Apr, 1993
DISORDERED DISTRIBUTION OF CATIONS IN THE SOLID-SOLUTION OF THE AGBR CUBR SYSTEM
SOLID STATE IONICS
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- Volume
- 60
- Number
- 4
- First page
- 237
- Last page
- 273
- Language
- English
- Publishing type
- Book review, literature introduction, etc.
- DOI
- 10.1016/0167-2738(93)90004-M
- Publisher
- ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
The investigations of the physical properties of solid solution (AgxCu1-x)Br have been reviewed. Structural analysis by X-ray diffraction was given first. The diffraction data were interpreted as an evidence for a massive disorder with cation interstitial concentrations increasing with amounts of Cu+ ions in AgBr. Next the disordered distribution of cations was examined from a thermodynamical point of view. The electrical conductivities and transport numbers of the solid solution (AgxCu1-x) Br have been measured as a function of temperature and composition in order to investigate the contribution of Cu+ dissolved in AgBr to the transport properties. The enthalpies of formation and migration for cations show an exponential decrease with increasing amount of Cu+ into AgBr lattice. The lowering is attributable to the lattice expansion by the occupation of Cu+ at the interstitial sites. The effect of exponential decrease in the formation enthalpy is to allow a rapid growth in the concentration of interstitials around the composition of x=0.85. The creation of massive defects is probably responsible for the high ionic conductivity in the solid solution of this system.
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- DOI : 10.1016/0167-2738(93)90004-M
- ISSN : 0167-2738
- eISSN : 1872-7689
- Web of Science ID : WOS:A1993LE24000004