An Investigation of Fast Ion Transport in Solids Using Conductivity and N.M.R. (Fast Ion Transport in Solids).

Abstract

The lanthanide fluorides and mixtures of these fluorides exhibit fast ion conduction. A study has been made of ionic transport in single crystals of LaF3 systems using electrical conductivity and N.M.R. techniques. Analysing the conductivity results in terms of Schottky disorder yield values of the defect formation and migration enthalpies as 2.12 and 0.28 eV, respectively. At low temperatures the study of oriented crystals showed the conductivity // to the c-axis was twice that 1 to the c-axis. The N.M.R. relaxation time T1, T10 and T2 exhibited a complex behaviour. A model was developed to interpret these results on the basis of non-equivalent F sites in the lattice. Single crystals of La1-x Srx F3-x are good F ion conductors, better than would have been expected from previous publications. A full discussion of the results has been presented, along with suggestions for future work. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 15, 1980
Accession Number
ADA093376

Entities

People

  • Alan V. Chadwick
  • David S. Hope
  • George Jaroskiewicz
  • John H. Strange

Organizations

  • University of Kent

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Chemical Reactions
  • Chemistry
  • Crystal Growth
  • Crystal Lattices
  • Crystal Structure
  • Crystals
  • Diffusion Coefficient
  • Heat Energy
  • High Temperature
  • Impurities
  • Isotherms
  • Low Temperature
  • Materials
  • Molecular Dynamics
  • Point Defects
  • Quantum Properties
  • Thermodynamics

Fields of Study

  • Materials science

Readers

  • Materials Science and Engineering.
  • Quantum spin resonance or Electron Paramagnetic Resonance spectroscopy.
  • Thin Film Deposition Science.