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- Coduri, Mauro, et al.
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Structure-property correlation in oxide-ion and proton conductors for clean energy applications: recent experimental and computational advancements
- 2022
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Ingår i: Journal of Materials Chemistry A. - : Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC). - 2050-7496 .- 2050-7488. ; 10, s. 5082-5110
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Forskningsöversikt (refereegranskat)abstract
- In the last decade, the field of oxide-ion and proton conductors continued to trigger a significant amount of basic research aimed at improving the properties and the comprehension of actual materials, as well as at discovering novel phases. This need comes from the current and future urgent requests of changing our energy management towards cleaner solutions such as solid oxide fuel cells. In this review article, we highlight the most recent advancements in this exciting field by putting particular emphasis on the structure-property correlations in oxide-ion and proton conductors both from an experimental and a computational perspective. Special focus is laid on developments in the area of operando and in situ spectroscopy, machine learning and high-throughput approaches to accelerate the discovery of new and advanced materials.
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- Drużbicki, Kacper, et al.
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Cation Dynamics and Structural Stabilization in Formamidinium Lead Iodide Perovskites
- 2021
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Ingår i: Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters. - : American Chemical Society (ACS). - 1948-7185. ; 12:14, s. 3503-3508
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- The vibrational dynamics of pure and methylammonium-doped formamidinium lead iodide perovskites (FAPbI3) has been investigated by high-resolution neutron spectroscopy. For the first time, we provide an exhaustive and accurate analysis of the cation vibrations and underlying local structure around the organic moiety in these materials using first-principles electronic-structure calculations validated by the neutron data. Inelastic neutron scattering experiments on FAPbI3 provide direct evidence of the formation of a low-temperature orientational glass, unveiling the physicochemical origin of phase metastability in the tetragonal structure. Further analysis of these data provides a suitable starting point to explore and understand the stabilization of the perovskite framework via doping with small amounts of organic cations. In particular, we find that the hydrogen-bonding interactions around the formamidinium cations are strengthened as a result of cage deformation. This synergistic effect across perovskite cages is accompanied by a concomitant weakening of the methylammonium interactions with the surrounding framework.
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- Lavén, Rasmus, 1994, et al.
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Rotational Dynamics of Organic Cations in Formamidinium Lead Iodide Perovskites
- 2023
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Ingår i: Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters. - : American Chemical Society (ACS). - 1948-7185. ; , s. 2784-2791
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- We report results from quasi-elastic neutron scattering studies on the rotational dynamics of formamidinium (HC[NH2]2+, FA) and methylammonium (CH3NH3+, MA) cations in FA1-xMAxPbI3 with x = 0 and 0.4 and compare it to the dynamics in MAPbI3. For FAPbI3, the FA cation dynamics evolve from nearly isotropic rotations in the high-temperature (T > 285 K) cubic phase through reorientations between preferred orientations in the intermediate-temperature tetragonal phase (140 K < T ⩽ 285 K) to an even more complex dynamics, due to a disordered arrangement of the FA cations, in the low-temperature tetragonal phase (T ⩽ 140 K). For FA0.6MA0.4PbI3, the dynamics of the respective organic cations evolve from a relatively similar behavior to FAPbI3 and MAPbI3 at room temperature to a different behavior in the lower-temperature phases where the MA cation dynamics are a factor of 50 faster as compared to those of MAPbI3. This insight suggests that tuning the MA/FA cation ratio may be a promising approach to tailoring the dynamics and, in effect, optical properties of FA1-xMAxPbI3
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- Mazzei, Laura, 1988, et al.
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Local Coordination of Protons in In- and Sc-Doped BaZrO3
- 2019
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Ingår i: Journal of Physical Chemistry C. - : American Chemical Society (ACS). - 1932-7447 .- 1932-7455. ; 123:43, s. 26065-26072
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Acceptor-doped barium zirconate-based proton conductors are currently receiving considerable attention because of their promise as electrolytes in future electrochemical devices, such as solid oxide fuel cells, but the defect chemistry, especially in regard to the local coordination environment and dynamics of protons in these materials, is unclear. Here, we investigate the local coordination environments and vibrational dynamics of protons in samples of the proton conducting material BaZr1-xMxO3Hx with M = In and Sc, and x = 0.1 and 0.5, using inelastic neutron scattering (INS), infrared (IR), and Raman spectroscopy together with ab initio molecular dynamics (AIMD) simulations. The local coordination of protons is shown to exhibit a rather peculiar dependence on the type and concentration of dopant atoms, as they are found to be similar for BaZr1-xScxO3Hx with x = 0.1 and 0.5 and BaZr1-xInxO3Hx with x = 0.1, whereas for BaZr1-xInxO3Hx with x = 0.5 additional proton sites seem to be present. It is argued that these additional proton sites are characterized by local structural arrangements reminiscent of the fully In-substituted material BaInO3H. The presence of these local structural arrangements points toward different local proton mobilities between BaZr1-xInxO3Hx with x = 0.5 and the other three materials and a higher rate of proton transfer events in brownrnillerite-type local structures.
