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Record Id	65736
Title	Single sublattice endotaxial phase separation driven by charge frustration in a complex oxide
Contributors	A Demont (Liverpool U.), R Sayers (Liverpool U.), MA Tsiamtsouri (Liverpool U.), S Romani (Liverpool U.), PA Chater (Liverpool U.), HJ Niu (Liverpool U.), C Marti-Gastaldo (Liverpool U.), Z Xu (Liverpool U.), Z Deng (Liverpool U.), Y Bréard (Laboratoire CRISMAT), MF Thomas (Liverpool U.), JB Claridge (Liverpool U.), MJ Rosseinsky (Liverpool U.)
Abstract	Complex transition metal oxides are important functional materials in areas such as energy and information storage. The cubic ABO3 perovskite is an archetypal example of this class, formed by the occupation of small octahedral B sites within an AO3 network defined by larger A cations. We show that introduction of chemically mismatched octahedral cations into a cubic perovskite oxide parent phase modifies structure and composition beyond the unit cell length scale on the B sublattice alone. This affords an endotaxial nanocomposite of two cubic perovskite phases with distinct properties. These locally B site cation-ordered and -disordered phases share a single AO3 network and have enhanced stability against the formation of a competing hexagonal structure over the single-phase parent. Synergic integration of the distinct properties of these phases by the coherent interfaces of the composite produces solid oxide fuel cell cathode performance superior to that expected from the component phases in isolation.
Organisation	ISIS , ISIS-HRPD , STFC
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Language	English (EN)

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Journal Article	J Am Chem Soc 135 (2013): 10114-10123.	doi:10.1021/ja403611s		2013