Nature Communications (Nov 2017)

Probing dopant segregation in distinct cation sites at perovskite oxide polycrystal interfaces

  • Hye-In Yoon,
  • Dong-Kyu Lee,
  • Hyung Bin Bae,
  • Gi-Young Jo,
  • Hee-Suk Chung,
  • Jin-Gyu Kim,
  • Suk-Joong L. Kang,
  • Sung-Yoon Chung

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-017-01134-x
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 8, no. 1
pp. 1 – 8

Abstract

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Space-charges in polycrystalline materials can drive segregation of dopants, however an in-depth understanding of this process is still missing. Here, the authors show that in polycrystalline perovskites the space-charge segregation and interfacial structure are nearly identical irrespective of the interface type.