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Fast ion conductivity in strained defect-fluorite structure created by ion tracks in Gd2Ti2O7.


ABSTRACT: The structure and ion-conducting properties of the defect-fluorite ring structure formed around amorphous ion-tracks by swift heavy ion irradiation of Gd2Ti2O7 pyrochlore are investigated. High angle annular dark field imaging complemented with ion-track molecular dynamics simulations show that the atoms in the ring structure are disordered, and have relatively larger cation-cation interspacing than in the bulk pyrochlore, illustrating the presence of tensile strain in the ring region. Density functional theory calculations show that the non-equilibrium defect-fluorite structure can be stabilized by tensile strain. The pyrochlore to defect-fluorite structure transformation in the ring region is predicted to be induced by recrystallization during a melt-quench process and stabilized by tensile strain. Static pair-potential calculations show that planar tensile strain lowers oxygen vacancy migration barriers in pyrochlores, in agreement with recent studies on fluorite and perovskite materials. In view of these results, it is suggested that strain engineering could be simultaneously used to stabilize the defect-fluorite structure and gain control over its high ion-conducting properties.

SUBMITTER: Aidhy DS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4639808 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Fast ion conductivity in strained defect-fluorite structure created by ion tracks in Gd2Ti2O7.

Aidhy Dilpuneet S DS   Sachan Ritesh R   Zarkadoula Eva E   Pakarinen Olli O   Chisholm Matthew F MF   Zhang Yanwen Y   Weber William J WJ  

Scientific reports 20151110


The structure and ion-conducting properties of the defect-fluorite ring structure formed around amorphous ion-tracks by swift heavy ion irradiation of Gd2Ti2O7 pyrochlore are investigated. High angle annular dark field imaging complemented with ion-track molecular dynamics simulations show that the atoms in the ring structure are disordered, and have relatively larger cation-cation interspacing than in the bulk pyrochlore, illustrating the presence of tensile strain in the ring region. Density f  ...[more]

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