Comment on "Colossal ionic conductivity at interfaces of epitaxial ZrO2:Y2O3/SrTiO3 heterostructures".
García-Barriocanal et al. (Reports, 1 August 2008, p. 676) reported colossal conductivity enhancements in yttria-stabilized zirconia (YSZ)/strontium titanate (STO) epitaxial heterostructures and claimed that the conductivity was ionic. I argue that the claimed ionic conductivity lacks experimental support and that the observed conductivity enhancement is most probably due to the p-type conductivity of STO.
Guo
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Institut für Festkörperforschung, Forschungszentrum Jülich, 52425 Jülich, Germany. x.guo@fz-juelich.de