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- Mazzei, Laura, 1988, et al.
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Local structure and vibrational dynamics in indium-doped barium zirconate
- 2019
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Ingår i: Journal of Materials Chemistry A. - : Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC). - 2050-7488 .- 2050-7496. ; 7:13, s. 7360-7372
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Barium zirconate (BaZrO3), when substituted with trivalent acceptor ions to replace Zr4+, is a proton conducting material of interest for several electrochemical applications. The local coordination environments, and vibrational dynamics, of the protons are known to critically influence the material's proton conducting properties, however, the nature of the static and dynamic structure around the protons and, especially, how it is affected by the dopant atoms for high doping concentrations, remains to be elucidated. Here we report results from X-ray powder diffraction, infrared (IR) spectroscopy, inelastic neutron scattering (INS) and ab initio molecular dynamics (AIMD) simulations on a hydrated sample of BaZrO3 substituted with 50% In3+. The investigation of the momentum-transfer (Q) dependence of the INS spectrum is used to aid the analysis of the spectra and the assignment of the spectral components to fundamental O-H bend and O-H stretch modes and higher-order transitions. The AIMD simulations show that the INS spectrum is constituted of the overlapping spectra of protons in several different local structural environments, whereas the local proton environments for specific protons are found to vary with time as a result of thermally activated vibrations of the perovskite lattice. It is argued that, converse to more weakly doped systems, such as 20% Y-doped BaZrO3, the dopant-proton association effect does not hinder the diffusion of protons due to the presence of percolation paths of dopant atoms throughout the perovskite lattice.
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- Morana, Marta, et al.
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Cubic or Not Cubic? Combined Experimental and Computational Investigation of the Short-Range Order of Tin Halide Perovskites
- 2023
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Ingår i: Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters. - : American Chemical Society (ACS). - 1948-7185. ; , s. 2178-2186
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Tin-based metal halide perovskites with a composition of ASnX3 (where A= MA or FA and X = I or Br) have been investigated by means of X-ray total scattering techniques coupled to pair distribution function (PDF) analysis. These studies revealed that that none of the four perovskites has a cubic symmetry at the local scale and that a degree of increasing distortion is always present, in particular when the cation size is increased, i.e., from MA to FA, and the hardness of the anion is increased, i.e., from Br- to I-. Electronic structure calculations provided good agreement with experimental band gaps for the four perovskites when local dynamical distortions were included in the calculations. The averaged structure obtained from molecular dynamics simulations was consistent with experimental local structures determined via X-ray PDF, thus highlighting the robustness of computational modeling and strengthening the correlation between experimental and computational results.
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- Ricciarelli, Damiano, et al.
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Electron bipolarons at the DMASnBr 3 –water interface: Effect on the photocatalytic hydrogen production
- 2024
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Ingår i: International Journal of Hydrogen Energy. - 0360-3199. ; 58, s. 863-871
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- In this article, we report on advanced molecular dynamics simulations of the atomistic DMASnBr3–water interface, which, coupled with a grand-canonical formulation of adsorbates and defects, elucidate the surface chemistry and reactivity of this novel water-stable perovskite and highlight the role of small electron bipolarons in photocatalytic hydrogen production. We find that the extremely acidic nature of the surface Br atoms does not allow for significant adsorption of protons at the interface under charge-neutral conditions. However, when electrons are accumulated on the surface, the formation of a small electron bipolaron in the form of a Sn-Sn dimer provides the required electron localization to drive adsorption of H, which is assimilated on surface Sn atoms as hydride. Finally, we estimate a favourable alignment between the bipolaron energy level and the H+/H2 redox level, which suggests the occurrence of a feasible route for hydrogen evolution, bypassing the common reaction mechanism.
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- Ricciarelli, Damiano, et al.
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Reaction Mechanism of Photocatalytic Hydrogen Production at Water/Tin Halide Perovskite Interfaces
- 2022
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Ingår i: ACS Energy Letters. - : American Chemical Society (ACS). - 2380-8195. ; , s. 1308-1315
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- While instability in aqueous environment has long impeded employment of metal halide perovskites for heterogeneous photocatalysis, recent reports have shown that some particular tin halide perovskites (THPs) can be water-stable and active in photocatalytic hydrogen production. To unravel the mechanistic details underlying the photocatalytic activity of THPs, we compare the reactivity of the water-stable and active DMASnBr3 (DMA = dimethylammonium) perovskite against prototypical MASnI3 and MASnBr3 compounds (MA = methylammonium), employing advanced electronic-structure calculations. We find that the binding energy of electron polarons at the surface of THPs, driven by the conduction band energetics, is cardinal for photocatalytic hydrogen reduction. In this framework, the interplay between the A-site cation and halogen is found to play a key role in defining the photoreactivity of the material by tuning the perovskite electronic energy levels. Our study, by elucidating the key steps of the reaction, may assist in development of more stable and efficient materials for photocatalytic hydrogen reduction.
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