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Glass-Like Through-Plane Thermal Conductivity Induced by Oxygen Vacancies in Nanoscale Epitaxial La0.5Sr0.5CoO3–δ [Glass-Like Thermal Conductivity Induced by Oxygen Vacancies in Nanoscale Epitaxial La0.5Sr0.5CoO3–δ]

Journal Article · · Advanced Functional Materials
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  1. Univ. of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN (United States)
  2. Purdue Univ., West Lafayette, IN (United States)
  3. Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
  4. Univ. Complutense de Madrid, Madrid (Spain)
Here, ultrafast time-domain thermoreflectance (TDTR) is utilized to extract the through-plane thermal conductivity (ΛLSCO) of epitaxial La0.5Sr0.5CoO3–δ (LSCO) of varying thickness (<20 nm) on LaAlO3 and SrTiO3 substrates. These LSCO films possess ordered oxygen vacancies as the primary means of lattice mismatch accommodation with the substrate, which induces compressive/tensile strain and thus controls the orientation of the oxygen vacancy ordering (OVO). TDTR results demonstrate that the room-temperature ΛLSCO of LSCO on both substrates (1.7 W m–1 K–1) are nearly a factor of four lower than that of bulk single-crystal LSCO (6.2 W m–1 K–1). Remarkably, this approaches the lower limit of amorphous oxides (e.g., 1.3 W m–1 K–1 for glass), with no dependence on the OVO orientation. Through theoretical simulations, origins of the glass-like thermal conductivity of LSCO are revealed as a combined effect resulting from oxygen vacancies (the dominant factor), Sr substitution, size effects, and the weak electron/phonon coupling within the LSCO film. The absence of OVO dependence in the measured ΛLSCO is rationalized by two main effects: (1) the nearly isotropic phononic thermal conductivity resulting from the imperfect OVO planes when δ is small; (2) the missing electronic contribution to ΛLSCO along the through-plane direction for these ultrathin LSCO films on insulating substrates.
Research Organization:
Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
National Natural Science Foundation of China; National Science Foundation (NSF); Spanish Ministerio de Economia y Competitividad (MINECO); USDOE; USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES) (SC-22). Materials Sciences & Engineering Division
Grant/Contract Number:
AC02-06CH11357; FG02-06ER46275; SC0016371
OSTI ID:
1415607
Alternate ID(s):
OSTI ID: 1407813
Journal Information:
Advanced Functional Materials, Journal Name: Advanced Functional Materials Journal Issue: 47 Vol. 27; ISSN 1616-301X
Publisher:
WileyCopyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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