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@ARTICLE{Rodenbcher:888942,
author = {Rodenbücher, Christian and Korte, Carsten and
Schmitz-Kempen, Thorsten and Bette, Sebastian and Szot,
Kristof},
title = {{A} {P}hysical {M}ethod for {I}nvestigating {D}efect
{C}hemistry in {S}olid {M}etal {O}xides},
journal = {APL materials},
volume = {9},
issn = {2166-532X},
address = {Melville, NY},
publisher = {AIP Publ.},
reportid = {FZJ-2020-05341},
pages = {011106},
year = {2021},
abstract = {The investigation of the defect chemistry of solid oxides
is of central importance for the understanding of redox
processes. This can be performed by measuring conductivity
as a function of the oxygen partial pressure, which is
conventionally established by using buffer gas mixtures or
oxygen pumps based on zirconia. However, this approach has
some limitations, such as difficulty in regulating oxygen
partial pressure in some intermediate-pressure regions or
the possibility of influencing the redox process by gases
that can also be incorporated into the oxide or react with
the surface via heterogeneous catalysis. Herein, we present
an alternative physical method in which the oxygen partial
pressure is controlled by dosing pure oxygen inside an
ultra-high vacuum chamber. To monitor the conductivity of
the oxide under investigation, we employ a dedicated
four-probe measurement system that relies on the application
of a very small AC voltage, in combination with lock-in data
acquisition using highly sensitive electrometers, minimizing
the electrochemical polarization or electro-reduction and
degradation effects. By analyzing the model material SrTiO3,
we demonstrate that its characteristic redox behavior can be
reproduced in good agreement with the theory when performing
simultaneous electrical conductivity relaxation and
high-temperature equilibrium conductivity measurements. We
show that the use of pure oxygen allows for a direct
analysis of the characteristic oxygen dose, which opens up
various perspectives for a detailed analysis of the surface
chemistry of redox processes.},
cin = {IEK-14},
ddc = {600},
cid = {I:(DE-Juel1)IEK-14-20191129},
pnm = {1231 - Electrochemistry for Hydrogen (POF4-123)},
pid = {G:(DE-HGF)POF4-1231},
typ = {PUB:(DE-HGF)16},
UT = {WOS:000629950200004},
doi = {10.1063/5.0033891},
url = {https://juser.fz-juelich.de/record/888942},
}