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Title: Band alignment and electrocatalytic activity at the p-n La0.88Sr0.12FeO3/SrTiO3 (001) heterojunction

Abstract

Ferrites perovskites have exhibited promising p-type conductivity and oxygen evolution reaction (OER) activity. In this work, we investigate heteroepitaxial p-n junctions formed with La0.88Sr0.12FeO3 and n-SrTiO3(001). Sr substitution for La in LaFeO3 is shown to be effective for introducing p-type conductivity, lowering the optical bandgap, and enhancing electrocatalytic OER. A staggered, type-II band alignment with a large built-in potential within the LSFO forms due to the polar interface. This electronic structure facilitates charge transfer across the p-n junction and accounts for the strongly thickness-dependent extent of OER we observe.

Authors:
ORCiD logo [1]; ORCiD logo [1];  [2]; ORCiD logo [1]; ORCiD logo [3];  [2];  [1]
  1. Pacific Northwest National Lab. (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States). Physical and Computational Sciences Directorate
  2. Nanyang Technological Univ. (Singapore)
  3. Pacific Northwest National Lab. (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States). Environmental Molecular Sciences Lab.
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Biological and Environmental Research (BER)
OSTI Identifier:
1495391
Alternate Identifier(s):
OSTI ID: 1457085
Report Number(s):
PNNL-SA-135023
Journal ID: ISSN 0003-6951
Grant/Contract Number:  
AC05-76RL01830; MOE2013-T2-1-052; MOE2014-T2-1-099
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Applied Physics Letters
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 112; Journal Issue: 26; Journal ID: ISSN 0003-6951
Publisher:
American Institute of Physics (AIP)
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
37 INORGANIC, ORGANIC, PHYSICAL, AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY; Epitaxy; P-N junctions; Band gap; Heterostructures; Oxygen evolution reaction; X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy

Citation Formats

Wang, L., Du, Y., Chang, L., Stoerzinger, K. A., Bowden, M. E., Wang, J., and Chambers, S. A. Band alignment and electrocatalytic activity at the p-n La0.88Sr0.12FeO3/SrTiO3 (001) heterojunction. United States: N. p., 2018. Web. doi:10.1063/1.5030897.
Wang, L., Du, Y., Chang, L., Stoerzinger, K. A., Bowden, M. E., Wang, J., & Chambers, S. A. Band alignment and electrocatalytic activity at the p-n La0.88Sr0.12FeO3/SrTiO3 (001) heterojunction. United States. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5030897
Wang, L., Du, Y., Chang, L., Stoerzinger, K. A., Bowden, M. E., Wang, J., and Chambers, S. A. Mon . "Band alignment and electrocatalytic activity at the p-n La0.88Sr0.12FeO3/SrTiO3 (001) heterojunction". United States. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5030897. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1495391.
@article{osti_1495391,
title = {Band alignment and electrocatalytic activity at the p-n La0.88Sr0.12FeO3/SrTiO3 (001) heterojunction},
author = {Wang, L. and Du, Y. and Chang, L. and Stoerzinger, K. A. and Bowden, M. E. and Wang, J. and Chambers, S. A.},
abstractNote = {Ferrites perovskites have exhibited promising p-type conductivity and oxygen evolution reaction (OER) activity. In this work, we investigate heteroepitaxial p-n junctions formed with La0.88Sr0.12FeO3 and n-SrTiO3(001). Sr substitution for La in LaFeO3 is shown to be effective for introducing p-type conductivity, lowering the optical bandgap, and enhancing electrocatalytic OER. A staggered, type-II band alignment with a large built-in potential within the LSFO forms due to the polar interface. This electronic structure facilitates charge transfer across the p-n junction and accounts for the strongly thickness-dependent extent of OER we observe.},
doi = {10.1063/1.5030897},
journal = {Applied Physics Letters},
number = 26,
volume = 112,
place = {United States},
year = {Mon Jun 25 00:00:00 EDT 2018},
month = {Mon Jun 25 00:00:00 EDT 2018}
}

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