LALaiba Amir

Laiba Amir

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Laiba Amir has a total of 11 co-authors. Here are the top co-authors by number of shared publications:


Latest Publications

  • Open Access

    Coupled A-site regulation and multicomponent B-site substitution in SrFeO3−δ-derived perovskites for active and durable oxygen reduction

    by Amir Sultan, Xu Xu, Rameez Zafar, Laiba Amir, Richard T. Baker, Martin Motola, Paweł Czaja, Fangjun Jin, Yihan Ling, Kun Zheng


  • Open Access

    Coupled A-site regulation and multicomponent B-site substitution in SrFeO3-δ-derived perovskites for active and durable oxygen reduction

    by Amir Sultan, Xu Xu, Rameez Zafar, Laiba Amir, Richard Baker, Martin Motola, Paweł Czaja, Fangjun Jin, Yihan Ling, Kun Zheng

    Efficient oxygen reduction and long-term structural stability remain difficult to achieve simultaneously in intermediate-temperature solid oxide fuel cells (IT-SOFCs), particularly for conventional SrFeO3-δ-based oxygen electrodes, which suffer from structural instability and performance degradation during prolonged operation. Herein, coupled A-site regulation and multicomponent B-site substitution engineering were implemented by simultaneously regulating the La/Sr ratio at the A site and introducing multicomponent substitution at the B site, yielding a SrFeO3-δ-derived multicomponent perovskite, La0.5Sr0.5Fe0.7Ti0.1Co0.1Mn0.1O3-δ (LSFTCMO-0.5). The optimized composition effectively regulated oxygen-defect chemistry, thereby promoting oxygen-reduction kinetics while simultaneously enhancing structural stability and reducing the thermal expansion coefficient. Consequently, LSFTCMO-0.5 exhibited a low polarization resistance of 0.071 Ω·cm2 at 700 °C and maintained stable electrochemical performance for 200 h. An anode-supported single cell delivered a peak power density of 802 mW·cm-2 at 800 °C and operated stably for over 200 h. Density functional theory calculations revealed that the superior electrochemical performance originates from a balance between oxygen-vacancy formation and oxygen-ion migration. Increasing the Sr content facilitates oxygen-vacancy formation but raises the migration barrier; therefore, the intermediate La/Sr composition provides an optimal compromise between oxygen-vacancy availability and mobility. Differential charge-density analysis further demonstrates that La/Sr regulation modifies the local electronic environment at the migration bottleneck, thereby accounting for the composition-dependent migration barriers. This work establishes coupled A-site regulation and multicomponent B-site substitution engineering as an effective strategy for balancing oxygen-defect thermodynamics and migration kinetics, providing a rational design principle for high-performance oxygen electrodes in IT-SOFCs.