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]
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· Advanced Functional Materials
- Univ. of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN (United States)
- Purdue Univ., West Lafayette, IN (United States)
- Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
- 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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