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Buzi F, Kreka K, Santiso J, Rapenne L, Sha Z, Douglas JO, Chiabrera F, Morata A, Burriel M, Skinner S, Bernadet L, Baiutti F, Tarancón A. A Self-Assembled Multiphasic Thin Film as an Oxygen Electrode for Enhanced Durability in Reversible Solid Oxide Cells. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2024; 16:43462-43473. [PMID: 39109991 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.4c06290] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 08/23/2024]
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The implementation of nanocomposite materials as electrode layers represents a potential turning point for next-generation of solid oxide cells in order to reduce the use of critical raw materials. However, the substitution of bulk electrode materials by thin films is still under debate especially due to the uncertainty about their performance and stability under operando conditions, which restricts their use in real applications. In this work, we propose a multiphase nanocomposite characterized by a highly disordered microstructure and high cationic intermixing as a result from thin-film self-assembly of a perovskite-based mixed ionic-electronic conductor (lanthanum strontium cobaltite) and a fluorite-based pure ionic conductor (samarium-doped ceria) as an oxygen electrode for reversible solid oxide cells. Electrochemical characterization shows remarkable oxygen reduction reaction (fuel cell mode) and oxygen evolution activity (electrolysis mode) in comparison with state-of-the-art bulk electrodes, combined with outstanding long-term stability at operational temperatures of 700 °C. The disordered nanostructure was implemented as a standalone oxygen electrode on commercial anode-supported cells, resulting in high electrical output in fuel cell and electrolysis mode for active layer thicknesses of only 200 nm (>95% decrease in critical raw materials with respect to conventional cathodes). The cell was operated for over 300 h in fuel cell mode displaying excellent stability. Our findings unlock the hidden potential of advanced thin-film technologies for obtaining high-performance disordered electrodes based on nanocomposite self-assembly combining long durability and minimized use of critical raw materials.
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- Fjorelo Buzi
- Department of Advanced Materials for Energy, Catalonia Institute for Energy Research (IREC), Barcelona 08930, Spain
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- Department of Advanced Materials for Energy, Catalonia Institute for Energy Research (IREC), Barcelona 08930, Spain
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- Catalonia Institute for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (ICN2), CSIC and BIST, Campus de la Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB), Barcelona, Bellaterra 08193, Spain
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- Univ. Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, Grenoble INP, LMGP, Grenoble 38000, France
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- Department of Materials, Imperial College London, Exhibition Road, London SW7, U.K
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- Department of Materials, Imperial College London, Exhibition Road, London SW7, U.K
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- Department of Advanced Materials for Energy, Catalonia Institute for Energy Research (IREC), Barcelona 08930, Spain
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- Department of Advanced Materials for Energy, Catalonia Institute for Energy Research (IREC), Barcelona 08930, Spain
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- Univ. Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, Grenoble INP, LMGP, Grenoble 38000, France
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- Department of Materials, Imperial College London, Exhibition Road, London SW7, U.K
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- Department of Advanced Materials for Energy, Catalonia Institute for Energy Research (IREC), Barcelona 08930, Spain
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- Department of Advanced Materials for Energy, Catalonia Institute for Energy Research (IREC), Barcelona 08930, Spain
- Department of Materials Chemistry, National Institute of Chemistry, Hajdrihova 19, Ljubljana SI-1000, Slovenia
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- Department of Advanced Materials for Energy, Catalonia Institute for Energy Research (IREC), Barcelona 08930, Spain
- Catalan Institution for Research and Advanced Studies (ICREA), Passeig LlRuís Companys 23, Barcelona 08010, Spain
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Rahman AU, Abdul M, Karim A, Rahman G, El Azab IH, Jingfu B. Exploring the properties of Zr 2CO 2/GaS van der Waals heterostructures for optoelectronic applications. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2024; 26:21453-21467. [PMID: 39054951 DOI: 10.1039/d4cp02370f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 07/27/2024]
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We investigate the structural, electronic, and optical properties of eight possible Zr2CO2/GaS van der Waals (vdW) heterostructures using first-principles calculations based on a hybrid functional. These structures display favorable stability, indicated by matching crystal structures and negative formation energies. In all considered configurations, these heterostructures act as indirect band gap semiconductors with a type-II band alignment, allowing efficient electron-hole separation. Optical studies reveal their suitability for optoelectronic applications. Zr2CO2/GaS under 4% biaxial compressive strain meets the criteria for photocatalytic water splitting, suggesting their potential for electronic and optoelectronic devices in the visible spectrum. Our findings present prospects for advanced photocatalytic materials and optical devices.
