Comparative DFT+U Study of the Electronic and Structural Stability of Individual Perovskite Oxides (Ba, Sr, La)(Fe, Co)O3–x
摘要
Abstract
The comparative computational study of perovskite oxides BaFeO3–x, BaCoO3–x, LaFeO3–x, LaCoO3–x, SrFeO3–x, and SrCoO3–x is performed using density functional theory (DFT). Cobalt- containing oxides are found to have a more flexible electronic structure as compared to iron oxides. Cobalt oxides demonstrate a tendency to a mixed spin state, charge disproportionation, and a distortion of the ideal cubic structure. Iron-containing oxides have a much weaker tendency to charge disproportionation. The ordering of brownmillerite-type vacancies is observed for all oxides studied, which is due to the interaction of adjacent vacancies.