Macroscopic visualization of fast electrochemical reaction of SrCoOx oxygen sponge
arXiv:1910.11465 · doi:10.1002/admi.201901260
Abstract
Strontium cobaltite (SrCoOx) is known as a material showing fast topotactic electrochemical Redox reaction so-called oxygen sponge. Although atomic scale phenomenon of the oxidation of SrCoO2.5 into SrCoO3 is known, the macroscopic phenomenon has not been clarified yet thus far. Here, we visualize the electrochemical oxidation of SrCoOx macroscopically. SrCoOx epitaxial films with various oxidation states were prepared by the electrochemical oxidation of SrCoO2.5 film into SrCoO3-d film. Steep decrease of both resistivity and the absolute value of thermopower of electrochemically oxidized SrCoOx epitaxial films indicated the columnar oxidation firstly occurred along with the surface normal and then spread in the perpendicular to the normal. Further, we directly visualized the phenomena using the conductive AFM. This macroscopic image of the electrochemical oxidation would be useful to develop a functional device utilizing the electrochemical redox reaction of SrCoOx.
arXiv comment24 pages, 5 figures, 5 supplementary figures
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