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Title: The impact of chemical order on defect transport in mixed pyrochlores

Abstract

Using temperature accelerated dynamics, an accelerated molecular dynamics method, we examine the relationship between composition and cation ordering and defect transport in the mixed pyrochlore Gd2(Ti1-xZrx)2O7, using the oxygen vacancy as a representative defect structure. In this study, we find that the nature of transport is very sensitive to the cation structure, transitioning, as a function of composition, from three-dimensional migration to two-dimensional to pseudo-one-dimensional to becoming essentially immobile before reverting back to three-dimensional as the Zr content is increased. The rates of migration are also affected by the cation structure in the various compositions. This behavior is driven by the connectivity of Ti polyhedra in the material, with more extensive networks of Ti ions leading to a greater ability of the vacancy to traverse the material. In conclusion, our results indicate that the nature of transport is dictated by the cation structure of the material and that, conversely, the cation structure could be used to control transport and potentially other functionalities in mixed pyrochlores.

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Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
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USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES) (SC-22). Materials Sciences & Engineering Division
OSTI Identifier:
1499367
Alternate Identifier(s):
OSTI ID: 1497426
Report Number(s):
LA-UR-19-21430
Journal ID: ISSN 1463-9076; PPCPFQ
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89233218CNA000001
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Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics. PCCP
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 21; Journal Issue: 11; Journal ID: ISSN 1463-9076
Publisher:
Royal Society of Chemistry
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
36 MATERIALS SCIENCE; 37 INORGANIC, ORGANIC, PHYSICAL, AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY

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Uberuaga, Blas P., Perriot, Romain Thibault, and Pilania, Ghanshyam. The impact of chemical order on defect transport in mixed pyrochlores. United States: N. p., 2019. Web. doi:10.1039/C8CP07597B.
Uberuaga, Blas P., Perriot, Romain Thibault, & Pilania, Ghanshyam. The impact of chemical order on defect transport in mixed pyrochlores. United States. https://doi.org/10.1039/C8CP07597B
Uberuaga, Blas P., Perriot, Romain Thibault, and Pilania, Ghanshyam. Tue . "The impact of chemical order on defect transport in mixed pyrochlores". United States. https://doi.org/10.1039/C8CP07597B. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1499367.
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abstractNote = {Using temperature accelerated dynamics, an accelerated molecular dynamics method, we examine the relationship between composition and cation ordering and defect transport in the mixed pyrochlore Gd2(Ti1-xZrx)2O7, using the oxygen vacancy as a representative defect structure. In this study, we find that the nature of transport is very sensitive to the cation structure, transitioning, as a function of composition, from three-dimensional migration to two-dimensional to pseudo-one-dimensional to becoming essentially immobile before reverting back to three-dimensional as the Zr content is increased. The rates of migration are also affected by the cation structure in the various compositions. This behavior is driven by the connectivity of Ti polyhedra in the material, with more extensive networks of Ti ions leading to a greater ability of the vacancy to traverse the material. In conclusion, our results indicate that the nature of transport is dictated by the cation structure of the material and that, conversely, the cation structure could be used to control transport and potentially other functionalities in mixed pyrochlores.},
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year = {Tue Feb 19 00:00:00 EST 2019},
month = {Tue Feb 19 00:00:00 EST 2019}
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