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Cai Y, Wang Z, Wan J, Li J, Guo R, Ager JW, Javey A, Zheng H, Jiang J, Wu J. Ion diffusion retarded by diverging chemical susceptibility. Nat Commun 2024; 15:5814. [PMID: 38987527 PMCID: PMC11237041 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-50213-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/29/2024] [Accepted: 07/03/2024] [Indexed: 07/12/2024] Open
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For first-order phase transitions, the second derivatives of Gibbs free energy (specific heat and compressibility) diverge at the transition point, resulting in an effect known as super-elasticity along the pressure axis, or super-thermicity along the temperature axis. Here we report a chemical analogy of these singularity effects along the atomic doping axis, where the second derivative of Gibbs free energy (chemical susceptibility) diverges at the transition point, leading to an anomalously high energy barrier for dopant diffusion in co-existing phases, an effect we coin as super-susceptibility. The effect is realized in hydrogen diffusion in vanadium dioxide (VO2) with a metal-insulator transition (MIT). We show that hydrogen faces three times higher energy barrier and over one order of magnitude lower diffusivity when it diffuses across a metal-insulator domain wall in VO2. The additional energy barrier is attributed to a volumetric energy penalty that the diffusers need to pay for the reduction of latent heat. The super-susceptibility and resultant retarded atomic diffusion are expected to exist universally in all phase transformations where the transformation temperature is coupled to chemical composition, and inspires new ways to engineer dopant diffusion in phase-coexisting material systems.
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- Yuhang Cai
- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, 94720, USA
- Materials Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, 94720, USA
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- School of Science, Hebei University of Technology, Tianjin, 300401, China
- National Laboratory of Solid State Microstructures, Nanjing University, Nanjing, 210093, China
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, 94720, USA
- Materials Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, 94720, USA
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, 94720, USA
- Materials Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, 94720, USA
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, 94720, USA
- Materials Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, 94720, USA
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, 94720, USA
- Materials Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, 94720, USA
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- Materials Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, 94720, USA
- Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, 94720, USA
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, 94720, USA
- Materials Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, 94720, USA
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- Key Laboratory of Precision and Intelligent Chemistry, School of Chemistry and Materials Science, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, 230026, Anhui, China
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, 94720, USA.
- Materials Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, 94720, USA.
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Guo X, Liu X, Zafar Z, Cheng G, Li Y, Nan H, Lin L, Zou J. Effects of oxygen vacancies and interfacial strain on the metal-insulator transition of VO 2 nanobeams. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2024; 26:10737-10745. [PMID: 38516809 DOI: 10.1039/d3cp06040c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/23/2024]
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The role of oxygen vacancies and interfacial strain on the metal-insulator transition (MIT) behavior of high-quality VO2 nanobeams (NBs) synthesized on SiO2/Si substrates employing V2O5 as a precursor has been investigated in this research. Selective oxygen vacancies have been generated by argon plasma irradiation. The MIT is progressively suppressed as the duration of plasma processing increases; in addition, the temperature of MIT (TMIT) drops by up to 95 K relative to the pristine VO2 NBs. Incorporating oxygen vacancies into VO2 may increase its electron concentration, which might shift the Fermi levels upward, strengthen the electronic orbital overlap of the V-V chains, and further stabilize the metallic phase at lower temperatures, based on first-principles calculations. Furthermore, in order to evaluate the influence of substrate-induced strain in our situation, the MIT in two distinct types of VO2 NB samples is examined without metal contacts by using the distinctive light scattering characteristics of the metal (M) and insulator (I) phases (i.e., M/I domains) by optical microscopy. It is found that the domain structures in the "clamped" NBs persisted up to ∼453 K, while the "released" NBs (transferred to a new substrate) did not exhibit any domain structures and turned into an entirely M phase with a dark contrast above ∼348 K. When combined with first-principles calculations, the electronic orbital occupancy in the rutile phase contributes to explaining the interfacial strain-induced modulation of MIT. The current findings shed light on how interfacial strain and oxygen vacancies impact MIT behavior. It also suggests several types of control strategies for MIT in VO2 NBs, which are essential for a broader spectrum of VO2 NB applications.
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- Xitao Guo
- Jiangxi Engineering Province Engineering Research Center of New Energy Technology and Equipment, East China University of Technology, Nanchang 330013, China
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- Jiangxi Engineering Province Engineering Research Center of New Energy Technology and Equipment, East China University of Technology, Nanchang 330013, China
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- Experimental Physics Division, National Centre for Physics, Islamabad 44000, Pakistan
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- Jiangxi Engineering Province Engineering Research Center of New Energy Technology and Equipment, East China University of Technology, Nanchang 330013, China
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- Key Laboratory of Artificial Micro- and Nanostructures of Ministry of Education and School of Physics and Technology, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072, China.
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- Engineering Research Center of IoT Technology Applications (Ministry of Education), Department of Electronic Engineering, Jiangnan University, Wuxi 214122, China.
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- Jiangxi Engineering Province Engineering Research Center of New Energy Technology and Equipment, East China University of Technology, Nanchang 330013, China
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- Jiangxi Engineering Province Engineering Research Center of New Energy Technology and Equipment, East China University of Technology, Nanchang 330013, China
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Li Z, Zhang Z, Zhou X. Chemical Modulation of Metal-Insulator Transition toward Multifunctional Applications in Vanadium Dioxide Nanostructures. SMALL (WEINHEIM AN DER BERGSTRASSE, GERMANY) 2023; 19:e2305234. [PMID: 37394705 DOI: 10.1002/smll.202305234] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/22/2023] [Indexed: 07/04/2023]
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The metal-insulator transition (MIT) of vanadium dioxide (VO2 ) has been of great interest in materials science for both fundamental understanding of strongly correlated physics and a wide range of applications in optics, thermotics, spintronics, and electronics. Due to the merits of chemical interaction with accessibility, versatility, and tunability, chemical modification provides a new perspective to regulate the MIT of VO2 , endowing VO2 with exciting properties and improved functionalities. In the past few years, plenty of efforts have been devoted to exploring innovative chemical approaches for the synthesis and MIT modulation of VO2 nanostructures, greatly contributing to the understanding of electronic correlations and development of MIT-driven functionalities. Here, this comprehensive review summarizes the recent achievements in chemical synthesis of VO2 and its MIT modulation involving hydrogen incorporation, composition engineering, surface modification, and electrochemical gating. The newly appearing phenomena, mechanism of electronic correlation, and structural instability are discussed. Furthermore, progresses related to MIT-driven applications are presented, such as the smart window, optoelectronic detector, thermal microactuator, thermal radiation coating, spintronic device, memristive, and neuromorphic device. Finally, the challenges and prospects in future research of chemical modulation and functional applications of VO2 MIT are also provided.
