V. Scagnoli, U. Staub, et al.
Physical Review B - CMMP
Spatially resolved x-ray fluorescence maps are presented that show the introduction and the evolution of oxygen vacancies in chromium-doped strontium titanate during an electric-field-driven insulator-to-metal transition. The vacancies are introduced at the anode and diffuse through the crystal toward the cathode. The spatial distribution of vacancies is explained by a model describing the electrical breakdown as a percolation process. Strong differences in the vacancy distribution were found when the transition took place in air and in a hydrogen-enriched atmosphere. In air, the vacancies disappeared from the surface, whereas in the reducing hydrogen atmosphere, they remained at the surface. © 2009 American Institute of Physics.
V. Scagnoli, U. Staub, et al.
Physical Review B - CMMP
B.P. Andreasson, M. Janousch, et al.
XAFS 2009
U. Staub, V. Scagnoli, et al.
Physica B: Condensed Matter
V. Scagnoli, U. Staub, et al.
Physical Review B - CMMP