Bi-directional tuning of thermal transport in SrCoOx with electrochemically induced phase transitions

Lu, Qiyang; Huberman, Samuel; Zhang, Hantao; Song, Qichen; Wang, Jiayue; Vardar, Gulin; Hunt, Adrian; Waluyo, Iradwikanari; Chen, Gang; Yildiz, Bilge

doi:10.1038/s41563-020-0612-0

Title: Bi-directional tuning of thermal transport in SrCoO_x with electrochemically induced phase transitions

Journal Article · Mon Feb 24 00:00:00 EST 2020 · Nature Materials

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41563-020-0612-0· OSTI ID:1615584

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Massachusetts Inst. of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, MA (United States). Dept. of Materials Science and Engineering, and Lab. for Electrochemical Interfaces
Massachusetts Inst. of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, MA (United States). Dept. of Materials Science and Engineering
Massachusetts Inst. of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, MA (United States). Dept. of Nuclear Science and Engineering, and Lab. for Electrochemical Interfaces
Massachusetts Inst. of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, MA (United States). Dept. of Nuclear Science and Engineering
Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States). National Synchrotron Light Source II (NSLS-II)
Massachusetts Inst. of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, MA (United States). Dept. of Materials Science and Engineering, Dept. of Nuclear Science and Engineering, and Lab. for Electrochemical Interfaces

Unlike the wide-ranging dynamic control of electrical conductivity, there does not exist an analogous ability to tune thermal conductivity by means of electric potential. The traditional picture assumes that atoms inserted into a material’s lattice act purely as a source of scattering for thermal carriers, which can only reduce thermal conductivity. In contrast, here we show that the electrochemical control of oxygen and proton concentration in an oxide provides a new ability to bi-directionally control thermal conductivity. On electrochemically oxygenating the brownmillerite SrCoO_2.5 to the perovskite SrCoO_3–δ, the thermal conductivity increases by a factor of 2.5, whereas protonating it to form hydrogenated SrCoO_2.5 effectively reduces the thermal conductivity by a factor of four. This bi-directional tuning of thermal conductivity across a nearly 10 ± 4-fold range at room temperature is achieved by using ionic liquid gating to trigger the ‘tri-state’ phase transitions in a single device. We elucidated the effects of these anionic and cationic species, and the resultant changes in lattice constants and lattice symmetry on thermal conductivity by combining chemical and structural information from X-ray absorption spectroscopy with thermoreflectance thermal conductivity measurements and ab initio calculations. This ability to control multiple ion types, multiple phase transitions and electronic conductivity that spans metallic through to insulating behaviour in oxides by electrical means provides a new framework for tuning thermal transport over a wide range.

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Research Organization:: Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)

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OSTI ID:: 1615584

Report Number(s):: BNL-213857-2020-JAAM

Journal Information:: Nature Materials, Vol. 19, Issue 6; ISSN 1476-1122

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