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- Zejun Li
- School of Physics, Frontiers Science Center for Mobile Information Communication and Security, Southeast University, Nanjing, 211189, China
- Purple Mountain Laboratories, Nanjing, 211111, China
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- School of Physics, Frontiers Science Center for Mobile Information Communication and Security, Southeast University, Nanjing, 211189, China
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- School of Environmental and Biological Engineering, Nanjing University of Science and Technology, Nanjing, 210094, China
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Zhou X, Li H, Meng F, Mao W, Wang J, Jiang Y, Fukutani K, Wilde M, Fugetsu B, Sakata I, Chen N, Chen J. Revealing the Role of Hydrogen in Electron-Doping Mottronics for Strongly Correlated Vanadium Dioxide. J Phys Chem Lett 2022; 13:8078-8085. [PMID: 35997491 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.2c02001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Hydrogen-associated electron-doping Mottronics for d-band correlated oxides (e.g., VO2) opens up a new paradigm to regulate the electronic functionality via directly manipulating the orbital configuration and occupancy. Nevertheless, the role of hydrogen in the Mottronic transition of VO2 is yet unclear because opposite orbital reconfigurations toward either the metallic or highly insulating states were both reported. Herein, we demonstrate the root cause for such hydrogen-induced multiple electronic phase transitions by 1H quantification using nuclear reaction analysis. A low hydrogenation temperature is demonstrated to be vital in achieving a large hydrogen concentration (nH ≈ 1022 cm-3) that further enhances the t2g orbital occupancy to trigger electron localizations. In contrast, elevating the hydrogenation temperatures surprisingly reduces nH to ∼1021 cm-3 but forms more stable metallic H0.06VO2. This leads to the recognition of a weaker hydrogen interaction that triggers electron localization within VO2 via Mottronically enhancing the orbital occupancies.
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- Xuanchi Zhou
- School of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing, 100083 China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing, 100083 China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
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- Institute of Industrial Science, The University of Tokyo, 4-6-1 Komaba, Meguro-ku, Tokyo 153-8505, Japan
- School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo, 2-11-16 Yayoi, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0032, Japan
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- Beijing Synchrotron Radiation Facility, Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing, 100083 China
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- Institute of Industrial Science, The University of Tokyo, 4-6-1 Komaba, Meguro-ku, Tokyo 153-8505, Japan
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- Institute of Industrial Science, The University of Tokyo, 4-6-1 Komaba, Meguro-ku, Tokyo 153-8505, Japan
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- Institute for Future Initiatives, The University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0032, Japan
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- School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo, 2-11-16 Yayoi, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0032, Japan
- Institute for Future Initiatives, The University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0032, Japan
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- School of Renewable Energy, North China Electric Power University, Beijing 102206, China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing, 100083 China
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Xue Y, Yin S. Element doping: a marvelous strategy for pioneering the smart applications of VO 2. NANOSCALE 2022; 14:11054-11097. [PMID: 35900045 DOI: 10.1039/d2nr01864k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Smart materials are leading the future of materials by virtue of their autonomous response behavior to external stimuli; it is widely believed their development and application will bring a new revolution. Among them, vanadium dioxide (VO2) is a special one showing a unique multi-stimulus responsive metal-insulator transition (MIT) accompanied by a structural phase transition (SPT) with striking changes of physical properties including optical, electrical and thermal properties, etc., making it ideal for smart windows, micro-bolometers, actuators, etc. Since the attractive performances of VO2 are rooted in MIT behavior (coupled with SPT), element doping becomes a powerful tool in tailoring VO2 performance. Oriented on the practical requirements, element-doped VO2 is more promising and competitive in terms of performance, prospect, and cost. Here we focus specifically on element-doped VO2, the recent progress and potential challenges of which are discussed. We devote attention to the crucial roles of element doping in modulating the properties and driving the practicality of VO2, aiming to inspire current research to pioneer new applications of VO2.
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- Yibei Xue
- Institute of Multidisciplinary Research for Advanced Materials (IMRAM), Tohoku University, Katahira 2-1-1, Aoba-ku, Sendai, 980-8577, Japan
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- Institute of Multidisciplinary Research for Advanced Materials (IMRAM), Tohoku University, Katahira 2-1-1, Aoba-ku, Sendai, 980-8577, Japan
- Advanced Institute for Materials Research (WPI-AIMR), Tohoku University, Katahira 2-1-1, Aoba-ku, Sendai, 980-8577, Japan.
