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Quantification of Hydrogen Concentrations in Surface and Interface Layers and Bulk Materials through Depth Profiling with Nuclear Reaction Analysis
Published on: March 29, 2016
Thermodynamic and kinetic properties of hydrogen defect pairs in SrTiO3 from density functional theory
Nicolai Bork1, Nikolaos Bonanos, Jan Rossmeisl
1Fuel Cells and Solid State Chemistry Division, Risø DTU, Technical University of Denmark, 4000 Roskilde, Denmark.
Abstract:
A density functional theory investigation of the thermodynamic and kinetic properties of hydrogen-hydrogen defect interactions in the cubic SrTiO(3) perovskite is presented. We find a net attraction between two hydrogen atoms with an optimal separation of ∼2.3 Å. The energy gain is ca. 0.33 eV compared to two non-interacting H defects. The main cause of the net attractive potential is elastic defect interactions through lattice deformation. Two possible diffusion paths for the hydrogen defect pair are investigated and are both determined to be faster than the corresponding diffusion path for single hydrogen atoms. Finally, we set up a simple model to determine the contribution from the double hydrogen defect to the total hydrogen flux, and find the double defect to be the main diffusing species at temperatures below ca. 400 °C. Post submission infrared absorption experiments show excellent agreement with the proposed properties of the double hydrogen defect.
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