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Torayev A, Sperrin L, Gomez MA, Kattirtzi JA, Merlet C, Grey CP. Local Distortions and Dynamics in Hydrated Y-Doped BaZrO 3. J Phys Chem C Nanomater Interfaces 2020; 124:16689-16701. [PMID: 32765802 PMCID: PMC7397726 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.0c04594] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/21/2020] [Revised: 06/17/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
Abstract
Y-doped BaZrO3 is a promising proton conductor for intermediate temperature solid oxide fuel cells. In this work, a combination of static DFT calculations and DFT based molecular dynamics (DFT-MD) was used to study proton conduction in this material. Geometry optimizations of 100 structures with a 12.5% dopant concentration allowed us to identify a clear correlation between the bending of the metal-oxygen-metal angle and the energies of the simulated cells. Depending on the type of bending, two configurations, designated as inward bending and outward bending, were defined. The results demonstrate that a larger bending decreases the energy and that the lowest energies are observed for structures combining inward bending with protons being close to the dopant atoms. These lowest energy structures are the ones with the strongest hydrogen bonds. DFT-MD simulations in cells with different yttrium distributions provide complementary microscopic information on proton diffusion as they capture the dynamic distortions of the lattice caused by thermal motion. A careful analysis of the proton jumps between different environments confirmed that the inward and outward bending states are relevant for the understanding of proton diffusion. Indeed, intra-octahedral jumps were shown to only occur starting from an outward configuration while the inward configuration seems to favor rotations around the oxygen. On average, in the DFT-MD simulations, the hydrogen bond lengths are shorter for the outward configuration which facilitates the intra-octahedral jumps. Diffusion coefficients and activation energies were also determined and compared to previous theoretical and experimental data, showing a good agreement with previous data measuring local proton motion.
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Affiliation(s)
- Amangeldi Torayev
- Department
of Chemistry, University of Cambridge, Lensfield Road, Cambridge CB2 1EW, United
Kingdom
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- Department
of Chemistry, University of Cambridge, Lensfield Road, Cambridge CB2 1EW, United
Kingdom
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- Department
of Chemistry, Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley, Massachusetts 01075, United States
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- Department
of Chemistry, University of Cambridge, Lensfield Road, Cambridge CB2 1EW, United
Kingdom
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- Department
of Chemistry, University of Cambridge, Lensfield Road, Cambridge CB2 1EW, United
Kingdom
- CIRIMAT,
Université de Toulouse, CNRS, Université Toulouse 3
- Paul Sabatier, 118 Route de Narbonne, 31062 Toulouse cedex 9, France
- Réseau
sur le Stockage Electrochimique de l’Energie (RS2E), FR CNRS
3459, HUB de l’Energie, Rue Baudelocque, 80039 Amiens, France
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- Department
of Chemistry, University of Cambridge, Lensfield Road, Cambridge CB2 1EW, United
Kingdom
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Buannic L, Sperrin L, Dervişoğlu R, Blanc F, Grey CP. Proton distribution in Sc-doped BaZrO3: a solid state NMR and first principle calculations analysis. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2018; 20:4317-4328. [DOI: 10.1039/c7cp08523k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
Abstract
The complex local protonic distribution and proton–dopant interaction in Sc-substituted BaZrO3 was investigated by coupling solid state NMR experiments to first principle calculations.
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Affiliation(s)
- Lucienne Buannic
- Department of Chemistry
- Stony Brook University
- NY 11790-3400
- USA
- CIC Energigune
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- Department of Chemistry
- University of Cambridge
- Cambridge
- UK
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- Department of Chemistry
- Stony Brook University
- NY 11790-3400
- USA
- Department of Chemistry
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- Department of Chemistry
- Stony Brook University
- NY 11790-3400
- USA
- Department of Chemistry
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- Department of Chemistry
- Stony Brook University
- NY 11790-3400
- USA
- Department of Chemistry
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Blanc F, Sperrin L, Lee D, Dervişoğlu R, Yamazaki Y, Haile SM, De Paëpe G, Grey CP. Dynamic Nuclear Polarization NMR of Low-γ Nuclei: Structural Insights into Hydrated Yttrium-Doped BaZrO3. J Phys Chem Lett 2014; 5:2431-2436. [PMID: 26277811 DOI: 10.1021/jz5007669] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
Abstract
We demonstrate that solid-state NMR spectra of challenging nuclei with a low gyromagnetic ratio such as yttrium-89 can be acquired quickly with indirect dynamic nuclear polarization (DNP) methods. Proton to (89)Y cross polarization (CP) magic angle spinning (MAS) spectra of Y(3+) in a frozen aqueous solution were acquired in minutes using the AMUPol biradical as a polarizing agent. Subsequently, the detection of the (89)Y and (1)H NMR signals from technologically important hydrated yttrium-doped zirconate ceramics, in combination with DFT calculations, allows the local yttrium and proton environments present in these protonic conductors to be detected and assigned to different hydrogen-bonded environments.
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Affiliation(s)
- Frédéric Blanc
- †Department of Chemistry and Stephenson Institute for Renewable Energy, University of Liverpool, Crown Street, Liverpool L69 7ZD, United Kingdom
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- ‡Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge, Lensfield Road, Cambridge CB2 1EW, United Kingdom
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- §Laboratoire de Chimie Inorganique et Biologique, UMR-E 3 (CEA/UJF) and CNRS, Institut Nanosciences et Cryogénie, CEA, 38054 Grenoble, France
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- ‡Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge, Lensfield Road, Cambridge CB2 1EW, United Kingdom
- ∥Department of Chemistry, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York 11794-3400, United States
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- ⊥Japan Science and Technology Agency, PRESTO, 4-1-8 Honcho, Kawaguchi, Saitama 332-0012, Japan
- #Materials Science, California Institute of Technology, 1200 East California Boulevard, Pasadena, California 91125, United States
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- #Materials Science, California Institute of Technology, 1200 East California Boulevard, Pasadena, California 91125, United States
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- §Laboratoire de Chimie Inorganique et Biologique, UMR-E 3 (CEA/UJF) and CNRS, Institut Nanosciences et Cryogénie, CEA, 38054 Grenoble, France
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- ‡Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge, Lensfield Road, Cambridge CB2 1EW, United Kingdom
- ∥Department of Chemistry, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York 11794-3400, United States
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Blanc F, Sperrin L, Jefferson DA, Pawsey S, Rosay M, Grey CP. Dynamic nuclear polarization enhanced natural abundance 17O spectroscopy. J Am Chem Soc 2013; 135:2975-8. [PMID: 23379257 DOI: 10.1021/ja4004377] [Citation(s) in RCA: 132] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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We show that natural abundance oxygen-17 NMR of solids could be obtained in minutes at a moderate magnetic field strength by using dynamic nuclear polarization (DNP). Electron spin polarization could be transferred either directly to (17)O spins or indirectly via (1)H spins in inorganic oxides and hydroxides using an oxygen-free solution containing a biradical polarization agent (bTbK). The results open up a powerful method for rapidly acquiring high signal-to-noise ratio solid-state NMR spectra of (17)O nuclear spins and to probe sites on or near the surface, without the need for isotope labeling.
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- Frédéric Blanc
- Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge, Lensfield Road, Cambridge CB2 1EW, United Kingdom.
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