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Najafi L, Oropesa-Nuñez R, Bellani S, Martín-García B, Pasquale L, Serri M, Drago F, Luxa J, Sofer Z, Sedmidubský D, Brescia R, Lauciello S, Zappia MI, Shinde DV, Manna L, Bonaccorso F. Topochemical Transformation of Two-Dimensional VSe 2 into Metallic Nonlayered VO 2 for Water Splitting Reactions in Acidic and Alkaline Media. ACS NANO 2022; 16:351-367. [PMID: 34939404 DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.1c06662] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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The engineering of the structural and morphological properties of nanomaterials is a fundamental aspect to attain desired performance in energy storage/conversion systems and multifunctional composites. We report the synthesis of room temperature-stable metallic rutile VO2 (VO2 (R)) nanosheets by topochemically transforming liquid-phase exfoliated VSe2 in a reductive Ar-H2 atmosphere. The as-produced VO2 (R) represents an example of two-dimensional (2D) nonlayered materials, whose bulk counterparts do not have a layered structure composed by layers held together by van der Waals force or electrostatic forces between charged layers and counterbalancing ions amid them. By pretreating the VSe2 nanosheets by O2 plasma, the resulting 2D VO2 (R) nanosheets exhibit a porous morphology that increases the material specific surface area while introducing defective sites. The as-synthesized porous (holey)-VO2 (R) nanosheets are investigated as metallic catalysts for the water splitting reactions in both acidic and alkaline media, reaching a maximum mass activity of 972.3 A g-1 at -0.300 V vs RHE for the hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) in 0.5 M H2SO4 (faradaic efficiency = 100%, overpotential for the HER at 10 mA cm-2 = 0.184 V) and a mass activity (calculated for a non 100% faradaic efficiency) of 745.9 A g-1 at +1.580 V vs RHE for the oxygen evolution reaction (OER) in 1 M KOH (overpotential for the OER at 10 mA cm-2 = 0.209 V). By demonstrating proof-of-concept electrolyzers, our results show the possibility to synthesize special material phases through topochemical conversion of 2D materials for advanced energy-related applications.
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- Leyla Najafi
- BeDimensional S.p.A., Via Lungotorrente Secca 30R, 16163 Genova, Italy
- Graphene Labs, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Via Morego 30, 16163 Genova, Italy
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- Department of Material Science and Engineering, Uppsala University, Box 35, 75103 Uppsala, Sweden
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- BeDimensional S.p.A., Via Lungotorrente Secca 30R, 16163 Genova, Italy
- Graphene Labs, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Via Morego 30, 16163 Genova, Italy
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- Materials Characterization Facility, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Via Morego 30, 16163 Genova, Italy
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- Graphene Labs, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Via Morego 30, 16163 Genova, Italy
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- Nanochemistry Department, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Via Morego 30, 16163 Genova, Italy
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- Department of Inorganic Chemistry, University of Chemistry and Technology Prague, Technická 5, 166 28 Prague 6, Czech Republic
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- Department of Inorganic Chemistry, University of Chemistry and Technology Prague, Technická 5, 166 28 Prague 6, Czech Republic
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- Department of Inorganic Chemistry, University of Chemistry and Technology Prague, Technická 5, 166 28 Prague 6, Czech Republic
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- Electron Microscopy Facility, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Via Morego 30, 16163 Genova, Italy
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- Electron Microscopy Facility, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Via Morego 30, 16163 Genova, Italy
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- BeDimensional S.p.A., Via Lungotorrente Secca 30R, 16163 Genova, Italy
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- Nanochemistry Department, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Via Morego 30, 16163 Genova, Italy
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- Nanochemistry Department, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Via Morego 30, 16163 Genova, Italy
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- BeDimensional S.p.A., Via Lungotorrente Secca 30R, 16163 Genova, Italy
- Graphene Labs, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Via Morego 30, 16163 Genova, Italy
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Dai J, Shi Y, Chen C, Chen X, Zhao C, Chen J. The mechanism of semiconductor to metal transition in the hydrogenation of VO2: A density functional theory study. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2022; 24:5710-5719. [DOI: 10.1039/d1cp03891e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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VO2 is a glamorous material with specific metal-semiconductor-transition (MST). The hydrogenation of VO2 could make it a promising material applying in the ambient environment. In this work, we reveal the...
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Zheng Y, Chen Z, Lu H, Cheng Y, Chen X, He Y, Zhang Z. The formation of TiO 2/VO 2 multilayer structure via directional cationic diffusion. NANOSCALE 2021; 13:7783-7791. [PMID: 33871530 DOI: 10.1039/d1nr00290b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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The alternative VO2/TiO2 nanostructure is a potential candidate for application in optical or electrical devices. A promising and straightforward route to form tunable alternative VO2/TiO2 nanostructure is in high demand. Herein, we demonstrate that the VO2/TiO2 nanostructure could be self-assembled from the VO2 film/TiO2 substrate via directional cationic migration, characterizing Ti-rich nano-lamellas with nanoscale spacing along the c-axis. Through aberration-corrected high-resolution transmission electron microscopy, it has been shown that the realization of directional cationic migration is assisted by the interstitial position inside the VO2 lattice. Non-equilibrium cationic diffusion could even retain these interstitial atoms in the form of incoherent strain lines, which affect the local electronic structure as validated by theoretical calculation. Due to Ti-rich nano-lamellas and incoherent strain lines, the phase transition temperature decreased (∼10 °C). The idea of tailoring the elemental distribution by directional cationic diffusion significantly broadens the functional application of VO2 films.
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- Yonghui Zheng
- Erich Schmid Institute of Materials Science, Austrian Academy of Sciences, A-8700 Leoben, Austria.
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- Erich Schmid Institute of Materials Science, Austrian Academy of Sciences, A-8700 Leoben, Austria.
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- Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Green Preparation and Application for Functional Materials, Hubei Key Lab of Ferro & Piezoelectric Materials and Devices, Hubei Key Laboratory of Polymer Materials, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Hubei University, Wuhan 430062, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Polar Materials and Devices (MOE), Department of Electronics, East China Normal University, Shanghai 200241, China. and State Key Laboratory of Functional Materials for Informatics, Shanghai Institute of Microsystem and Information Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200050, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Functional Materials for Informatics, Shanghai Institute of Microsystem and Information Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200050, China
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- Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Green Preparation and Application for Functional Materials, Hubei Key Lab of Ferro & Piezoelectric Materials and Devices, Hubei Key Laboratory of Polymer Materials, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Hubei University, Wuhan 430062, China.
