Simultaneous Imaging of Dopants and Free Charge Carriers by Monochromated EELS

Kód výsledku v IS VaVaI

<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00216305%3A26620%2F22%3APU146840" target="_blank" >RIV/00216305:26620/22:PU146840 - isvavai.cz</a>

Výsledek na webu

<a href="http://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acsnano.2c07540" target="_blank" >http://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acsnano.2c07540</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acsnano.2c07540" target="_blank" >10.1021/acsnano.2c07540</a>

Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

Simultaneous Imaging of Dopants and Free Charge Carriers by Monochromated EELS

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

Doping inhomogeneities in solids are not uncommon, but their microscopic observation and understanding are limited due to the lack of bulk-sensitive experimental techniques with high enough spatial and spectral resolution. Here, we demonstrate nanoscale imaging of both dopants and free charge carriers in La-doped BaSnO3 (BLSO) using high-resolution electron energy-loss spectroscopy (EELS). By analyzing high-and low-energy excitations in EELS, we reveal chemical and electronic inhomogeneities within a single BLSO nanocrystal. The inhomogeneous doping leads to distinctive localized infrared surface plasmons, including a previously unobserved plasmon mode that is highly confined between high-and low-doping regions. We further quantify the carrier density, effective mass, and dopant activation percentage by EELS and transport measurements on the bulk single crystals of BLSO. These results not only represent a practical approach for studying heterogeneities in solids and understanding structure-property relationships at the nanoscale, but also demonstrate the possibility of infrared plasmon tuning by leveraging nanoscale doping texture.

Název v anglickém jazyce

Simultaneous Imaging of Dopants and Free Charge Carriers by Monochromated EELS

Popis výsledku anglicky

Doping inhomogeneities in solids are not uncommon, but their microscopic observation and understanding are limited due to the lack of bulk-sensitive experimental techniques with high enough spatial and spectral resolution. Here, we demonstrate nanoscale imaging of both dopants and free charge carriers in La-doped BaSnO3 (BLSO) using high-resolution electron energy-loss spectroscopy (EELS). By analyzing high-and low-energy excitations in EELS, we reveal chemical and electronic inhomogeneities within a single BLSO nanocrystal. The inhomogeneous doping leads to distinctive localized infrared surface plasmons, including a previously unobserved plasmon mode that is highly confined between high-and low-doping regions. We further quantify the carrier density, effective mass, and dopant activation percentage by EELS and transport measurements on the bulk single crystals of BLSO. These results not only represent a practical approach for studying heterogeneities in solids and understanding structure-property relationships at the nanoscale, but also demonstrate the possibility of infrared plasmon tuning by leveraging nanoscale doping texture.

Druh

J_imp - Článek v periodiku v databázi Web of Science

CEP obor

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OECD FORD obor

10302 - Condensed matter physics (including formerly solid state physics, supercond.)

Projekt

—

Návaznosti

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Rok uplatnění

2022

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Název periodika

ACS Nano (e-ISSN)

ISSN

1936-0851

e-ISSN

1936-086X

Svazek periodika

16

Číslo periodika v rámci svazku

11

Stát vydavatele periodika

US - Spojené státy americké

Počet stran výsledku

11

Strana od-do

1-11

Kód UT WoS článku

000879868100001

EID výsledku v databázi Scopus

2-s2.0-85141761284