Absence of Ni on the outer surface of Sr doped La 2 NiO 4 single crystals
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ArticleAuthors
Burriel, MónicaWilkins, Stuart
Hill, John P.
Muñoz-Márquez, Miguel A.
Brongersma, Hidde H.
Kilner, John A.
Ryan, Mary P.
Skinner, Stephen J.
Date
2014Metadata
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A combination of surface sensitive techniques was used to determine the surface structure and chemistry of La2-xSrxNiO 4+δ. These measurements unequivocally showed that Ni is not present in the outermost atomic layer, suggesting that the accepted model with the B-site cations exposed to the environment is incorrect. © 2014 The Royal Society of Chemistry.Citation
Burriel M, Wilkins S, Hill JP, Muñoz-Márquez MA, Brongersma HH, et al. (2014) Absence of Ni on the outer surface of Sr doped La 2 NiO 4 single crystals . Energy Environ Sci 7: 311–316. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c3ee41622d.Sponsors
This research was supported by a Marie Curie Intra European Fellowship within the seventh European Community Framework Programme (PIEF-GA-2009-252711) and by KAUST (King Abdullah University of Science and Technology) Academic Excellence Alliance (for M.B). Use of the National Synchrotron Light Source, and work carried out at Brookhaven National Laboratory, was supported by the U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Science, Office of Basic Energy Sciences, under Contract no. DE-AC02-98CH10886. The authors also thank D. Prabhakaran (University of Oxford) for providing single crystals and M. Fartmann (TASCON GmbH), T. Grehl, P. Bruner (ION-TOF GmbH), S. Fearn and H. Tellez (Imperial College) for LEIS measurements and support with LEIS data analysis.Publisher
Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)Journal
Energy Environ. Sci.ISSN
1754-56921754-5706