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- Erich Schmid Institute of Materials Science, Austrian Academy of Sciences, A-8700 Leoben, Austria.
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Lee J, Ha Y, Lee S. Hydrogen Control of Double Exchange Interaction in La 0.67 Sr 0.33 MnO 3 for Ionic-Electric-Magnetic Coupled Applications. ADVANCED MATERIALS (DEERFIELD BEACH, FLA.) 2021; 33:e2007606. [PMID: 33576067 DOI: 10.1002/adma.202007606] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/08/2020] [Revised: 12/23/2020] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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The dynamic tuning of ion concentrations has attracted significant attention for creating versatile functionalities of materials, which are impossible to reach using classical control knobs. Despite these merits, the following fundamental questions remain: how do ions affect the electronic bandstructure, and how do ions simultaneously change the electrical and magnetic properties? Here, by annealing platinum-dotted La0.67 Sr0.33 MnO3 films in hydrogen and argon at a lower temperature of 200 °C for several minutes, a reversible change in resistivity is achieved by three orders of magnitude with tailored ferromagnetic magnetization. The transition occurs through the tuning of the double exchange interaction, ascribed to an electron-doping-induced and/or a lattice-expansion-induced modulation, along with an increase in the hydrogen concentration. High reproducibility, long-term stability, and multilevel linearity are appealing for ionic-electric-magnetic coupled applications.
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- Jaehyun Lee
- Department of Emerging Materials Science, Daegu-Gyeongbuk Institute of Science and Technology, Daegu, 42988, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Emerging Materials Science, Daegu-Gyeongbuk Institute of Science and Technology, Daegu, 42988, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Emerging Materials Science, Daegu-Gyeongbuk Institute of Science and Technology, Daegu, 42988, Republic of Korea
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Li Z, Wu Q, Wu C. Surface/Interface Chemistry Engineering of Correlated-Electron Materials: From Conducting Solids, Phase Transitions to External-Field Response. ADVANCED SCIENCE (WEINHEIM, BADEN-WURTTEMBERG, GERMANY) 2021; 8:2002807. [PMID: 33643796 PMCID: PMC7887576 DOI: 10.1002/advs.202002807] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/24/2020] [Revised: 09/25/2020] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Correlated electronic materials (CEMs) with strong electron-electron interactions are often associated with exotic properties, such as metal-insulator transition (MIT), charge density wave (CDW), superconductivity, and magnetoresistance (MR), which are fundamental to next generation condensed matter research and electronic devices. When the dimension of CEMs decreases, exposing extremely high specific surface area and enhancing electronic correlation, the surface states are equally important to the bulk phase. Therefore, surface/interface chemical interactions provide an alternative route to regulate the intrinsic properties of low-dimensional CEMs. Here, recent achievements in surface/interface chemistry engineering of low-dimensional CEMs are reviewed, using surface modification, molecule-solid interaction, and interface electronic coupling, toward modulation of conducting solids, phase transitions including MIT, CDW, superconductivity, and magnetism transition, as well as external-field response. Surface/interface chemistry engineering provides a promising strategy for exploring novel properties and functional applications in low-dimensional CEMs. Finally, the current challenge and outlook of the surface/interface engineering are also pointed out for future research development.
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- Zejun Li
- Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the MicroscaleCAS center for Excellence in Nanoscienceand CAS Key Laboratory of Mechanical Behavior and Design of MaterialsUniversity of Science and Technology of ChinaHefeiAnhui230026PR China
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- Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the MicroscaleCAS center for Excellence in Nanoscienceand CAS Key Laboratory of Mechanical Behavior and Design of MaterialsUniversity of Science and Technology of ChinaHefeiAnhui230026PR China
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- Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the MicroscaleCAS center for Excellence in Nanoscienceand CAS Key Laboratory of Mechanical Behavior and Design of MaterialsUniversity of Science and Technology of ChinaHefeiAnhui230026PR China
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Long-range propagation of protons in single-crystal VO 2 involving structural transformation to HVO 2. Sci Rep 2019; 9:20093. [PMID: 31882980 PMCID: PMC6934566 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-019-56685-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/28/2019] [Accepted: 12/13/2019] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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Vanadium dioxide (VO2) is a strongly correlated electronic material with a metal-insulator transition (MIT) near room temperature. Ion-doping to VO2 dramatically alters its transport properties and the MIT temperature. Recently, insulating hydrogenated VO2 (HVO2) accompanied by a crystal structure transformation from VO2 was experimentally observed. Despite the important steps taken towards realizing novel applications, essential physics such as the diffusion constant of intercalated protons and the crystal transformation energy between VO2 and HVO2 are still lacking. In this work, we investigated the physical parameters of proton diffusion constants accompanied by VO2 to HVO2 crystal transformation with temperature variation and their transformation energies. It was found that protons could propagate several micrometers with a crystal transformation between VO2 and HVO2. The proton diffusion speed from HVO2 to VO2 was approximately two orders higher than that from VO2 to HVO2. The long-range propagation of protons leads to the possibility of realizing novel iontronic applications and energy devices.