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- Altaf Ur Rahman
- Department of Physics, Riphah International University, Lahore, Pakistan.
- Institute of Physics, UFRGS, 91509-900 Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
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- School of Mechanical and Electronic Engineering, Quanzhou University of Information Engineering, Quanzhou, Fujian 362000, People's Republic of China.
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- Department of Physics, COMSATS University Islamabad, 44000, Pakistan
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- Department of Physics, Quaid-i-Azam University Islamabad, 45320, Pakistan.
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- Department of Food Science and Nutrition, College of Science, Taif University, P.O. box 11099, Taif 21944, Saudi Arabia
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- School of Integrated Circuit Science and Engineering, University of Electronic Sciences and Technology of China, Chengdu 610054, People's Republic of China
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Tsai JY, Chen JY, Huang CW, Lo HY, Ke WE, Chu YH, Wu WW. A High-Entropy-Oxides-Based Memristor: Outstanding Resistive Switching Performance and Mechanisms in Atomic Structural Evolution. ADVANCED MATERIALS (DEERFIELD BEACH, FLA.) 2023; 35:e2302979. [PMID: 37378645 DOI: 10.1002/adma.202302979] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/31/2023] [Revised: 06/11/2023] [Indexed: 06/29/2023]
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The application of high-entropy oxide (HEO) has attracted significant attention in recent years owing to their unique structural characteristics, such as excellent electrochemical properties and long-term cycling stability. However, the application of resistive random-access memory (RRAM) has not been extensively studied, and the switching mechanism of HEO-based RRAM has yet to be thoroughly investigated. In this study, HEO (Cr, Mn, Fe, Co, Ni)3 O4 with a spinel structure is epitaxially grown on a Nb:STO conductive substrate, and Pt metal is deposited as the top electrode. After the resistive-switching operation, some regions of the spinel structure are transformed into a rock-salt structure and analyzed using advanced transmission electron microscopy and scanning transmission electron microscopy. From the results of X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy and electron energy loss spectroscopy, only specific elements would change their valence state, which results in excellent resistive-switching properties with a high on/off ratio on the order of 105 , outstanding endurance (>4550 cycles), long retention time (>104 s), and high stability, which suggests that HEO is a promising RRAM material.
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- Jing-Yuan Tsai
- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Hsinchu, 30010, Taiwan
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, National United University, Miaoli, 360, Taiwan
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Feng Chia University, Taichung, 407, Taiwan
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Hsinchu, 30010, Taiwan
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Hsinchu, 30010, Taiwan
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, 300, Taiwan
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Hsinchu, 30010, Taiwan
- Center for the Intelligent Semiconductor Nano-system Technology Research, Hsinchu, 30078, Taiwan
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Yang G, El Loubani M, Chalaki HR, Kim J, Keum JK, Rouleau CM, Lee D. Tuning Ionic Conductivity in Fluorite Gd-Doped CeO 2-Bixbyite RE 2O 3 (RE = Y and Sm) Multilayer Thin Films by Controlling Interfacial Strain. ACS APPLIED ELECTRONIC MATERIALS 2023; 5:4556-4563. [PMID: 37637973 PMCID: PMC10449009 DOI: 10.1021/acsaelm.3c00724] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/30/2023] [Accepted: 07/23/2023] [Indexed: 08/29/2023]
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Interfacial strain in heteroepitaxial oxide thin films is a powerful tool for discovering properties and recognizing the potential of materials performance. Particularly, facilitating ion conduction by interfacial strain in oxide multilayer thin films has always been seen to be a highly promising route to this goal. However, the effect of interfacial strain on ion transport properties is still controversial due to the difficulty in deconvoluting the strain contribution from other interfacial phenomena, such as space charge effects. Here, we show that interfacial strain can effectively tune the ionic conductivity by successfully growing multilayer thin films composed of an ionic conductor Gd-doped CeO2 (GDC) and an insulator RE2O3 (RE = Y and Sm). In contrast to compressively strained GDC-Y2O3 multilayer films, tensile strained GDC-Sm2O3 multilayer films demonstrate the enhanced ionic conductivity of GDC, which is attributed to the increased concentration of oxygen vacancies. In addition, we demonstrate that increasing the number of interfaces has no impact on the further enhancement of the ionic conductivity in GDC-Sm2O3 multilayer films. Our findings demonstrate the unambiguous role of interfacial strain on ion conduction of oxides and provide insights into the rational design of fast ion conductors through interface engineering.
