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Title: Atomically layer-by-layer diffusion of oxygen/hydrogen in highly epitaxial PrBaCo2O5.5+δ thin films

Abstract

Single-crystalline epitaxial thin films of PrBaCo2O5.5+δ (PrBCO) were prepared, and their resistance R(t) under a switching flow of oxidizing and reducing gases were measured as a function of the gas flow time t in the temperature range of 200–800 °C. During the oxidation cycle under O2, the PrBCO films exhibit fast oscillations in their dR(t)/dt vs. t plots, which reflect the oxidation processes, Co2+/Co3+ → Co3+ and Co3+ → Co3+/Co4+, that the Co atoms of PrBCO undergo. Each oscillation consists of two peaks, with larger and smaller peaks representing the oxygen/hydrogen diffusion through the (BaO)(CoO2)(PrO)(CoO2) layers of PrBCO via the oxygen-vacancy-exchange mechanism. Furthermore, this finding paves a significant avenue for cathode materials operating in low-temperature solid-oxide-fuel-cell devices and for chemical sensors with wide range of operating temperature.

Authors:
 [1];  [1];  [1];  [1];  [1];  [1];  [1];  [2];  [3];  [4];  [4]
  1. Univ. of Texas, San Antonio, TX (United States)
  2. Jiangsu Univ. of Science and Technology, Jiangsu (China)
  3. North Carolina State Univ., Raleigh, NC (United States)
  4. Dalian Univ. of Technology, Dalian (China)
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Research Org.:
Univ. of Texas at San Antonio, TX (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Fossil Energy (FE)
OSTI Identifier:
1468476
Alternate Identifier(s):
OSTI ID: 1229600
Grant/Contract Number:  
FE0003780
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Applied Physics Letters
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 107; Journal Issue: 24; Journal ID: ISSN 0003-6951
Publisher:
American Institute of Physics (AIP)
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
75 CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS, SUPERCONDUCTIVITY AND SUPERFLUIDITY

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Bao, Shanyong, Xu, Xing, Enriquez, Erik, Mace, Brennan E., Chen, Garry, Kelliher, Sean P., Chen, Chonglin, Zhang, Yamei, Whangbo, Myung -Hwan, Dong, Chuang, and Zhang, Qinyu. Atomically layer-by-layer diffusion of oxygen/hydrogen in highly epitaxial PrBaCo2O5.5+δ thin films. United States: N. p., 2015. Web. doi:10.1063/1.4937926.
Bao, Shanyong, Xu, Xing, Enriquez, Erik, Mace, Brennan E., Chen, Garry, Kelliher, Sean P., Chen, Chonglin, Zhang, Yamei, Whangbo, Myung -Hwan, Dong, Chuang, & Zhang, Qinyu. Atomically layer-by-layer diffusion of oxygen/hydrogen in highly epitaxial PrBaCo2O5.5+δ thin films. United States. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4937926
Bao, Shanyong, Xu, Xing, Enriquez, Erik, Mace, Brennan E., Chen, Garry, Kelliher, Sean P., Chen, Chonglin, Zhang, Yamei, Whangbo, Myung -Hwan, Dong, Chuang, and Zhang, Qinyu. Mon . "Atomically layer-by-layer diffusion of oxygen/hydrogen in highly epitaxial PrBaCo2O5.5+δ thin films". United States. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4937926. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1468476.
@article{osti_1468476,
title = {Atomically layer-by-layer diffusion of oxygen/hydrogen in highly epitaxial PrBaCo2O5.5+δ thin films},
author = {Bao, Shanyong and Xu, Xing and Enriquez, Erik and Mace, Brennan E. and Chen, Garry and Kelliher, Sean P. and Chen, Chonglin and Zhang, Yamei and Whangbo, Myung -Hwan and Dong, Chuang and Zhang, Qinyu},
abstractNote = {Single-crystalline epitaxial thin films of PrBaCo2O5.5+δ (PrBCO) were prepared, and their resistance R(t) under a switching flow of oxidizing and reducing gases were measured as a function of the gas flow time t in the temperature range of 200–800 °C. During the oxidation cycle under O2, the PrBCO films exhibit fast oscillations in their dR(t)/dt vs. t plots, which reflect the oxidation processes, Co2+/Co3+ → Co3+ and Co3+ → Co3+/Co4+, that the Co atoms of PrBCO undergo. Each oscillation consists of two peaks, with larger and smaller peaks representing the oxygen/hydrogen diffusion through the (BaO)(CoO2)(PrO)(CoO2) layers of PrBCO via the oxygen-vacancy-exchange mechanism. Furthermore, this finding paves a significant avenue for cathode materials operating in low-temperature solid-oxide-fuel-cell devices and for chemical sensors with wide range of operating temperature.},
doi = {10.1063/1.4937926},
journal = {Applied Physics Letters},
number = 24,
volume = 107,
place = {United States},
year = {Mon Dec 14 00:00:00 EST 2015},
month = {Mon Dec 14 00:00:00 EST 2015}
}

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