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SOLID STATE IONICS
Volume 213, Issue -, Pages 18-21Publisher
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DOI: 10.1016/j.ssi.2011.05.016
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Yttrium-doped barium zirconate; Sigma 5 tilt grain boundary; Proton migration; Density functional theory
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The energy barriers for proton migration in polycrystalline yttrium-doped barium zirconate were investigated using density functional theory. The Sigma 5 (310)/[001] tilt grain boundary was constructed by attaching two (310) planes along the [001] direction, and replacing a Zr ion with an Y ion. In the thus-prepared super cell, the energy barriers for the transfer of the proton across the grain boundary were calculated. The energy barriers for proton migration up to the grain boundary within a single grain, which is the combination of the transfer and rotation of the proton, were also calculated. The most plausible pathway for proton migration from one grain to an adjacent grain across the Sigma 5 (310)/[001] tilt grain boundary required an energy barrier of 0.72 eV. (c) 2011 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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