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Seeing oxygen disorder in YSZ/SrTiO3 colossal ionic conductor heterostructures using EELS

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 June 2011

T. J. Pennycook ,
M. P. Oxley ,
J. Garcia-Barriocanal ,
F. Y. Bruno ,
C. Leon ,
J. Santamaria ,
S. T. Pantelides ,
M. Varela  and
S. J. Pennycook
T. J. Pennycook
Affiliation:
Department of Physics and Astronomy, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, 37235TN, USA Materials Science and Technology Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, P.O. Box 2008, Oak Ridge, 37831-6071TN, USA
M. P. Oxley
Affiliation:
Department of Physics and Astronomy, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, 37235TN, USA Materials Science and Technology Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, P.O. Box 2008, Oak Ridge, 37831-6071TN, USA
J. Garcia-Barriocanal
Affiliation:
Grupo de Fisica de Materiales Complejos, Universidad Complutense, 28040 Madrid, Spain
F. Y. Bruno
Affiliation:
Grupo de Fisica de Materiales Complejos, Universidad Complutense, 28040 Madrid, Spain
C. Leon
Affiliation:
Grupo de Fisica de Materiales Complejos, Universidad Complutense, 28040 Madrid, Spain
J. Santamaria
Affiliation:
Grupo de Fisica de Materiales Complejos, Universidad Complutense, 28040 Madrid, Spain
S. T. Pantelides
Affiliation:
Department of Physics and Astronomy, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, 37235TN, USA Materials Science and Technology Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, P.O. Box 2008, Oak Ridge, 37831-6071TN, USA
M. Varela
Affiliation:
Materials Science and Technology Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, P.O. Box 2008, Oak Ridge, 37831-6071TN, USA Grupo de Fisica de Materiales Complejos, Universidad Complutense, 28040 Madrid, Spain
S. J. Pennycook*
Affiliation:
Department of Physics and Astronomy, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, 37235TN, USA Materials Science and Technology Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, P.O. Box 2008, Oak Ridge, 37831-6071TN, USA
*
ae-mail: [email protected]

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Colossal ionic conductivity was recently discovered in YSZ/SrTiO3 multilayers and was explained in terms of strain- and interface-enhanced disorder of the O sublattice. In the present paper we use a combination of scanning transmission electron microscopy and electron energy loss spectroscopy (EELS) and theoretical EELS simulations to confirm the presence of a disordered YSZ O sublattice in coherent YSZ/SrTiO3 multilayers. O K-edge fine structure simulated for the strained disordered O sublattice phase of YSZ possesses blurred-out features compared to that of ordered cubic bulk YSZ, and experimental EELS fine structure taken from the strained YSZ of coherent YSZ/SrTiO3 thin films is similarly blurred out. Elemental mapping is shown to be capable of resolving ordered YSZ O sublattices. Elemental mapping of O in the coherent YSZ/STO multilayers is presented in which the O sublattice is seen to be clearly resolved in the STO but blurred out in the YSZ, indicating it to be disordered. In addition, we present imaging and EELS results which show that strained regions exist at the incoherent interfaces of YSZ islands in STO with blurred out fine structure, suggesting these incoherent regions may also support high ionic conductivities. Recently, Cavallaro et al. reported electronic conductivities in samples of incoherent disconnected islands embedded in STO that are similar to the islands described herein. The presence of a region of O depleted STO at the interface with incoherent YSZ islands is revealed by EELS elemental mapping, implying the n-type doping of STO/YSZ nanocomposites with disconnected incoherent YSZ islands.

Type
Research Article
Information
The European Physical Journal - Applied Physics , Volume 54 , Issue 3: Focus on Recent advances in (S)TEM and related spectroscopies: a tribute to C. Colliex , June 2011 , 33507
Copyright
© EDP Sciences, 2011

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