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:
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- Pacific Northwest National Lab. (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States). Physical and Computational Sciences Directorate
- Nanyang Technological Univ. (Singapore)
- 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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