简介:Weperformfirst-principlecalculationsforthestudyoftheorthorhombicRb2Cd2(SO4)3structure.Electronicenergybands,totalandpartialdensitiesofstatesarereportedandanalysed.Itisfoundthatoxygenatomic2pelectronsstronglyhybridizewithRb/orCd4dandS2pstates,resultingintwo-typeionicgroupswithweakcouplings.Itisshownthatmacroscopicdomainwallsoriginatefromsuchweak-couplingionicgroups,arisingatthecellboundaries.Theasymmetriccationbonds(Rb-OandCd-O)andthesubsequentrotationsoftheS04tetrahedracanleadtothedrivingforceoftheferroelectricbehaviour.Thepredictedpyroelectriccurrenteffectsareobservedexperimentallyintheferroelectricphase.