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- Gene Yang
- Department
of Mechanical Engineering, University of
South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina 29208, United States
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- Department
of Mechanical Engineering, University of
South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina 29208, United States
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- Department
of Mechanical Engineering, University of
South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina 29208, United States
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- Department
of Mechanical Engineering, University of
South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina 29208, United States
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- Center
for Nanophase Materials Sciences, Oak Ridge
National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37830, United States
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- Center
for Nanophase Materials Sciences, Oak Ridge
National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37830, United States
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- Department
of Mechanical Engineering, University of
South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina 29208, United States
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Filonova E, Pikalova E. Overview of Approaches to Increase the Electrochemical Activity of Conventional Perovskite Air Electrodes. MATERIALS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2023; 16:4967. [PMID: 37512242 PMCID: PMC10381493 DOI: 10.3390/ma16144967] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/11/2023] [Revised: 07/07/2023] [Accepted: 07/10/2023] [Indexed: 07/30/2023]
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The progressive research trends in the development of low-cost, commercially competitive solid oxide fuel cells with reduced operating temperatures are closely linked to the search for new functional materials as well as technologies to improve the properties of established materials traditionally used in high-temperature devices. Significant efforts are being made to improve air electrodes, which significantly contribute to the degradation of cell performance due to low oxygen reduction reaction kinetics at reduced temperatures. The present review summarizes the basic information on the methods to improve the electrochemical performance of conventional air electrodes with perovskite structure, such as lanthanum strontium manganite (LSM) and lanthanum strontium cobaltite ferrite (LSCF), to make them suitable for application in second generation electrochemical cells operating at medium and low temperatures. In addition, the information presented in this review may serve as a background for further implementation of developed electrode modification technologies involving novel, recently investigated electrode materials.
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- Elena Filonova
- Department of Physical and Inorganic Chemistry, Institute of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, Ural Federal University, Yekaterinburg 620002, Russia
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- Laboratory of Kinetics, Institute of High Temperature Electrochemistry, Ural Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Yekaterinburg 620137, Russia;
- Department of Environmental Economics, Graduate School of Economics and Management, Ural Federal University, Yekaterinburg 620002, Russia
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Huo C, Xu K, Ma L, Li T, Li H, Yang X, Kuang X, Liu S, Deng S, Chen J. Colossal Ionic Conductivity in Interphase Strain-Engineered Nanocomposite Films. J Am Chem Soc 2023. [PMID: 37327186 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.3c01298] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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Owing to their wide application in oxide-based electrochemical and energy devices, ion conductors have attracted considerable attention. However, the ionic conductivity of the developed systems is still too low to satisfy the low-temperature application. In this study, by developing the emergent interphase strain engineering method, we achieve a colossal ionic conductivity in SrZrO3-xMgO nanocomposite films, which is over one order of magnitude higher than that of the currently widely used yttria-stabilized zirconia below 673 K. Atomic-scale electron microscopy studies ascribe this superior ionic conductivity to the periodically well-aligned SrZrO3 and MgO nanopillars that feature coherent interfaces. Wherein, a tensile strain as large as +1.7% is introduced into SrZrO3, expanding the c-lattice and distorting the oxygen octahedra to decrease the oxygen migration energy. Combining with theoretical assessments, we clarify the strain-dependent oxygen migration path and energy and unravel the mechanisms for strain-tuned ionic conductivity. This study provides a new scope for the property improvement of wide-range ion conductors by strain engineering.