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Li B, Xie L, Wang Z, Chen S, Ren H, Chen Y, Wang C, Zhang G, Jiang J, Zou C. Electron–Proton Co‐doping‐Induced Metal–Insulator Transition in VO
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‐Ascorbic Acid Molecules. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2019; 58:13711-13716. [DOI: 10.1002/anie.201904148] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/04/2019] [Revised: 07/08/2019] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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- Bowen Li
- National Synchrotron Radiation LaboratoryUniversity of Science and Technology of China Hefei 230029 China
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- Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the MicroscaleCollaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy MaterialsCAS Center for Excellence in NanoscienceSchool of Chemistry and Materials ScienceUniversity of Science and Technology of China Hefei Anhui 230026 P. R. China
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- School of Physics and EngineeringHenan University of Science and TechnologyHenan Key Laboratory of Photoelectric Energy Storage Materials and Applications Luoyang Henan 471023 China
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- National Synchrotron Radiation LaboratoryUniversity of Science and Technology of China Hefei 230029 China
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- National Synchrotron Radiation LaboratoryUniversity of Science and Technology of China Hefei 230029 China
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- National Synchrotron Radiation LaboratoryUniversity of Science and Technology of China Hefei 230029 China
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- Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the MicroscaleCollaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy MaterialsCAS Center for Excellence in NanoscienceSchool of Chemistry and Materials ScienceUniversity of Science and Technology of China Hefei Anhui 230026 P. R. China
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- National Synchrotron Radiation LaboratoryUniversity of Science and Technology of China Hefei 230029 China
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- Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the MicroscaleCollaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy MaterialsCAS Center for Excellence in NanoscienceSchool of Chemistry and Materials ScienceUniversity of Science and Technology of China Hefei Anhui 230026 P. R. China
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- National Synchrotron Radiation LaboratoryUniversity of Science and Technology of China Hefei 230029 China
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Li B, Xie L, Wang Z, Chen S, Ren H, Chen Y, Wang C, Zhang G, Jiang J, Zou C. Electron–Proton Co‐doping‐Induced Metal–Insulator Transition in VO
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‐Ascorbic Acid Molecules. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2019. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.201904148] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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- Bowen Li
- National Synchrotron Radiation LaboratoryUniversity of Science and Technology of China Hefei 230029 China
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- Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the MicroscaleCollaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy MaterialsCAS Center for Excellence in NanoscienceSchool of Chemistry and Materials ScienceUniversity of Science and Technology of China Hefei Anhui 230026 P. R. China
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- School of Physics and EngineeringHenan University of Science and TechnologyHenan Key Laboratory of Photoelectric Energy Storage Materials and Applications Luoyang Henan 471023 China
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- National Synchrotron Radiation LaboratoryUniversity of Science and Technology of China Hefei 230029 China
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- National Synchrotron Radiation LaboratoryUniversity of Science and Technology of China Hefei 230029 China
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- National Synchrotron Radiation LaboratoryUniversity of Science and Technology of China Hefei 230029 China
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- Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the MicroscaleCollaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy MaterialsCAS Center for Excellence in NanoscienceSchool of Chemistry and Materials ScienceUniversity of Science and Technology of China Hefei Anhui 230026 P. R. China
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- National Synchrotron Radiation LaboratoryUniversity of Science and Technology of China Hefei 230029 China
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- Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the MicroscaleCollaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy MaterialsCAS Center for Excellence in NanoscienceSchool of Chemistry and Materials ScienceUniversity of Science and Technology of China Hefei Anhui 230026 P. R. China
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- National Synchrotron Radiation LaboratoryUniversity of Science and Technology of China Hefei 230029 China
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Kim JE, Shin JY, Jang HS, Jeon JW, Hong WG, Kim HJ, Choi J, Kim GT, Kim BH, Park J, Choi YJ, Park JY. Influence of hydrogen incorporation on conductivity and work function of VO 2 nanowires. NANOSCALE 2019; 11:4219-4225. [PMID: 30806433 DOI: 10.1039/c9nr00245f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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We report improved conductance by reducing the work function via incorporation of hydrogen into VO2 nanowires. The VO2 nanowires were prepared using the chemical vapor deposition method with V2O5 powder on silicon substrates at 850 °C. Hydrogenation was carried out using the high-pressure hydrogenation method. Raman spectroscopy confirmed that the incorporated hydrogen atoms resulted in a change in the lattice constant of the VO2 nanowires (NWs). To quantitatively measure the work function of the nanowires, Kelvin probe force microscopy (KPFM) was employed at ambient conditions. We found that the work function decreased with increasing H2 pressure, which also resulted in increased conductance. This is associated with hydrogen diffused into the VO2 that acts as a donor to elevate the Fermi level, which was also confirmed by KPFM. From these results, tuning of the reversible electrical properties of VO2 NWs, including the conductance and work function, can be achieved by incorporating hydrogen at relatively moderate temperatures.
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- Jae-Eun Kim
- Center for Nanomaterials and Chemical Reactions, Institute for Basic Science (IBS), Daejeon, 34141, Republic of Korea.
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Chen S, Wang Z, Ren H, Chen Y, Yan W, Wang C, Li B, Jiang J, Zou C. Gate-controlled VO 2 phase transition for high-performance smart windows. SCIENCE ADVANCES 2019; 5:eaav6815. [PMID: 30931391 PMCID: PMC6435443 DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.aav6815] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/10/2018] [Accepted: 01/30/2019] [Indexed: 05/13/2023]
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Vanadium dioxide (VO2) is a promising material for developing energy-saving "smart windows," owing to its infrared thermochromism induced by metal-insulator transition (MIT). However, its practical application is greatly limited by its relatively high critical temperature (~68°C), low luminous transmittance (<60%), and poor solar energy regulation ability (<15%). Here, we developed a reversible and nonvolatile electric field control of the MIT of a monoclinic VO2 film. With a solid electrolyte layer assisting gating treatment, we modulated the insertion/extraction of hydrogen into/from the VO2 lattice at room temperature, causing tristate phase transitions that enable control of light transmittance. The dramatic increase in visible/infrared transmittance due to the phase transition from the metallic (lightly H-doped) to the insulating (heavily H-doped) phase results in an increased solar energy regulation ability up to 26.5%, while maintaining 70.8% visible luminous transmittance. These results break all previous records and exceed the theoretical limit for traditional VO2 smart windows, making them ready for energy-saving utilization.
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- Shi Chen
- National Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230029, China
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- Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, CAS Center for Excellence in Nanoscience, CAS Key Laboratory of Mechanical Behavior and Design of Materials, School of Chemistry and Materials Science, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, China
- School of Physics and Engineering, Henan University of Science and Technology, Henan Key Laboratory of Photoelectric Energy Storage Materials and Applications, Luoyang, Henan 471023, China
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- National Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230029, China
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- National Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230029, China
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- National Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230029, China
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- Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, CAS Center for Excellence in Nanoscience, CAS Key Laboratory of Mechanical Behavior and Design of Materials, School of Chemistry and Materials Science, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, China
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- National Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230029, China
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- Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, CAS Center for Excellence in Nanoscience, CAS Key Laboratory of Mechanical Behavior and Design of Materials, School of Chemistry and Materials Science, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, China
- Corresponding author. (J.J.); (C.Z.)
