Issue 17, 2020

A new structure family of oxide-ion conductors based on BaGdInO4

Abstract

BaRInO4-based materials (R = Nd, Sm, Ho, Y, Er, and Yb) have attracted much attention due to their oxide-ion conduction and unique (110) layered perovskite structures (monoclinic P21/c BaNdInO4-type structure). Here, we report new compounds BaGdInO4 (GdBaInO4) and BaGd0.9A0.1InO3.95 (A = Mg, Ca, and Sr). It was found that these compounds belong to a new structure family of oxide-ion conductors. Surprisingly, the single-crystal and powder X-ray diffraction analyses have shown that the crystal structures of BaGdInO4 and BaGd0.9A0.1InO3.95 (A = Mg, Ca, and Sr) are quite different from those of the monoclinic BaRInO4-based materials. We found that BaGdInO4 and BaGd0.9A0.1InO3.95 (A = Mg, Ca, and Sr) have an orthorhombic Pnma Ba2Y2CuPtO8-type structure consisting of InO5 square pyramids, InO6 octahedra, (Gd,A)O7 polyhedra (monocapped trigonal prisms) and Ba cations where (Gd,A) denotes Gd or Gd0.9A0.1. Four edge-sharing (Gd,A)O7 polyhedra build an infinite one-dimensional ((Gd,A)4O20) chain. Oxide-ion conduction was confirmed for BaGdInO4 and BaGd0.9Ca0.1InO3.95 by the electrical conductivity measurements at different oxygen partial pressures P(O2). The oxide-ion conductivity of BaGd0.9Ca0.1InO3.95 was 381 times higher than that of BaGdInO4 at 400 °C, which was attributed to the higher oxygen vacancy concentration in BaGd0.9Ca0.1InO3.95. The oxide-ion conductivity of BaGd0.9Ca0.1InO3.95 was comparable to those of monoclinic BaNdInO4-type BaRInO4-based materials. The bulk conductivity of BaGd0.9Ca0.1InO3.95 was 1.3 × 10−3 S cm−1 at 700 °C and P(O2) = 10−4 atm in the electrolyte domain. The bond valence-based energy landscapes of BaGd0.9Ca0.1InO3.95 and BaGdInO4 indicated one-dimensional oxide-ion migration pathways on the faces of (Gd,Ca)O7 polyhedra along the ((Gd,Ca)4O20) chain in the b direction. The discovery and unique features of the orthorhombic BaGdInO4-based materials might develop the materials chemistry of oxide-ion conductors.

Graphical abstract: A new structure family of oxide-ion conductors based on BaGdInO4

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Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
14 Dec 2019
Accepted
15 Mar 2020
First published
16 Mar 2020

J. Mater. Chem. A, 2020,8, 8638-8647

A new structure family of oxide-ion conductors based on BaGdInO4

H. Yaguchi, K. Fujii and M. Yashima, J. Mater. Chem. A, 2020, 8, 8638 DOI: 10.1039/C9TA13704A

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