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- Chuanrui Huo
- Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Materials Genome Engineering, Department of Physical Chemistry, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing 100083, China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, United States
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- Key Laboratory for Quantum Materials of Zhejiang Province, Department of Physics, School of Science, Westlake University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310024, China
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- Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Materials Genome Engineering, Department of Physical Chemistry, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing 100083, China
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- Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Materials Genome Engineering, Department of Physical Chemistry, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing 100083, China
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- College of Chemistry and Bioengineering, Guilin University of Technology, Guangxi Key Laboratory of Optical and Electronic Materials and Devices, Guilin 541004, China
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- College of Chemistry and Bioengineering, Guilin University of Technology, Guangxi Key Laboratory of Optical and Electronic Materials and Devices, Guilin 541004, China
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- Key Laboratory for Quantum Materials of Zhejiang Province, Department of Physics, School of Science, Westlake University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310024, China
- Institute of Natural Sciences, Westlake Institute for Advanced Study, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310024, China
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- Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Materials Genome Engineering, Department of Physical Chemistry, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing 100083, China
- School of Mathematics and Physics, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing 100083, China
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- Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Materials Genome Engineering, Department of Physical Chemistry, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing 100083, China
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Kante M, Weber ML, Ni S, van den Bosch ICG, van der Minne E, Heymann L, Falling LJ, Gauquelin N, Tsvetanova M, Cunha DM, Koster G, Gunkel F, Nemšák S, Hahn H, Velasco Estrada L, Baeumer C. A High-Entropy Oxide as High-Activity Electrocatalyst for Water Oxidation. ACS NANO 2023; 17:5329-5339. [PMID: 36913300 PMCID: PMC10061923 DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.2c08096] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/13/2022] [Accepted: 03/08/2023] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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High-entropy materials are an emerging pathway in the development of high-activity (electro)catalysts because of the inherent tunability and coexistence of multiple potential active sites, which may lead to earth-abundant catalyst materials for energy-efficient electrochemical energy storage. In this report, we identify how the multication composition in high-entropy perovskite oxides (HEO) contributes to high catalytic activity for the oxygen evolution reaction (OER), i.e., the key kinetically limiting half-reaction in several electrochemical energy conversion technologies, including green hydrogen generation. We compare the activity of the (001) facet of LaCr0.2Mn0.2Fe0.2Co0.2Ni0.2O3-δ with the parent compounds (single B-site in the ABO3 perovskite). While the single B-site perovskites roughly follow the expected volcano-type activity trends, the HEO clearly outperforms all of its parent compounds with 17 to 680 times higher currents at a fixed overpotential. As all samples were grown as an epitaxial layer, our results indicate an intrinsic composition-function relationship, avoiding the effects of complex geometries or unknown surface composition. In-depth X-ray photoemission studies reveal a synergistic effect of simultaneous oxidation and reduction of different transition metal cations during the adsorption of reaction intermediates. The surprisingly high OER activity demonstrates that HEOs are a highly attractive, earth-abundant material class for high-activity OER electrocatalysts, possibly allowing the activity to be fine-tuned beyond the scaling limits of mono- or bimetallic oxides.