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- National Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230029, China
- Corresponding author. (J.J.); (C.Z.)
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Zeng W, Lai H, Chen T, Lu Y, Liang Z, Shi T, Chen K, Liu P, Xie F, Chen J, Xu J, Chen Q, Xie W. Size and crystallinity control of dispersed VO2 particles for modulation of metal–insulator transition temperature and hysteresis. CrystEngComm 2019. [DOI: 10.1039/c9ce01013k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Growth mechanism of VO2 particles with size dependent crystallinity: a solid-state dewetting and pyrolysis synergistic effect. Crystallinity, strain and defects optimize and modulate the MIT behavior of VO2 particles.
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Chen Y, Wang Z, Chen S, Ren H, Wang L, Zhang G, Lu Y, Jiang J, Zou C, Luo Y. Non-catalytic hydrogenation of VO 2 in acid solution. Nat Commun 2018; 9:818. [PMID: 29483502 PMCID: PMC5827755 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-018-03292-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/03/2017] [Accepted: 02/01/2018] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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Hydrogenation is an effective way to tune the property of metal oxides. It can conventionally be performed by doping hydrogen into solid materials with noble-metal catalysis, high-temperature/pressure annealing treatment, or high-energy proton implantation in vacuum condition. Acid solution naturally provides a rich proton source, but it should cause corrosion rather than hydrogenation to metal oxides. Here we report a facile approach to hydrogenate monoclinic vanadium dioxide (VO2) in acid solution at ambient condition by placing a small piece of low workfunction metal (Al, Cu, Ag, Zn, or Fe) on VO2 surface. It is found that the attachment of a tiny metal particle (~1.0 mm) can lead to the complete hydrogenation of an entire wafer-size VO2 (>2 inch). Moreover, with the right choice of the metal a two-step insulator–metal–insulator phase modulation can even be achieved. An electron–proton co-doping mechanism has been proposed and verified by the first-principles calculations. Hydrogenation is an effective way to tune the property of metal oxides. Here, the authors report a simple approach to hydrogenate VO2 in acid solution under ambient conditions by placing a small piece of low workfunction metal on VO2 surface.
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- Yuliang Chen
- National Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, 230029, China
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- Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials, CAS Center for Excellence in Nanoscience, School of Chemistry and Materials Science, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, 230026, China.,School of Physics and Engineering, Henan University of Science and Technology, Henan Key Laboratory of Photoelectric Energy Storage Materials and Applications, Luoyang, 471023, Henan, China
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- National Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, 230029, China
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- National Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, 230029, China
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- National Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, 230029, China
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- National Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, 230029, China
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- National Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, 230029, China
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- Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials, CAS Center for Excellence in Nanoscience, School of Chemistry and Materials Science, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, 230026, China.
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- National Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, 230029, China.
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- Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials, CAS Center for Excellence in Nanoscience, School of Chemistry and Materials Science, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, 230026, China
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Hou Y, Xiao R, Tong X, Dhuey S, Yu D. In Situ Visualization of Fast Surface Ion Diffusion in Vanadium Dioxide Nanowires. NANO LETTERS 2017; 17:7702-7709. [PMID: 29131965 DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.7b03832] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/15/2023]
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We investigate in situ ion diffusion in vanadium dioxide (VO2) nanowires (NWs) by using photocurrent imaging. Alkali metal ions are injected into a NW segment via ionic liquid gating and are shown to diffuse along the NW axis. The visualization of ion diffusion is realized by spatially resolved photocurrent measurements, which detect the charge carrier density change associated with the ion incorporation. Diffusion constants are determined to be on the order of 10-10 cm2/s for both Li+ and Na+ ions at room temperature, while H+ diffuses much slower. The ion diffusion is also found to occur mainly at the surface of the NWs, as metal contacts can effectively block the ion diffusion. This novel method of visualizing ion distribution is expected to be applied to study ion diffusion in a broad range of materials, providing key insights on phase transition electronics and energy storage applications.
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- Yasen Hou
- Department of Physics, University of California , Davis, California 95616, United States
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- Department of Physics, University of California , Davis, California 95616, United States
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- School of Physics, Peking University , Beijing 100871, People's Republic of China
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- The Molecular Foundry, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory , Berkeley, California 94720, United States
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- Department of Physics, University of California , Davis, California 95616, United States
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Zhang J, Zhao Z, Li J, Jin H, Rehman F, Chen P, Jiang Y, Chen C, Cao M, Zhao Y. Evolution of Structural and Electrical Properties of Oxygen-Deficient VO 2 under Low Temperature Heating Process. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2017; 9:27135-27141. [PMID: 28753266 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.7b05792] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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Structural stability and functional performances of vanadium dioxide (VO2) are strongly influenced by oxygen vacancies. However, the mechanism of metal-insulator transition (MIT) influenced by defects is still under debate. Here, we study the evolution of structure and electrical property of oxygen-deficient VO2 by a low temperature annealing process (LTP) based on a truss-structured VO2 nanonet. The oxygenation process of the oxygen-deficient VO2 is greatly prolonged, which enables us to probe the gradual change of properties of the oxygen-deficient VO2. A continuous lattice reduction is observed during LTP. No recrystallization and structural collapse of the VO2 nanonet can be found after LTP. The valence-band X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) measurements indicate that the oxygen deficiency strongly affects the energy level of the valence band edge. Correspondingly, the resistance changes of the VO2 films from 1 to 4.5 orders of magnitude are achieved by LTP. The effect of oxygen vacancy on the electric field driven MIT is investigated. The threshold value of voltage triggering the MIT decreases with increasing the oxygen vacancy concentration. This work demonstrates a novel and effective way to control the content of oxygen vacancies in VO2 and the obvious impact of oxygen vacancy on MIT, facilitating further research on the role of oxygen vacancy in structure and MIT of VO2, which is important for the deep understanding of MIT and exploiting innovative functional application of VO2.
