Charge localization in Co-doped ceria with oxygen vacancies

In this paper we report density functional theory (DFT) calculations on bulk cerium oxide (ceria) doped with magnetic impurities of cobalt atoms in the presence of oxygen vacancies. Using the framework of the DFT+U approach to take into account the effects of electronic correlations in the Ce 4f sta...

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Autores principales: Murgida, Gustavo Ezequiel, Vildosola, Verónica L., Ferrari, Valeria Paola, Llois, Ana María
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spelling paper:paper_00381098_v152_n5_p368_Murgida2023-06-08T15:03:00Z Charge localization in Co-doped ceria with oxygen vacancies Murgida, Gustavo Ezequiel Vildosola, Verónica L. Ferrari, Valeria Paola Llois, Ana María A. Ceria A. Diluted magnetic oxides D. Charge localization Ce 4f state Cerium oxides Charge localization Co-doped Cobalt atoms Density functional theory calculations Deoxygenations Diluted magnetic oxide Electronic correlation Excess electrons Magnetic impurity Relative stabilities Vacancy sites Cerium Cerium compounds Cobalt Density functional theory Impurities Oxygen Oxygenation Oxygen vacancies In this paper we report density functional theory (DFT) calculations on bulk cerium oxide (ceria) doped with magnetic impurities of cobalt atoms in the presence of oxygen vacancies. Using the framework of the DFT+U approach to take into account the effects of electronic correlations in the Ce 4f states, we evaluate the relative stability of different configurations of vacancies. We show that, within the approximations considered, the vacancies tend to locate close to the Co impurities. In addition, we address the issue of the charge localization that takes place due to de-oxygenation processes, finding that the excess electrons reside at Ce atoms which are next-nearest neighbors of the vacancy sites. © 2011 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. Fil:Murgida, G.E. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales; Argentina. Fil:Vildosola, V. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales; Argentina. Fil:Ferrari, V. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales; Argentina. Fil:Llois, A.M. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales; Argentina. 2012 https://bibliotecadigital.exactas.uba.ar/collection/paper/document/paper_00381098_v152_n5_p368_Murgida http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12110/paper_00381098_v152_n5_p368_Murgida
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topic A. Ceria
A. Diluted magnetic oxides
D. Charge localization
Ce 4f state
Cerium oxides
Charge localization
Co-doped
Cobalt atoms
Density functional theory calculations
Deoxygenations
Diluted magnetic oxide
Electronic correlation
Excess electrons
Magnetic impurity
Relative stabilities
Vacancy sites
Cerium
Cerium compounds
Cobalt
Density functional theory
Impurities
Oxygen
Oxygenation
Oxygen vacancies
spellingShingle A. Ceria
A. Diluted magnetic oxides
D. Charge localization
Ce 4f state
Cerium oxides
Charge localization
Co-doped
Cobalt atoms
Density functional theory calculations
Deoxygenations
Diluted magnetic oxide
Electronic correlation
Excess electrons
Magnetic impurity
Relative stabilities
Vacancy sites
Cerium
Cerium compounds
Cobalt
Density functional theory
Impurities
Oxygen
Oxygenation
Oxygen vacancies
Murgida, Gustavo Ezequiel
Vildosola, Verónica L.
Ferrari, Valeria Paola
Llois, Ana María
Charge localization in Co-doped ceria with oxygen vacancies
topic_facet A. Ceria
A. Diluted magnetic oxides
D. Charge localization
Ce 4f state
Cerium oxides
Charge localization
Co-doped
Cobalt atoms
Density functional theory calculations
Deoxygenations
Diluted magnetic oxide
Electronic correlation
Excess electrons
Magnetic impurity
Relative stabilities
Vacancy sites
Cerium
Cerium compounds
Cobalt
Density functional theory
Impurities
Oxygen
Oxygenation
Oxygen vacancies
description In this paper we report density functional theory (DFT) calculations on bulk cerium oxide (ceria) doped with magnetic impurities of cobalt atoms in the presence of oxygen vacancies. Using the framework of the DFT+U approach to take into account the effects of electronic correlations in the Ce 4f states, we evaluate the relative stability of different configurations of vacancies. We show that, within the approximations considered, the vacancies tend to locate close to the Co impurities. In addition, we address the issue of the charge localization that takes place due to de-oxygenation processes, finding that the excess electrons reside at Ce atoms which are next-nearest neighbors of the vacancy sites. © 2011 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
author Murgida, Gustavo Ezequiel
Vildosola, Verónica L.
Ferrari, Valeria Paola
Llois, Ana María
author_facet Murgida, Gustavo Ezequiel
Vildosola, Verónica L.
Ferrari, Valeria Paola
Llois, Ana María
author_sort Murgida, Gustavo Ezequiel
title Charge localization in Co-doped ceria with oxygen vacancies
title_short Charge localization in Co-doped ceria with oxygen vacancies
title_full Charge localization in Co-doped ceria with oxygen vacancies
title_fullStr Charge localization in Co-doped ceria with oxygen vacancies
title_full_unstemmed Charge localization in Co-doped ceria with oxygen vacancies
title_sort charge localization in co-doped ceria with oxygen vacancies
publishDate 2012
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