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- Mohana
V. Kante
- Institute
of Nanotechnology, Karlsruhe Institute of
Technology, Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen 76344, Germany
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- Peter
Gruenberg Institute and JARA-FIT, Forschungszentrum Juelich GmbH, Juelich 52425, Germany
- Advanced
Light Source, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
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- MESA+
Institute for Nanotechnology, Faculty of Science and Technology, University of Twente, Enschede 7500 AE, Netherlands
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- MESA+
Institute for Nanotechnology, Faculty of Science and Technology, University of Twente, Enschede 7500 AE, Netherlands
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- MESA+
Institute for Nanotechnology, Faculty of Science and Technology, University of Twente, Enschede 7500 AE, Netherlands
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- Peter
Gruenberg Institute and JARA-FIT, Forschungszentrum Juelich GmbH, Juelich 52425, Germany
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- Advanced
Light Source, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
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- Electron
Microscopy for Materials Research (EMAT), Department of Physics, University of Antwerp, Antwerpen BE-2020, Belgium
- NANOlab Center
of Excellence, University of Antwerp, Antwerpen BE-2020, Belgium
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- MESA+
Institute for Nanotechnology, Faculty of Science and Technology, University of Twente, Enschede 7500 AE, Netherlands
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- MESA+
Institute for Nanotechnology, Faculty of Science and Technology, University of Twente, Enschede 7500 AE, Netherlands
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- MESA+
Institute for Nanotechnology, Faculty of Science and Technology, University of Twente, Enschede 7500 AE, Netherlands
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- Peter
Gruenberg Institute and JARA-FIT, Forschungszentrum Juelich GmbH, Juelich 52425, Germany
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- Advanced
Light Source, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
- Department
of Physics and Astronomy, University of
California Davis, Davis, California 95616, United States
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- Institute
of Nanotechnology, Karlsruhe Institute of
Technology, Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen 76344, Germany
- Department
of Chemical, Biological and Materials Engineering, The University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma 73019, United States
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- Institute
of Nanotechnology, Karlsruhe Institute of
Technology, Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen 76344, Germany
- Department
of Chemical, Biological and Materials Engineering, The University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma 73019, United States
- Universidad
Nacional de Colombia sede de La Paz, La Paz, Cesar 202010, Colombia
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- Peter
Gruenberg Institute and JARA-FIT, Forschungszentrum Juelich GmbH, Juelich 52425, Germany
- MESA+
Institute for Nanotechnology, Faculty of Science and Technology, University of Twente, Enschede 7500 AE, Netherlands
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Liu J, Cao Y, Tang YL, Zhu YL, Wang Y, Liu N, Zou MJ, Shi TT, Liu F, Gong F, Feng YP, Ma XL. Room-Temperature Ferroelectricity of Paraelectric Oxides Tailored by Nano-Engineering. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2023; 15:4226-4233. [PMID: 36633961 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.2c19944] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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Inducing clear ferroelectricity in the quantum paraelectric SrTiO3 is important for triggering methods to discover hidden phases in condensed matter physics. Several methods such as isotope substitution and freestanding membranes could introduce ferroelectricity in SrTiO3 toward nonvolatile memory applications. However, the stable transformation from quantum paraelectric SrTiO3 to ferroelectricity SrTiO3 at room temperature still remains challenging. Here, we used multiple nano-engineering in (SrTiO3)0.65/(CeO2)0.35 films to achieve an emergent room-temperature ferroelectricity. It is shown that the CeO2 nanocolumns impose large out-of-plane strains and induce Sr/O deficiency in the SrTiO3 matrix to form a clear tetragonal structure, which leads to an apparent room-temperature ferroelectric polarization up to 2.5 μC/cm2. In collaboration with density functional theory calculations, it is proposed that the compressive strains combined with elemental deficiency give rise to local redistribution of charge density and orbital order, which induce emergent tetragonality of the strained SrTiO3. Our work thus paves a pathway for architecting functional systems in perovskite oxides using a multiple nano-design.
