Influence of surface atomic structure demonstrated on oxygen incorporation mechanism at a model perovskite oxide
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Riva, Michele
Kubicek, Markus
Hao, Xianfeng
Franceschi, Giada
Gerhold, Stefan
Hutter, Herbert
Fleig, Juergen
Franchini, Cesare
Diebold, Ulrike
Schmid, Michael Sebasti
Date Issued
September 2018
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Nature Communications
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Nature Publishing Group
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Riva, Michele, Markus Kubicek, Xianfeng Hao, Giada Franceschi, Stefan Gerhold, Michael Schmid, Herbert Hutter, et al. “Influence of Surface Atomic Structure Demonstrated on Oxygen Incorporation Mechanism at a Model Perovskite Oxide.” Nature Communications 9, no. 1 (September 13, 2018).
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Abstract
Perovskite oxide surfaces catalyze oxygen exchange reactions that are crucial for fuel cells, electrolyzers, and thermochemical fuel synthesis. Here, by bridging the gap between surface analysis with atomic resolution and oxygen exchange kinetics measurements, we demonstrate how the exact surface atomic structure can determine the reactivity for oxygen exchange reactions on a model perovskite oxide. Two precisely controlled surface reconstructions with (4 × 1) and (2 × 5) symmetry on 0.5 wt.% Nb-doped SrTiO3(110) were subjected to isotopically labeled oxygen exchange at 450 °C. The oxygen incorporation rate is three times higher on the (4 × 1) surface phase compared to the (2 × 5). Common models of surface reactivity based on the availability of oxygen vacancies or on the ease of electron transfer cannot account for this difference. We propose a structure-driven oxygen exchange mechanism, relying on the flexibility of the surface coordination polyhedra that transform upon dissociation of oxygen molecules.
MIT Department
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Materials Science and Engineering
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Nuclear Science and Engineering
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