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The Effect of Lanthanum Doping and Oxygen Vacancy on Perovskite, Pyrochlore Oxide and Lanthanide Titanates: A First Principle Study

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 January 2019

Amar Deep Pathak ,
Foram Thakkar ,
Suchismita Sanyal ,
Arian Nijmeijer  and
Hans Geerlings
Amar Deep Pathak*
Affiliation:
Shell Technology Centre, Bangalore, 562149, India.
Foram Thakkar
Affiliation:
Shell Technology Centre, Bangalore, 562149, India.
Suchismita Sanyal
Affiliation:
Shell Technology Centre, Bangalore, 562149, India.
Arian Nijmeijer
Affiliation:
Shell Technology Centre, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Hans Geerlings
Affiliation:
Shell Technology Centre, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
*
*(Email: amar-deep.pathak@shell.com)
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Abstract

The effects of La-substitution into SrTiO3 (STO) perovskite oxides on their phase structure, formation enthalpy and electrical conductivity have been investigated. La substitution in STO has been reported to show a significant enhancement in electronic conductivity in a wide-band-gap layered perovskite compound STO. Mixture of Lanthanum and Titanium oxide may lead to various phases including La2/3TiO3, La2Ti2O7 and La2TiO5. In this work, more than 50 structural models have been constructed by considering ionic state substituents, distance between substituents and their concentrations. We investigated the formation enthalpy, elastic properties and band gap by density functional theory (DFT) calculations. We have also investigated the effect of reducing environment on La2/3TiO3. The computed bulk modulus (∼2.4 % deviation) and band gap (∼12% deviation) of STO are in good agreement with the literature. Our results indicate that La substitution into STO could significantly reduce the band gap. Reduction in band gap is maximum when the substituents is present at low concentrations. Internal position of La substituents in STO affects the band gap marginally while energy remains almost same. Formation enthalpy of La2/3TiO3 from LaTiO3 is around 2 eV. La2/3TiO3 acts as band insulator (band gap = 2.8 eV). In reducing environment, the band gap of La2/3TiO3 significantly reduces. Sr substitution in La2/3TiO3 lower the band gap and formation enthalpy. La2Ti2O7 and La2TiO5 have higher band gap and lower bulk modulus than STO. Sr substitution is not feasible in La2Ti2O7 and La2TiO5.

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perovskitesdefectsdopantelastic properties
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MRS Advances , Volume 4 , Issue 20: Biomaterials and Soft Materials , 2019 , pp. 1167 - 1175
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2019 

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