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- Jiaqi Liu
- Shenyang National Laboratory for Materials Science and Institute of Metal Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wenhua Road 72, Shenyang 110016, China
- School of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Science and Technology of China, Wenhua Road 72, Shenyang 110016, China
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- Shenyang National Laboratory for Materials Science and Institute of Metal Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wenhua Road 72, Shenyang 110016, China
- School of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Science and Technology of China, Wenhua Road 72, Shenyang 110016, China
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- Shenyang National Laboratory for Materials Science and Institute of Metal Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wenhua Road 72, Shenyang 110016, China
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- Bay Area Center for Electron Microscopy, Songshan Lake Materials Laboratory, Dongguan 523808, China
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- Shenyang National Laboratory for Materials Science and Institute of Metal Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wenhua Road 72, Shenyang 110016, China
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- Shenyang National Laboratory for Materials Science and Institute of Metal Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wenhua Road 72, Shenyang 110016, China
- School of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Science and Technology of China, Wenhua Road 72, Shenyang 110016, China
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- Bay Area Center for Electron Microscopy, Songshan Lake Materials Laboratory, Dongguan 523808, China
- Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
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- Shenyang National Laboratory for Materials Science and Institute of Metal Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wenhua Road 72, Shenyang 110016, China
- School of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Science and Technology of China, Wenhua Road 72, Shenyang 110016, China
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- Shenyang National Laboratory for Materials Science and Institute of Metal Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wenhua Road 72, Shenyang 110016, China
- School of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Science and Technology of China, Wenhua Road 72, Shenyang 110016, China
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- Shenyang National Laboratory for Materials Science and Institute of Metal Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wenhua Road 72, Shenyang 110016, China
- School of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Science and Technology of China, Wenhua Road 72, Shenyang 110016, China
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- Bay Area Center for Electron Microscopy, Songshan Lake Materials Laboratory, Dongguan 523808, China
- Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
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- Bay Area Center for Electron Microscopy, Songshan Lake Materials Laboratory, Dongguan 523808, China
- Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
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Pikalova EY, Kalinina EG, Pikalova NS, Filonova EA. High-Entropy Materials in SOFC Technology: Theoretical Foundations for Their Creation, Features of Synthesis, and Recent Achievements. MATERIALS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2022; 15:ma15248783. [PMID: 36556589 PMCID: PMC9781791 DOI: 10.3390/ma15248783] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/11/2022] [Revised: 12/05/2022] [Accepted: 12/06/2022] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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In this review, recent achievements in the application of high-entropy alloys (HEAs) and high-entropy oxides (HEOs) in the technology of solid oxide fuel cells (SOFC) are discussed for the first time. The mechanisms of the stabilization of a high-entropy state in such materials, as well as the effect of structural and charge factors on the stability of the resulting homogeneous solid solution are performed. An introduction to the synthesis methods for HEAs and HEOs is given. The review highlights such advantages of high-entropy materials as high strength and the sluggish diffusion of components, which are promising for the use at the elevated temperatures, which are characteristic of SOFCs. Application of the medium- and high-entropy materials in the hydrocarbon-fueled SOFCs as protective layers for interconnectors and as anode components, caused by their high stability, are covered. High-entropy solid electrolytes are discussed in comparison with traditional electrolyte materials in terms of conductivity. High-entropy oxides are considered as prospective cathodes for SOFCs due to their superior electrochemical activity and long-term stability compared with the conventional perovskites. The present review also determines the prioritizing directions in the future development of high-entropy materials as electrolytes and electrodes for SOFCs operating in the intermediate and low temperature ranges.
