Diversity of hydrogen configuration and its roles in SrTiO3−δ
Author(s) -
Yoshiki Iwazaki,
Yoshihiro Gohda,
Shinji Tsuneyuki
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
apl materials
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.571
H-Index - 60
ISSN - 2166-532X
DOI - 10.1063/1.4854355
Subject(s) - hydrogen , electron , materials science , metal , atomic physics , vacancy defect , oxygen , crystallography , transition metal , condensed matter physics , chemical physics , physics , chemistry , quantum mechanics , catalysis , metallurgy , biochemistry
As a source of carrier electron, various configurations of hydrogen in SrTiO3 are searched by using first-principles calculations. The most stable form of hydrogen is found to be H−, where doubly charged oxygen vacancy VO2+ changes into singly charged HO+. Most importantly, an additional H− is found to be weakly trapped by HO+, which completely neutralizes carrier electrons by forming (2H)O0. These unexpected behaviors of hydrogen, which can explain reported experimental results, expand the role of the hydrogen in carrier-control technology in transition-metal oxides
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