Issue 44, 2019

Optimising oxygen diffusion in non-cubic, non-dilute perovskite oxides based on BiFeO3

Abstract

An ion-conducting crystal possessing non-cubic crystal symmetry and a non-dilute composition will in general display a multiplicity of different migration paths and different site energies for the mobile ions. Predicting the macroscopic rate of ion transport, and in particular, identifying substituent cations that optimise this rate, is therefore challenging. In this study, molecular dynamics simulations employing pair potentials were used to calculate the oxygen tracer diffusion coefficient Image ID:c9ta08980b-t2.gif as a function of temperature in various substituted systems based on the rhombohedral perovskite oxide bismuth ferrite, BiFeO3. Substituent cations that maximise (or minimise) Image ID:c9ta08980b-t3.gif are identified. The results also reveal the limits of the standard crystal-chemical approach to maximising Image ID:c9ta08980b-t4.gif by matching the size of the substituent cation to that of the host's. The implications for the use of BiFeO3 as a high-performance oxide-ion conductor or as a multiferroic medium are discussed.

Graphical abstract: Optimising oxygen diffusion in non-cubic, non-dilute perovskite oxides based on BiFeO3

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Article information

Article type
Communication
Submitted
15 Aug. 2019
Accepted
27 Okt. 2019
First published
30 Okt. 2019

J. Mater. Chem. A, 2019,7, 25274-25278

Optimising oxygen diffusion in non-cubic, non-dilute perovskite oxides based on BiFeO3

H. Zhang and R. A. De Souza, J. Mater. Chem. A, 2019, 7, 25274 DOI: 10.1039/C9TA08980B

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