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- Elena Y. Pikalova
- Laboratory of Solid Oxide Fuel Cells, Institute of High Temperature Electrochemistry, Ural Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Yekaterinburg 620137, Russia
- Department of Environmental Economics, Graduate School of Economics and Management, Ural Federal University, Yekaterinburg 620002, Russia
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- Laboratory of Complex Electrophysic Investigations, Institute of Electrophysics, Ural Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Yekaterinburg 620016, Russia
- Department of Physical and Inorganic Chemistry, Institute of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, Ural Federal University, Yekaterinburg 620002, Russia
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- Institute of Metallurgy, Ural Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Yekaterinburg 620016, Russia
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- Department of Physical and Inorganic Chemistry, Institute of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, Ural Federal University, Yekaterinburg 620002, Russia
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Sirvent JD, Carmona A, Rapenne L, Chiabrera F, Morata A, Burriel M, Baiutti F, Tarancón A. Nanostructured La 0.75Sr 0.25Cr 0.5Mn 0.5O 3-Ce 0.8Sm 0.2O 2 Heterointerfaces as All-Ceramic Functional Layers for Solid Oxide Fuel Cell Applications. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2022; 14:42178-42187. [PMID: 36070857 PMCID: PMC9501924 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.2c14044] [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: 08/05/2022] [Accepted: 08/24/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
Abstract
The use of nanostructured interfaces and advanced functional materials opens up a new playground in the field of solid oxide fuel cells. In this work, we present two all-ceramic thin-film heterostructures based on samarium-doped ceria and lanthanum strontium chromite manganite as promising functional layers for electrode application. The films were fabricated by pulsed laser deposition as bilayers or self-assembled intermixed nanocomposites. The microstructural characterization confirmed the formation of dense, well-differentiated, phases and highlighted the presence of strong cation intermixing in the case of the nanocomposite. The electrochemical properties─solid/gas reactivity and in-plane conductivity─are strongly improved for both heterostructures with respect to the single-phase constituents under anodic conditions (up to fivefold decrease of area-specific resistance and 3 orders of magnitude increase of in-plane conductivity with respect to reference single-phase materials). A remarkable electrochemical activity was also observed for the nanocomposite under an oxidizing atmosphere, with no significant decrease in performance after 400 h of thermal aging. This work shows how the implementation of nanostructuring strategies not only can be used to tune the properties of functional films but also results in a synergistic enhancement of the electrochemical performance, surpassing the parent materials and opening the field for the fabrication of high-performance nanostructured functional layers for application in solid oxide fuel cells and symmetric systems.
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Affiliation(s)
- Juan de
Dios Sirvent
- Department
of Advanced Materials for Energy, Catalonia
Institute for Energy Research (IREC), Jardins de les Dones de Negre 1, Sant Adrià del Besòs, Barcelona 08930, Spain
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- Department
of Advanced Materials for Energy, Catalonia
Institute for Energy Research (IREC), Jardins de les Dones de Negre 1, Sant Adrià del Besòs, Barcelona 08930, Spain
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- Univ.
Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, Grenoble INP, LMGP, 38000 Grenoble, France
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- Department
of Advanced Materials for Energy, Catalonia
Institute for Energy Research (IREC), Jardins de les Dones de Negre 1, Sant Adrià del Besòs, Barcelona 08930, Spain
- Department
of Energy Conversion and Storage, Functional Oxides group, Technical University of Denmark, Fysikvej, 310, 233, 2800, Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark
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- Department
of Advanced Materials for Energy, Catalonia
Institute for Energy Research (IREC), Jardins de les Dones de Negre 1, Sant Adrià del Besòs, Barcelona 08930, Spain
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- Univ.
Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, Grenoble INP, LMGP, 38000 Grenoble, France
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- Department
of Advanced Materials for Energy, Catalonia
Institute for Energy Research (IREC), Jardins de les Dones de Negre 1, Sant Adrià del Besòs, Barcelona 08930, Spain
- Department
of Materials Chemistry, National Institute
of Chemistry, Hajdrihova
19, Ljubljana SI-1000, Slovenia
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- Department
of Advanced Materials for Energy, Catalonia
Institute for Energy Research (IREC), Jardins de les Dones de Negre 1, Sant Adrià del Besòs, Barcelona 08930, Spain
- ICREA, Passeig Lluís Companys 23, 08010 Barcelona, Spain
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Siller V, Gonzalez-Rosillo JC, Eroles MN, Baiutti F, Liedke MO, Butterling M, Attallah AG, Hirschmann E, Wagner A, Morata A, Tarancón A. Nanoscaled LiMn 2O 4 for Extended Cycling Stability in the 3 V Plateau. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2022; 14:33438-33446. [PMID: 35830969 PMCID: PMC9335525 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.2c10798] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
Abstract
Extending the potential window toward the 3 V plateau below the typically used range could boost the effective capacity of LiMn2O4 spinel cathodes. This usually leads to an "overdischarge" of the cathode, which can cause severe material damage due to manganese dissolution into the electrolyte and a critical volume expansion (induced by Jahn-Teller distortions). As those factors determine the stability and cycling lifetime for all-solid-state batteries, the operational window of LiMn2O4 is usually limited to 3.5-4.5 V versus Li/Li+ in common battery cells. However, it has been reported that nano-shaped particles and thin films can potentially mitigate these detrimental effects. We demonstrate here that porous LiMn2O4 thin-film cathodes with a certain level of off-stoichiometry show improved cycling stability for the extended cycling range of 2.0-4.5 V versus Li/Li+. We argue through operando spectroscopic ellipsometry that the origin of this stability lies in the surprisingly small volume change in the layer during lithiation.