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- Jiasong Zhang
- Beijing Key Laboratory of Construction Tailorable Advanced Functional Materials and Green Applications, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology , Beijing 100081, China
- Department of Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics, University of Pennsylvania , Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, United States
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Construction Tailorable Advanced Functional Materials and Green Applications, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology , Beijing 100081, China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Construction Tailorable Advanced Functional Materials and Green Applications, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology , Beijing 100081, China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Construction Tailorable Advanced Functional Materials and Green Applications, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology , Beijing 100081, China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Construction Tailorable Advanced Functional Materials and Green Applications, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology , Beijing 100081, China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Construction Tailorable Advanced Functional Materials and Green Applications, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology , Beijing 100081, China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Construction Tailorable Advanced Functional Materials and Green Applications, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology , Beijing 100081, China
- Department of Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics, University of Pennsylvania , Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, United States
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics, University of Pennsylvania , Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, United States
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Construction Tailorable Advanced Functional Materials and Green Applications, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology , Beijing 100081, China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Construction Tailorable Advanced Functional Materials and Green Applications, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology , Beijing 100081, China
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Boriskov PP, Belyaev MA, Velichko AA. Activation diffusion of oxygen under conditions of the metal-semiconductor phase transition in vanadium dioxide. RUSSIAN JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY A 2017. [DOI: 10.1134/s003602441706005x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Hardy WJ, Ji H, Paik H, Schlom DG, Natelson D. Mesoscopic quantum effects in a bad metal, hydrogen-doped vanadium dioxide. JOURNAL OF PHYSICS. CONDENSED MATTER : AN INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS JOURNAL 2017; 29:185601. [PMID: 28362641 DOI: 10.1088/1361-648x/aa674d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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The standard treatment of quantum corrections to semiclassical electronic conduction assumes that charge carriers propagate many wavelengths between scattering events, and succeeds in explaining multiple phenomena (weak localization magnetoresistance (WLMR), universal conductance fluctuations, Aharonov-Bohm oscillations) observed in polycrystalline metals and doped semiconductors in various dimensionalities. We report apparent WLMR and conductance fluctuations in H x VO2, a poor metal (in violation of the Mott-Ioffe-Regel limit) stabilized by the suppression of the VO2 metal-insulator transition through atomic hydrogen doping. Epitaxial thin films, single-crystal nanobeams, and nanosheets show similar phenomenology, though the details of the apparent WLMR seem to depend on the combined effects of the strain environment and presumed doping level. Self-consistent quantitative analysis of the WLMR is challenging given this and the high resistivity of the material, since the quantitative expressions for WLMR are derived assuming good metallicity. These observations raise the issue of how to assess and analyze mesoscopic quantum effects in poor metals.
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- Will J Hardy
- Applied Physics Graduate Program, Smalley-Curl Institute, Rice University, 6100 Main St., Houston, TX 77005, United States of America
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Passarello D, Altendorf SG, Jeong J, Rettner C, Arellano N, Topuria T, Samant MG, Parkin SSP. Evidence for Ionic Liquid Gate-Induced Metallization of Vanadium Dioxide Bars over Micron Length Scales. NANO LETTERS 2017; 17:2796-2801. [PMID: 28368120 DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.6b05029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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It has recently been shown that the metal-insulator transition in vanadium dioxide epitaxial films can be suppressed and the material made metallic to low temperatures by ionic liquid gating due to migration of oxygen. The gating is only possible on certain crystal facets where volume channels along the VO2's rutile c-axis intersect the surface. Here, we fabricate bars with the c-axis in plane and oriented parallel to or perpendicular to the length of the bars. We show that only bars with the c-axis perpendicular to the bars, for which the volume channels are accessible from the sides of the bar, can be metallized by ionic liquid gating. Moreover, we find that bars up to at least 0.5 μm wide can be fully gated, demonstrating the possibility of the electric field induced migration of oxygen over very long distances, ∼5 times longer than previously observed.
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- Donata Passarello
- IBM Research - Almaden , San Jose, California 95120, United States
- Max Plank Institute for Microstructure Physics , Weinberg 2, 06120 Halle (Saale), Germany
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- Max Plank Institute for Microstructure Physics , Weinberg 2, 06120 Halle (Saale), Germany
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- IBM Research - Almaden , San Jose, California 95120, United States
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- IBM Research - Almaden , San Jose, California 95120, United States
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- IBM Research - Almaden , San Jose, California 95120, United States
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- IBM Research - Almaden , San Jose, California 95120, United States
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- IBM Research - Almaden , San Jose, California 95120, United States
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- IBM Research - Almaden , San Jose, California 95120, United States
- Max Plank Institute for Microstructure Physics , Weinberg 2, 06120 Halle (Saale), Germany
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Wu H, Fu Q, Bao X. In situ Raman spectroscopy study of metal-enhanced hydrogenation and dehydrogenation of VO2. JOURNAL OF PHYSICS. CONDENSED MATTER : AN INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS JOURNAL 2016; 28:434003. [PMID: 27603090 DOI: 10.1088/0953-8984/28/43/434003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
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Vanadium dioxide (VO2) has a phase transition from insulator to metal at 340 K, and this transition can be strongly modified by hydrogenation. In this work, two dimensional (2D) VO2 sheets have been grown on Si(1 1 1) surfaces through chemical vapor deposition, and metal (Au, Pt) thin films were deposited on VO2 surfaces by sputtering. The hydrogenation and dehydrogenation of VO2 and metal-decorated VO2 structures in H2 and in air were in situ studied by Raman. We found that hydrogenation and dehydrogenation temperatures have been significantly decreased with the VO2 surface decorated by Au and Pt. The enhanced hydrogenation and dehydrogenation reactions can be attributed to catalytic dissociation of H2 and O2 molecules on metal surfaces and subsequent spillover of dissociated H and O atoms to the oxide surfaces.
