High proton conductivity in Ba5Er2Al2ZrO13, a hexagonal perovskite-related oxide with intrinsically oxygen-deficient layers

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2020-05-15
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American Chemical Society
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For the development of proton-based electrolytes, high proton conductivity at intermediate temperatures (300–600 °C) is crucial, but the available materials have been confined to a limited number of the structure families, such as cubic perovskites. Herein, we report Ba5Er2Al2ZrO13, a hexagonal perovskite-related oxide, as a new class of proton conductors exhibiting higher conductivities than 10–3 S cm–1 between 300 and 1200 °C. The protons as charge carriers are found to exist in the inherently oxygen-deficient h′ layer of Ba5Er2Al2ZrO13, which are supported by Rietveld analysis of neutron-diffraction data, bond-valence-based energy calculations, and thermogravimetric analysis. Our discovery of a new structure family of proton conductors with the inherently oxygen-deficient h′ layer offers a strategy in designing superior proton conductors based on hexagonal perovskite-related oxides. © 2020 American Chemical Society
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Oxides, Layers, Electric conductivity, Electric conductors, Proton conductivity, Perovskites, Temperature range
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Murakami, T., Hester, J. R., & Yashima, M. (2020). High proton conductivity in Ba5Er2Al2ZrO13, a hexagonal perovskite-related oxide with intrinsically oxygen-deficient layers. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 142(27), 11653-11657. doi:10.1021/jacs.0c02403
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