Charge localization increases chemical expansion in cerium-based oxides |
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Authors: | Dario Marrocchelli Sean R Bishop Harry L Tuller Graeme W Watson Bilge Yildiz |
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Affiliation: | Department of Nuclear Science and Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA. dmarrocc@mit.edu byildiz@mit.edu. |
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Abstract: | In this work, we demonstrate the mechanism by which electronic charge localization increases the chemical expansion coefficient in two model systems, CeO(2-δ) and BaCeO(3-δ). Using Density Functional Theory calculations, we predict that this coefficient is increased by more than 70% when charge is fully localized, consistent with the observation that materials with a smaller degree of charge localization have smaller chemical expansion coefficients. This finding has important consequences for devising materials with smaller chemical expansion coefficients and for the reliability of the widely-used Shannon's ionic radii. |
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