Competing strain effects in reactivity of LaCoO3 with oxygen

Planar strain effects on oxygen-vacancy formation and oxygen adsorption on LaCoO[subscript 3] are shown to manifest through competing mechanisms. Through first-principles calculations, we demonstrate that these unit processes are facilitated by elastic stretching. On the other hand, spin-state trans...

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Main Authors: Kushima, Akihiro (Contributor), Yip, Sidney (Contributor), Yildiz, Bilge (Contributor)
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Materials Science and Engineering (Contributor), Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Nuclear Science and Engineering (Contributor)
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Language:English
Published: American Physical Society, 2011-02-10T23:02:19Z.
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520 |a Planar strain effects on oxygen-vacancy formation and oxygen adsorption on LaCoO[subscript 3] are shown to manifest through competing mechanisms. Through first-principles calculations, we demonstrate that these unit processes are facilitated by elastic stretching. On the other hand, spin-state transitions and Co-O bond exchange hinder these processes by trapping the lattice oxygen with increasing tensile strain. A transition from chemisorption to physisorption of the oxygen molecule is identified at high strains. Insights on charge-density profiles, density of electronic states, and stress thresholds suggest the possibility of tuning strain-mediated reactivity in LaCoO[subscript 3] and related perovskite oxides. 
520 |a United States. Dept. of Energy. Office of Basic Energy Sciences (Grant no. DE-SC0002633) 
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