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Engineering Mixed Ionic Electronic Conduction in La 0.8 Sr 0.2 MnO 3+ δ Nanostructures through Fast Grain Boundary Oxygen Diffusivity
Author(s) -
Saranya Aruppukottai M.,
Pla Dolors,
Morata Alex,
Cavallaro Andrea,
CanalesVázquez Jesús,
Kilner John A.,
Burriel Mónica,
Tarancón Albert
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
advanced energy materials
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 10.08
H-Index - 220
eISSN - 1614-6840
pISSN - 1614-6832
DOI - 10.1002/aenm.201500377
Subject(s) - materials science , grain boundary , ionic bonding , nanotechnology , oxide , nanostructure , ionic conductivity , supercapacitor , electrolyte , chemical engineering , electrode , electrochemistry , ion , microstructure , composite material , chemistry , physics , quantum mechanics , engineering , metallurgy
Nanoionics has become an increasingly promising field for the future development of advanced energy conversion and storage devices, such as batteries, fuel cells, and supercapacitors. Particularly, nanostructured materials offer unique properties or combinations of properties as electrodes and electrolytes in a range of energy devices. However, the enhancement of the mass transport properties at the nanoscale has often been found to be difficult to implement in nanostructures. Here, an artificial mixed ionic electronic conducting oxide is fabricated by grain boundary (GB) engineering thin films of La 0.8 Sr 0.2 MnO 3+ δ . This electronic conductor is converted into a good mixed ionic electronic conductor by synthesizing a nanostructure with high density of vertically aligned GBs with high concentration of strain‐induced defects. Since this type of GBs present a remarkable enhancement of their oxide‐ion mass transport properties (of up to six orders of magnitude at 773 K), it is possible to tailor the electrical nature of the whole material by nanoengineering, especially at low temperatures. The presented results lead to fundamental insights into oxygen diffusion along GBs and to the application of these engineered nanomaterials in new advanced solid state ionics devices such are micro‐solid oxide fuel cells or resistive switching memories.