Hydrogen-Driven Low-Temperature Topotactic Transition in Nanocomb Cobaltite for Ultralow Power Ionic-Magnetic Coupled Applications.
basic_science · Level V
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Abstract
We reversibly control ferromagnetic-antiferromagnetic ordering in an insulating ground state by annealing tensile-strained LaCoO<sub>3</sub> films in hydrogen. This ionic-magnetic coupling occurs due to the hydrogen-driven topotactic transition between perovskite LaCoO<sub>3</sub> and brownmillerite La<sub>2</sub>Co<sub>2</sub>O<sub>5</sub> at a lower temperature (125-200 °C) and within a shorter time (3-10 min) than the oxygen-driven effect (500 °C, tens of hours). The X-ray and optical spectroscopic analyses reveal that the transition results from hydrogen-driven filling of correlated electrons in the Co 3d-orbitals, which successively releases oxygen by destabilizing the CoO<sub>6</sub> octahedra into CoO<sub>4</sub> tetrahedra. The transition is accelerated by surface exchange, diffusion of hydrogen in and oxygen out through atomically ordered oxygen vacancy "nanocomb" stripes in the tensile-strained LaCoO<sub>3</sub> films. Our ionic-magnetic coupling with fast operation, good reproducibility, and long-term stability is a proof-of-principle demonstration of high-performance ultralow power magnetic switching devices for sensors, energy, and artificial intelligence applications, which are keys for attaining carbon neutrality.