TY - JOUR

T1 - Oxygen vacancy formation energies in Sr-doped complex perovskites: ab initio thermodynamic study

AU - Gryaznov, Denis

AU - Finnis, Mike W.

AU - Evarestov, Robert A.

AU - Maier, Joachim

PY - 2014

Y1 - 2014

N2 - La1−xSrxCo0.25Fe0.75O3−δ is known as one of the best cathode materials for permeation membranes and solid oxide fuel cells. Optimization of its chemical composition is a challenging problem. One of the key properties is concentration of oxygen vacancies, which is controlled by their formation energies. Ab initio calculations were employed in order to study the formation of oxygen vacancies in La1−xSrxCo0.25Fe0.75O3−δ perovskites by varying the Sr content from x = 12.5% to 50%. The formation energies were obtained for different stoichiometries as functions of temperature and oxygen partial pressure. For this purpose we calculated the phonon frequencies in the solid phase and the chemical potential of oxygen. We have shown that the phonon contribution to the free energy of formation becomes increasingly important in La1−xSrxCo0.25Fe0.75O3−δ not only with rising temperature but alsowith rising Sr content.We find that the formation energies decrease significantly with increasing Sr content due to the phonon contr

AB - La1−xSrxCo0.25Fe0.75O3−δ is known as one of the best cathode materials for permeation membranes and solid oxide fuel cells. Optimization of its chemical composition is a challenging problem. One of the key properties is concentration of oxygen vacancies, which is controlled by their formation energies. Ab initio calculations were employed in order to study the formation of oxygen vacancies in La1−xSrxCo0.25Fe0.75O3−δ perovskites by varying the Sr content from x = 12.5% to 50%. The formation energies were obtained for different stoichiometries as functions of temperature and oxygen partial pressure. For this purpose we calculated the phonon frequencies in the solid phase and the chemical potential of oxygen. We have shown that the phonon contribution to the free energy of formation becomes increasingly important in La1−xSrxCo0.25Fe0.75O3−δ not only with rising temperature but alsowith rising Sr content.We find that the formation energies decrease significantly with increasing Sr content due to the phonon contr

KW - Perovskite Oxygen vacancy Phonons cathode materials

M3 - Article

VL - 254

SP - 11

EP - 16

JO - Solid State Ionics

JF - Solid State Ionics

SN - 0167-2738

ER -