, Sichuan UniversitySynchrotron SOLEIL, L’Orme des Merisiers Saint-AubinSynchrotron SOLEIL, L’Orme des Merisiers Saint-AubinCenter for High Pressure Science and Technology Advanced Research (HPSTAR)Shanghai Institute of Applied Physics, Chinese Academy of SciencesShanghai Institute of Applied Physics, Chinese Academy of SciencesSchool of Physical Science and Technology (SPST), ShanghaiTech UniversitySchool of Physical Science and Technology (SPST), ShanghaiTech UniversitySchool of Physical Science and Technology (SPST), ShanghaiTech UniversitySchool of Physical Science and Technology (SPST), ShanghaiTech UniversityCenter for High Pressure Science and Technology Advanced Research (HPSTAR)Center for High Pressure Science and Technology Advanced Research (HPSTAR)Center for High Pressure Science and Technology Advanced Research (HPSTAR)Center for High Pressure Science and Technology Advanced Research (HPSTAR)Center for High Pressure Science and Technology Advanced Research (HPSTAR)Center for High Pressure Science and Technology Advanced Research (HPSTAR)School of Materials Science and Engineering, Harbin Institute of TechnologySchool of Physical Science and Technology (SPST), ShanghaiTech UniversityDepartment of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Northern Illinois UniversityCenter for High Pressure Science and Technology Advanced Research (HPSTAR)Center for High Pressure Science and Technology Advanced Research (HPSTAR)Center for High Pressure Science and Technology Advanced Research (HPSTAR)Center for High Pressure Science and Technology Advanced Research (HPSTAR)Abstract Materials science exploits only properties that are available at ambience. Therefore, although high-pressure changes the physical state of all condensed matter, most of the extraordinary properties discovered vanish after decompression and cannot be utilized. Here, we demonstrate sublattice decoupling in a mixed-anion chalcohalide Rb6Re6S8I8 upon compression, in which the [Rb6I2]4+ framework is soft and plastic, while the [Re6S8I6]4- clusters are hard and elastic. This discrepancy in the rigidity allows the applied pressure to selectively amorphize the framework while maintaining the ordered state in the cluster, leading to intriguing photocurrent generation and enhancement upon compression. These high-pressure properties are retained at ambience, permitting scalable synthesis of the decompressed samples using a large-volume press, followed by further fabrication into self-powered broadband photodetectors with a response time of ~ 102 μs and a specific detectivity of ~ 1011 Jones. This study subverts the stereotype that pressure engineering is hardly to be employed for device applications.https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-025-57523-0
spellingShingle Zhongyang Li
Jue Gong
Zhikai Zhu
Donghao Liu
Qingyang Hu
Yiming Wang
Xuqiang Liu
Shuo Zhou
Hui Luo
Dong Wang
Xingyi Liu
Zengxi Yang
Min Tang
Qingyu Kong
N-Diaye Adama
Kai Zhang
Shuai Yan
Lili Zhang
Xiaohui Zeng
Zhenhai Yu
Wei Xia
Jian Yuan
Mingtao Li
Nana Li
Hongliang Dong
Ziyou Zhang
Haiyun Shu
Yang Ding
Dongbo Wang
Yanfeng Guo
Tao Xu
Lingping Kong
Wenge Yang
Ho-kwang Mao
Gang Liu
Retention of high-pressure solution-processable metastable phase to ambience via differential sublattice rigidity for broadband photodetectors
Nature Communications
title Retention of high-pressure solution-processable metastable phase to ambience via differential sublattice rigidity for broadband photodetectors
title_full Retention of high-pressure solution-processable metastable phase to ambience via differential sublattice rigidity for broadband photodetectors
title_fullStr Retention of high-pressure solution-processable metastable phase to ambience via differential sublattice rigidity for broadband photodetectors
title_full_unstemmed Retention of high-pressure solution-processable metastable phase to ambience via differential sublattice rigidity for broadband photodetectors
title_short Retention of high-pressure solution-processable metastable phase to ambience via differential sublattice rigidity for broadband photodetectors
title_sort retention of high pressure solution processable metastable phase to ambience via differential sublattice rigidity for broadband photodetectors
url https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-025-57523-0
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