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Thermodynamic and kinetic properties of hydrogen defect pairs in SrTiO3 from density functional theory

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PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY CHEMICAL PHYSICS
Volume 13, Issue 33, Pages 15256-15263

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ROYAL SOC CHEMISTRY
DOI: 10.1039/c1cp20406h

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  1. Riso DTU
  2. Lundbeck foundation
  3. Danish Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation

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A density functional theory investigation of the thermodynamic and kinetic properties of hydrogen-hydrogen defect interactions in the cubic SrTiO3 perovskite is presented. We find a net attraction between two hydrogen atoms with an optimal separation of similar to 2.3 angstrom. The energy gain is ca. 0.33 eV compared to two non-interacting H defects. The main cause of the net attractive potential is elastic defect interactions through lattice deformation. Two possible diffusion paths for the hydrogen defect pair are investigated and are both determined to be faster than the corresponding diffusion path for single hydrogen atoms. Finally, we set up a simple model to determine the contribution from the double hydrogen defect to the total hydrogen flux, and find the double defect to be the main diffusing species at temperatures below ca. 400 degrees C. Post submission infrared absorption experiments show excellent agreement with the proposed properties of the double hydrogen defect.

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