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

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作者
Bao, Shanyong [1 ]
Xu, Xing [1 ]
Enriquez, Erik [1 ]
Mace, Brennan E. [1 ]
Chen, Garry [1 ]
Kelliher, Sean P. [1 ]
Chen, Chonglin [1 ]
Zhang, Yamei [2 ]
Whangbo, Myung-Hwan [3 ]
Dong, Chuang [4 ]
Zhang, Qinyu [4 ]
机构
[1] Univ Texas San Antonio, Dept Phys & Astron, San Antonio, TX 78249 USA
[2] Jiangsu Univ Sci & Technol, Dept Phys, Zhenjiang 212003, Jiangsu, Peoples R China
[3] N Carolina State Univ, Raleigh, NC 27695 USA
[4] Dalian Univ Technol, Key Lab Mat Modificat Laser Ion & Electron Beams, Minist Educ, Dalian 116024, Peoples R China
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OXYGEN DIFFUSION; PEROVSKITES;
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10.1063/1.4937926
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O59 [应用物理学];
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摘要
Single-crystalline epitaxial thin films of PrBaCo2O5.5+delta (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 degrees C. During the oxidation cycle under O-2, 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. 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. (C) 2015 AIP Publishing LLC.
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