Real time observation of oxygen diffusion in CGO thin films using spatially resolved Isotope Exchange Raman Spectroscopy

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Autores principales: Stangl, Alexander, Nuns, Nicolas, Pirovano, Caroline, Kreka, Kosova, Chiabrera, Francesco, Tarancón, Albert, Burriel, Mónica
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author Stangl, Alexander
Nuns, Nicolas
Pirovano, Caroline
Kreka, Kosova
Chiabrera, Francesco
Tarancón, Albert
Burriel, Mónica
author_facet Stangl, Alexander
Nuns, Nicolas
Pirovano, Caroline
Kreka, Kosova
Chiabrera, Francesco
Tarancón, Albert
Burriel, Mónica
contents The exploitation of advanced materials for novel energy, health and computing applications requires fundamental understanding of enabling physicochemical mechanisms, including ionic and electronic conductivity, defect formation processes and reaction kinetics. Therefore, access to underlying constants of functional materials via advanced but straightforward experimental techniques is key. We present a novel, cheap and widely applicable approach to analyze oxygen-tracer-diffusion in thin films with unprecedented time resolution based on the novel in situ isotope-exchange Raman spectroscopy (IERS) methodology. Raman spectroscopy is sensitive to changes in the local isotopic composition, manifested by a frequency shift of the oxygen Raman modes. Employing a Raman transparent capping layer allows to establish an in-plane tracer gradient and follow the isotope exchange and diffusion processes via consecutive spatial and time resolved in situ Raman line scans. Mass-transport coefficients are calculated from these isotopic gradients, similar to conventional techniques, but with an additional time-component, not accessible by other techniques. Here, we study gadolinium doped ceria (CGO) thin films, capped with Si3N4 or Al2O3. We report diffusion coefficients within the temperature range of interest for intermediate temperature emerging applications (300-500°C) and confirm the validity of the measurement procedure and extracted parameters by comparison with FEM simulations and literature results.
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spellingShingle Real time observation of oxygen diffusion in CGO thin films using spatially resolved Isotope Exchange Raman Spectroscopy
Stangl, Alexander
Nuns, Nicolas
Pirovano, Caroline
Kreka, Kosova
Chiabrera, Francesco
Tarancón, Albert
Burriel, Mónica
Materials Science
The exploitation of advanced materials for novel energy, health and computing applications requires fundamental understanding of enabling physicochemical mechanisms, including ionic and electronic conductivity, defect formation processes and reaction kinetics. Therefore, access to underlying constants of functional materials via advanced but straightforward experimental techniques is key. We present a novel, cheap and widely applicable approach to analyze oxygen-tracer-diffusion in thin films with unprecedented time resolution based on the novel in situ isotope-exchange Raman spectroscopy (IERS) methodology. Raman spectroscopy is sensitive to changes in the local isotopic composition, manifested by a frequency shift of the oxygen Raman modes. Employing a Raman transparent capping layer allows to establish an in-plane tracer gradient and follow the isotope exchange and diffusion processes via consecutive spatial and time resolved in situ Raman line scans. Mass-transport coefficients are calculated from these isotopic gradients, similar to conventional techniques, but with an additional time-component, not accessible by other techniques. Here, we study gadolinium doped ceria (CGO) thin films, capped with Si3N4 or Al2O3. We report diffusion coefficients within the temperature range of interest for intermediate temperature emerging applications (300-500°C) and confirm the validity of the measurement procedure and extracted parameters by comparison with FEM simulations and literature results.
title Real time observation of oxygen diffusion in CGO thin films using spatially resolved Isotope Exchange Raman Spectroscopy
topic Materials Science
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2405.08462