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- Hao Wu
- Department of Chemical Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, People's Republic of China
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Yin W, Qin Y, Fowler WB, Stavola M, Boatner LA. The structures of interstitial hydrogen centers in VO2 in the dilute limit from their vibrational properties and theory. JOURNAL OF PHYSICS. CONDENSED MATTER : AN INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS JOURNAL 2016; 28:395401. [PMID: 27465290 DOI: 10.1088/0953-8984/28/39/395401] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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The introduction of a large concentration of H into VO2 is known to suppress the insulating phase of the metal-insulator transition that occurs upon cooling below 340 K. We have used infrared spectroscopy and complementary theory to study the properties of interstitial H and D in VO2 in the dilute limit to determine the vibrational frequencies, thermal stabilities, and equilibrium positions of isolated interstitial H and D centers. The vibrational lines of several OH and OD centers were observed to have thermal stabilities similar to that of the hydrogen that suppresses the insulating phase. Theory associates two of the four possible OH configurations for Hi in the insulating VO2 monoclinic phase with OH lines seen by experiment. Furthermore, theory predicts the energies and vibrational frequencies for configurations with Hi trapped near a substitutional impurity and suggests such defects as candidates for additional OH centers that have been observed.
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- Weikai Yin
- Department of Physics and the Sherman Fairchild Laboratory, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA 18015, USA
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Yoon H, Choi M, Lim TW, Kwon H, Ihm K, Kim JK, Choi SY, Son J. Reversible phase modulation and hydrogen storage in multivalent VO2 epitaxial thin films. NATURE MATERIALS 2016; 15:1113-9. [PMID: 27400385 DOI: 10.1038/nmat4692] [Citation(s) in RCA: 106] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/25/2015] [Accepted: 06/06/2016] [Indexed: 05/14/2023]
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Hydrogen, the smallest and the lightest atomic element, is reversibly incorporated into interstitial sites in vanadium dioxide (VO2), a correlated oxide with a 3d(1) electronic configuration, and induces electronic phase modulation. It is widely reported that low hydrogen concentrations stabilize the metallic phase, but the understanding of hydrogen in the high doping regime is limited. Here, we demonstrate that as many as two hydrogen atoms can be incorporated into each VO2 unit cell, and that hydrogen is reversibly absorbed into, and released from, VO2 without destroying its lattice framework. This hydrogenation process allows us to elucidate electronic phase modulation of vanadium oxyhydride, demonstrating two-step insulator (VO2)-metal (HxVO2)-insulator (HVO2) phase modulation during inter-integer d-band filling. Our finding suggests the possibility of reversible and dynamic control of topotactic phase modulation in VO2 and opens up the potential application in proton-based Mottronics and novel hydrogen storage.
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- Hyojin Yoon
- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH), Pohang 37673, Republic of Korea
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- Materials Modeling and Characterization Department, Korea Institute of Materials Science (KIMS), Changwon 51508, Republic of Korea
- Department of Physics, Inha University, Incheon 22212, Republic of Korea
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- Materials Modeling and Characterization Department, Korea Institute of Materials Science (KIMS), Changwon 51508, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH), Pohang 37673, Republic of Korea
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- Pohang Accelerator Laboratory, Pohang 37673, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH), Pohang 37673, Republic of Korea
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- Materials Modeling and Characterization Department, Korea Institute of Materials Science (KIMS), Changwon 51508, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH), Pohang 37673, Republic of Korea
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Kasırga TS, Coy JM, Park JH, Cobden DH. Visualization of one-dimensional diffusion and spontaneous segregation of hydrogen in single crystals of VO2. NANOTECHNOLOGY 2016; 27:345708. [PMID: 27454751 DOI: 10.1088/0957-4484/27/34/345708] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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Hydrogen intercalation in solids is common, complicated, and very difficult to monitor. In a new approach to the problem, we have studied the profile of hydrogen diffusion in single-crystal nanobeams and plates of VO2, exploiting the fact that hydrogen doping in this material leads to visible darkening near room temperature connected with the metal-insulator transition at 65 °C. We observe hydrogen diffusion along the rutile c-axis but not perpendicular to it, making this a highly one-dimensional diffusion system. We obtain an activated diffusion coefficient, [Formula: see text] applicable in metallic phase. In addition, we observe dramatic supercooling of the hydrogen-induced metallic phase and spontaneous segregation of the hydrogen into stripes implying that the diffusion process is highly nonlinear, even in the absence of defects. Similar complications may occur in hydrogen motion in other materials but are not revealed by conventional measurement techniques.
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- T Serkan Kasırga
- Department of Physics, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA. UNAM-Institute of Materials Science and Nanotechnology, Bilkent University, Ankara 06800, Turkey
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Chen L, Cui Y, Shi S, Liu B, Luo H, Gao Y. First-principles study of the effect of oxygen vacancy and strain on the phase transition temperature of VO2. RSC Adv 2016. [DOI: 10.1039/c6ra19121e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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The calculated oxygen-vacancy diffusion barrier indicates that the existence of oxygen-vacancy could stabilize the rutile phase at a low temperature.
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- Lanli Chen
- School of Materials Science and Engineering
- Shanghai University
- Shanghai 200444
- China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering
- Shanghai University
- Shanghai 200444
- China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering
- Shanghai University
- Shanghai 200444
- China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering
- Shanghai University
- Shanghai 200444
- China
| | - Hongjie Luo
- School of Materials Science and Engineering
- Shanghai University
- Shanghai 200444
- China
| | - Yanfeng Gao
- School of Materials Science and Engineering
- Shanghai University
- Shanghai 200444
- China
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