Recently, triple (H+/O2−/e−) conducting oxides (TCOs) have shown tremendous potential to improve the performance of various types of energy conversion and storage applications. The systematic understanding of the TCO is limited by the difficulty of properly identifying the proton movement in the TCO. Herein, the isotope exchange diffusion profile (IEDP) method is employed via time‐of‐flight secondary ion mass spectrometry to evaluate kinetic properties of proton in the layered perovskite‐type TCOs, PrBa0.5Sr0.5Co1.5Fe0.5O5+δ (PBSCF).Within the strategy, the PBSCF shows two orders of magnitude higher proton tracer diffusion coefficient (D*H, 1.04 × 10−6 cm2 s−1 at 550 °C) than its oxygen tracer diffusion coefficient at even higher temperature range (D*O, 1.9 × 10−8 cm2 s−1 at 590 °C). Also, the surface exchange coefficient of a proton (k*H) is successfully obtained in the value of 2.60 × 10−7 cm s−1 at 550 °C. In this research, an innovative way is provided to quantify the proton kinetic properties (D*H and k*H) of TCOs being a crucial indicator for characterizing the electrochemical behavior of proton and the mechanism of electrode reactions.
Developing a stable and highly efficient electrocatalyst for oxygen evolution reactions (OERs) is critical for renewable, safe, and emission-free energy technologies. Perovskite oxides with flexible and tunable electronic structures as...
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