Effect of Cation Ordering on Oxygen Vacancy Diffusion Pathways in Double Perovskites

Chemistry of Materials

Volumn 27, Issue 14, 2015, Pages 5020-5026

  Uberuaga, Blas Pedro ^a   Pilania, Ghanshyam ^a  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIFFUSION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR OXYGEN; OXYGEN; PEROVSKITE; POSITIVE IONS; VACANCIES;

ACCELERATED MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; DOUBLE PEROVSKITE STRUCTURES; DOUBLE PEROVSKITES; POSITIVELY CHARGED; STRUCTURED OXIDES; TECHNOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS; VACANCY DIFFUSION; VACANCY MOBILITY;

OXYGEN VACANCIES;

EID: 84938118154     PISSN: 08974756     EISSN: 15205002     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemmater.5b01474     Document Type: Article

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