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- Valerie Siller
- Catalonia
Institute for Energy Research (IREC), Jardins de les Dones de Negre 1, Planta 2, Sant Adrià del Besòs, Barcelona 08930, Spain
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- Catalonia
Institute for Energy Research (IREC), Jardins de les Dones de Negre 1, Planta 2, Sant Adrià del Besòs, Barcelona 08930, Spain
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- Catalonia
Institute for Energy Research (IREC), Jardins de les Dones de Negre 1, Planta 2, Sant Adrià del Besòs, Barcelona 08930, Spain
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- Catalonia
Institute for Energy Research (IREC), Jardins de les Dones de Negre 1, Planta 2, Sant Adrià del Besòs, Barcelona 08930, Spain
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- Helmholtz-Zentrum
Dresden—Rossendorf, Institute of
Radiation Physics, Bautzner
Landstraße 400, Dresden 01328, Germany
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- Helmholtz-Zentrum
Dresden—Rossendorf, Institute of
Radiation Physics, Bautzner
Landstraße 400, Dresden 01328, Germany
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- Helmholtz-Zentrum
Dresden—Rossendorf, Institute of
Radiation Physics, Bautzner
Landstraße 400, Dresden 01328, Germany
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- Helmholtz-Zentrum
Dresden—Rossendorf, Institute of
Radiation Physics, Bautzner
Landstraße 400, Dresden 01328, Germany
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- Helmholtz-Zentrum
Dresden—Rossendorf, Institute of
Radiation Physics, Bautzner
Landstraße 400, Dresden 01328, Germany
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- Catalonia
Institute for Energy Research (IREC), Jardins de les Dones de Negre 1, Planta 2, Sant Adrià del Besòs, Barcelona 08930, Spain
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- Catalonia
Institute for Energy Research (IREC), Jardins de les Dones de Negre 1, Planta 2, Sant Adrià del Besòs, Barcelona 08930, Spain
- Catalan
Institution for Research and Advanced Studies (ICREA), Passeig Lluís Companys 23, Barcelona 08010, Spain
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Can Empirical Biplots Predict High Entropy Oxide Phases? JOURNAL OF COMPOSITES SCIENCE 2021. [DOI: 10.3390/jcs5120311] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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High entropy oxides are entropy-stabilised oxides that adopt specific disordered structures due to entropy stabilisation. They are a new class of materials that utilises the high-entropy concept first discovered in metallic alloys. They can have interesting properties due to the interactions at the electronic level and can be combined with other materials to make composite structures. The design of new meta-materials that utilise this concept to solve real-world problems may be a possibility but further understanding of how their phase stabilisation is required. In this work, biplots of the composition’s mean electronegativity are plotted against the electron-per-atom ratio of the compounds. The test dataset accuracy in the resulting biplots improves from 78% to 100% when using atomic-number-per-atom Z/a ratios as a biplot parameter. Phase stability maps were constructed using a Voronoi tessellation. This can be of use in determining stability at composite material interfaces.
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