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Accelerated Hydrogen Diffusion and Surface Exchange by Domain Boundaries in Epitaxial VO2 Thin Films.
Park, Jaeseoung; Yoon, Hyojin; Sim, Hyeji; Choi, Si-Young; Son, Junwoo.
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  • Park J; Department of Materials Science and Engineering , Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH) , Pohang 37673 , Republic of Korea.
  • Yoon H; Department of Materials Science and Engineering , Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH) , Pohang 37673 , Republic of Korea.
  • Sim H; Department of Materials Science and Engineering , Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH) , Pohang 37673 , Republic of Korea.
  • Choi SY; Department of Materials Science and Engineering , Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH) , Pohang 37673 , Republic of Korea.
  • Son J; Department of Materials Science and Engineering , Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH) , Pohang 37673 , Republic of Korea.
ACS Nano ; 14(2): 2533-2541, 2020 Feb 25.
Article en En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-32040301
Electronic phase modulation based on hydrogen insertion/extraction is kinetically limited by the bulk hydrogen diffusion or surface exchange reaction, so slow hydrogen kinetics has been a fundamental challenge to be solved for realizing faster solid-state electrochemical switching devices. Here we accelerate electronic phase modulation that occurs by hydrogen insertion in VO2 through vertically aligned 2D defects induced by symmetry mismatch between epitaxial films and substrates. By using domain-matching epitaxial growth of monoclinic VO2 films with lattice rotation and twinning on hexagonal Al2O3 substrates, the domain boundaries naturally align vertically; they provide a "highway" for hydrogen diffusion and surface exchange in VO2 films and overcome the limited rates of bulk diffusion and surface reaction. From the quantitative analysis of the deuterium (2H) isotope tracer exchange, it is confirmed that the tracer diffusion coefficient (D*) and surface exchange coefficient (k*) were increased by several orders of magnitude in VO2 films that had domain boundaries. These results yield fundamental insights into the mechanism by which mobile ions are inserted along extended defects and provide a strategy to overcome a limitation to switching speed in electrochemical devices that exploit ion insertion.
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Texto completo: 1 Colección: 01-internacional Base de datos: MEDLINE Idioma: En Revista: ACS Nano Año: 2020 Tipo del documento: Article

Texto completo: 1 Colección: 01-internacional Base de datos: MEDLINE Idioma: En Revista: ACS Nano Año: 2020 Tipo del documento: Article
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