Transport anomalies in glasses

We discuss a recently developed random walk model for ionic transport in glass, which offers a simple explanation to the so far unexplained transport anomalies in glassy ionic conductors: The set of anomalies combined under the name mixed alkali effect and the drastic increase of the ionic conductivity with the concentration of mobile ions. The model is based on the experimental evidence that ions maintain their distinct local environments and leads to the formation of fluctuating structural pathways. The connectivity of these pathways determines the ion mobility in the glassy network.     

New prospects in studying Li diffusion—two-time stimulated echo NMR of spin-3/2 nuclei

The measurement of diffusion parameters like activation energies and translational jump rates of small cations plays a key role in materials science. Especially the in-depth investigation of Li diffusion in ionic conductors is of great interest, because suitable ionic conductors are needed for, e.g., the development of new secondary ion battery systems. As the standard tracer method is not applicable to study Li diffusion due to the lack of a suitable radioactive isotope, Li diffusion is alternatively probed by solid state NMR techniques. With the different NMR methods being available, diffusion processes can be studied on different length- and timescales. In the present paper we use two-time spin-alignment echo (SAE) NMR for the direct, i.e., model independent, measurement of extremely small translational Li jump rates. To this end, different crystalline and glassy ion conductors like Li_xTiS₂, Li₄SiO₄ as well as LiNbO₃ served as model substances to reveal the special features of this technique. SAE-NMR, which was originally developed for deuterons, has also been applied in a few cases to spin-3/2 nuclei, like ⁷Li, before. The corresponding correlation functions yield not only information about diffusion parameters but also about geometric properties of the diffusion pathways, making SAE-NMR a powerful method which complements well-established NMR techniques.     

Using pressure,temperature and frequency as variables to study the dynamics of mobile ions in materials with disordered structures

Complementary ways for studying the motion of mobile ions in materials with disordered structures are obtained by varying pressure, tempe- rature and frequency. New results are presented based on a combination of experimental work and modelling. Pressure-dependent measurements on alkali borate glasses show there is a remarkable difference between the activation volumes for conduction and diffusion, with ΔV_σ< ΔV_D, implying that the Haven ratio decreases with increasing pressure. We propose a mechanism that is characterised by a directionally positive correlation between successive hops of different ions into a moving vacant site. The effect of increasing pressure is to increase the degree of directional correlation and thus to make the conduction pathways increasingly linear in aspect. In sodium borate glasses with much lower sodium content, a maximum has been observed when ionic conductivity is plotted versus temperature at fixed frequency. This feature is identified as being of the nearly constant loss (NCL) type, caused by localised flip-flop movements of interacting charges in the B₂O₃ network. In crystalline γ-RbAg₄I₅, a related localised effect has also been found, in this case caused by activated hops of silver ions confined within structural “pockets”. Finally, the frequency dependence of the ionic conductivity is reviewed in fragile ionic melts. Fragility is interpreted here as a consequence of the shape of the local ionic potentials, which unlike in glass do not reflect the pre-existence of empty cation sites for successive ions to hop into. This difference in short-range, short-time behaviour leads directly to the emergence of non-Arrhenius dc conductivity and fluidity behaviours in molten salts. We are thus able to establish a common phenomenological and theoretical approach to ion transport in a wide range of systems, largely based on broadband conductivity spectroscopy.     

Fast interfacial ionic conduction in nanostructured glass ceramics

The hopping movements of mobile ions in a nanostructured LiAlSiO4 glass ceramic are characterized by time-domain electrostatic force spectroscopy (TDEFS). While the macroscopic conductivity spectra are governed by a single activation energy, the nanoscopic TDEFS measurements reveal three different dynamic processes with distinct activation energies. Apart from the ion transport processes in the glassy and crystalline phases, we identify a third process with a very low activation energy, which is assigned to ionic movements at the interfaces between the crystallites and glassy phase. Such interfacial processes are believed to play a key role for obtaining high ionic conductivities in nanostructured solid electrolytes.     

Electrostatic energy of aromatic ion radical crystals

The electrostatic energy of aromatic charge-transfer (CT) and free radical (FR) crystals is obtained by using the many-electron site representation and the modified Hubbard model previously developed to correlate the unusual magnetic, electric and optical properties of CT and FR crystals. Both π-electron overlap between adjacent ion radicals in a stack and configuration interaction with CT states are included, thus improving on the Madelung approximation of disjoint charge distributions. π-electron overlap leads to a Coulomb exchange energy E _ex which stabilizes both ionic CT and FR crystals, while configuration interaction scales the ground state charge densities, and thus the Madelung energy, in CT crystals. E _ex is obtained for 1 : 1 CT crystals and a numerical estimate of 10–15 kcal/mole is found for both TMPD-TCNQ and for TMPD-chloranil.     

