We demonstrate using a combination of X-ray and neutron diffraction and X-ray photoelectronspectroscopy that Pd
2+ ions can be substituted for Ce in perovskite BaCeO
3 and that, under oxidizingconditions, BaCe
1-xPd
xO
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(0
x ![](/images/entities/le.gif)
0.1) compositions can be prepared. Neutron diffraction has helpedverify that
x, implying that Ce
4+ ions are substituted by Pd
2+ and that a vacancy is concurrentlycreated on the oxygen sublattice. The structure of the host compound and models for Pd substitutionhave also been studied using density functional theory, which has provided a detailed
local descriptionof the structure. The Pd
2+-containing perovskite phases extrude elemental face-centered cubic palladiumwhen heated in a reducing atmosphere. This elemental palladium is re-absorbed as ions into the perovskitelattice upon heating in flowing oxygen. Evidence for such
cyclable ingress and egress of palladium underredox conditions is presented. A curious morphological change that results from the redox cycling ofBaCe
1-xPd
xO
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is the formation of perovskite nanowires, which we believe to arise from regrowth ofthe perovskite around particles of elemental palladium.