Why Pb(B,B')O3 Perovskites Disorder at Lower Temperatures than Ba(B,B')O3 Perovskites

Published

November 1, 1999

Author(s)

Benjamin P. Burton, Eric J. Cockayne

Abstract

Fully relaxed, planewave pseudopotential calculations of total energies were performed for three ordered perovskite related supercells in each of the eight different stoichiometries of A(B_1/3B'_2/3)O₃; A=Pb, Ba and B=Zn, Mg and B' = Nb, Ta; and the four stoichiometries of A (Sc_1/2B'_1/2)O₃. A Striking difference between the Pb(B_1/3B'_2/3)O₃ systems and their Ba-counterparts is that the differences in total energies for Pb-systems span ranges that are roughly an order of magnitude smaller than those for the corresponding Ba-systems. This indicates much lower energetic barriers to disordering of B - site cations in the Pb-systems, consistent with experiments. We explain this trend as a consequence of enhanced Pb - O bonding to underbonded oxygens in B². - O - B². environments.

Citation

Physical Review B (Condensed Matter and Materials Physics)

Volume

60

Issue

No. 18

Pub Type

Journals

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Keywords

configurational energy, first principles, order-disorder, perovskite

Citation

Burton, B. and Cockayne, E. (1999), Why Pb(B,B')O₃ Perovskites Disorder at Lower Temperatures than Ba(B,B')O₃ Perovskites, Physical Review B (Condensed Matter and Materials Physics), [online], https://tsapps.nist.gov/publication/get_pdf.cfm?pub_id=850295 (Accessed April 26, 2024)