Hydrogen diffusion in ceria: solid state NMR, combined scattering and spectroscopic studies, and ab initio calculations
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| author | Zhu, Zhichao Li, Xin Ma, Ziru Xia, Yuanhua Qiu, Ruizhi Lv, Baijiang Yan, Guanyun Zeng, Jianrong Yang, Long Ma, Jianbo Liu, Benqiong Sun, Guangai |
| author_facet | Zhu, Zhichao Li, Xin Ma, Ziru Xia, Yuanhua Qiu, Ruizhi Lv, Baijiang Yan, Guanyun Zeng, Jianrong Yang, Long Ma, Jianbo Liu, Benqiong Sun, Guangai |
| contents | Ceria has been extensively studied since it has many applications in diverse research fields. However, the mechanism of the hydrogen dynamics, especially the diffusion kinetics on a microscopic level is still unclear as the experimental data has been very limited. In this work, the CeO$_2$-H interaction has been comprehensively studied by a combination of $^1$H NMR transverse relaxation time ($T_2$) measurement, neutron powder diffraction, quasi-elastic neutron scattering (QENS), X-ray total scattering, and ab initio calculations. Based on QENS measurements, the first direct evidence for hydrogen jump diffusions of the Chudley-Elliot type in the bulk ceria has been given, with a jump distance of ~3.98 angstrom. The theoretically calculated activation energy barriers $E_a$ for hydrogen diffusion are relatively low (less than 0.1 eV), further supporting that such hopping can readily occur. A larger barrier value of $E_a$ ~0.2 eV is directly estimated by $T_2$ NMR data, suggesting possible slower hydrogen dynamics with the pre-exponential factor $D_0$ of diffusion coefficient ~10$^{-11}$ m$^2/$s. |
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| spellingShingle | Hydrogen diffusion in ceria: solid state NMR, combined scattering and spectroscopic studies, and ab initio calculations Zhu, Zhichao Li, Xin Ma, Ziru Xia, Yuanhua Qiu, Ruizhi Lv, Baijiang Yan, Guanyun Zeng, Jianrong Yang, Long Ma, Jianbo Liu, Benqiong Sun, Guangai Materials Science Ceria has been extensively studied since it has many applications in diverse research fields. However, the mechanism of the hydrogen dynamics, especially the diffusion kinetics on a microscopic level is still unclear as the experimental data has been very limited. In this work, the CeO$_2$-H interaction has been comprehensively studied by a combination of $^1$H NMR transverse relaxation time ($T_2$) measurement, neutron powder diffraction, quasi-elastic neutron scattering (QENS), X-ray total scattering, and ab initio calculations. Based on QENS measurements, the first direct evidence for hydrogen jump diffusions of the Chudley-Elliot type in the bulk ceria has been given, with a jump distance of ~3.98 angstrom. The theoretically calculated activation energy barriers $E_a$ for hydrogen diffusion are relatively low (less than 0.1 eV), further supporting that such hopping can readily occur. A larger barrier value of $E_a$ ~0.2 eV is directly estimated by $T_2$ NMR data, suggesting possible slower hydrogen dynamics with the pre-exponential factor $D_0$ of diffusion coefficient ~10$^{-11}$ m$^2/$s. |
| title | Hydrogen diffusion in ceria: solid state NMR, combined scattering and spectroscopic studies, and ab initio calculations |
| topic | Materials Science |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.08789 |