Positron lifetime measurements of hydrogen passivation of cation vacancies in yttrium aluminum oxide garnets
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A charge compensation mechanism is proposed for cation vacancy defects in complex oxides based on positron lifetime measurements, infrared spectroscopy, and composition analysis. Defects were characterized in samples of yttrium aluminum garnet grown in O2 or Ar. However, no positron trapping was detected in samples grown in H2. This is attributed to decoration of cation vacancies with hydrogen, thereby passivating charges of vacancies that otherwise function as positron traps. Infrared spectroscopy gave direct evidence of the presence of hydrogen. Passivation of cation vacancies with hydrogen is proposed as an important mechanism for charge compensation in the defect physics of oxides.
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تاریخ انتشار 2013