Layered lattice gas model for the metal-electrolyte interface

Several models of the diffuse double layer in liquid electrolytes are discussed. These models all involve partitioning the space charge region into a number of planar layers parallel to the metal electrode, with ionic liquid lattice gas, as opposed to idea gas, response in each layer. Each layer may contain both ions and solvent molecules. Several difficulties implicit in the earlier work of Liu on such a model are pointed out. These problems seem to have caused the appearance of an initial charge-free region in Liu's results. A layer model involving Liu's original assumptions of point ionic charges and point dipoles is discussed in detail and is shown to be electrostatically inconsistent. It is replaced by a layer model in which ionic charge resides on each basic layer, with each such layer surrounded symmetrically by charge layers representing the effect of finite-extent permanent dipoles. This model leads, as it should, to Gouy-Chapman behavior in the continuum limit. Finally, a method of including ion hydration effects explicitly in such a model is proposed.     

Anomalous electrical conductivity behavior at elevated pressure in the protic ionic liquid procainamide hydrochloride

Using broadband dielectric spectroscopy, we investigated the effect of hydrostatic pressure on the conductivity relaxation time τ{σ} of the supercooled protic ionic liquid, procainamide hydrochloride, a common pharmaceutical. The pressure dependence of τ{σ} exhibited anomalous behavior in the vicinity of the glass transition T{g}, manifested by abrupt changes in activation volume. This peculiar behavior, paralleling the change in temperature dependence of τ{σ} near T{g}, is a manifestation of the decoupling between electrical conductivity and structural relaxation. Although the latter effectively ceases in the glassy state, free ions retain their mobility but with a reduced sensitivity to thermodynamic changes. This is the first observation of decoupling of ion migration from structural relaxation in a glassy conductor by isothermal densification.     

Two separate Li ionic motions observed by Li and B NMR in xLi2S + (1 − x)B2S3 glassy fast ionic conductors

Studies of ion dynamics in the highly conductive glassy fast ionic conductor (FIC) xLi₂S + (1 − x)B₂S₃ (x = 0.65 and 0.70) were made with NMR nuclear spin lattice relaxation (NSLR) R₁(ω, T) of both mobile ⁷Li and immobile ¹¹B ions, and ⁷Li NMR line narrowing δν(T). The possible dependence of ion dynamics on the short range order structures (SRO) and the distribution of activation energies (DAE) in this highly conductive FIC was investigated. Two Gaussian DAE were employed to fit ⁷Li NSLR data, where each Gaussian DAE was correlated to a separate ¹¹B NSLR in a BS₃ and in a BS₄ group. The long range diffusion of Li ions among BS₃ groups and a seemingly localized ionic hopping motion around BS₄ group is suggested as a microscopic model for the ion dynamics in thioborate glasses, namely a ‘two channel relaxation’.     

Electronic charge distribution of the polarizable O2− ion in MgO and CaO in contrast to the F− ion in NaF

The electronic charge densities of NaF, MgO, and CaO are obtained by self-consistent band structure calculations using the augmented plane wave (APW) method. The fact that F^– is stable, whilst O^2– is unstable as a free ion affects the radial charge density of fluorides and ionic oxides significantly. The Watson sphere model can simulate the stabilizing crystalline environment of an O^2– ion and provides an ionic density which, when superposed with the cation density, leads to a radial charge density in excellent agreement with the one obtained by our APW calculations. It is therefore meaningful to speak of an O^2– ion, although the corresponding wave functions are more extended for O^2– than for F^–. Furthermore, the Watson sphere model can account for the main differences of the oxygen radial density between MgO and CaO and demonstrates that the polarizable O^2– ion is strongly affected by its environment.     

硝酸钾电解质溶液水化结构的分子动力学模拟

应用分子动力学方法对硝酸钾溶液中离子团簇的结构和离子的水化性质进行模拟研究．水分子采用简单点电荷模型，钾离子被看作带电硬球，硝酸根离子采用刚性四节点模型，同时考虑了节点间的库仑长程作用和L-J相互作用，库仑长程作用采用EWALD求和方法处理，得到了溶液中各种离子对的微观构型和径向分布函数，考察了溶液浓度对离子水化性质的影响．研究表明, 在KNO3溶液中存在一定程度的离子缔合，在高离子浓度情形，可以观察到二聚体、三聚体、溶剂分离阴阳离子对以及其它更复杂的离子团簇构型；离子水化数随离子浓度的升高而降低，对不同浓度的溶液得到的K+的水化数为5?7，NO3-的水化数为3.5?4.7，与蒙特卡罗模拟结果和飞行时间中子衍射实验的测量结果一致．     

The nature of conduction pathways in mixed alkali phosphate glasses

In this paper we discuss the nature of the ion conduction pathways in Li_xRb_1−xPO₃ glasses. Our investigations are based on a bond valence analysis of reverse Monte Carlo (RMC) produced structural models in quantitative agreement with neutron and X-ray diffraction data. In a previous letter [11] we have shown that this approach enables us to reproduce and understand the mixed alkali effect (MAE) directly from the structural models. The results have shown that the drastic drop of the conductivity for an intermediate composition (x ≈ 0.5) is mainly caused due to the blocking by immobile unlike cations, which is highly effective since the two types of alkali ions are randomly mixed and have distinctly different conduction pathways of low dimensionality. Here, we explore the local dimensionality of the pathways and discuss its implications for the network of pathways and the related ionic conductivity. Paper presented at the Patras Conference on Solid State Ionics — Transport Properties, Patras, Greece, Sept. 14 – 18, 2004.     

铜、钠和钼离子与牛血清白蛋白作用的荧光光谱研究

研究了铜、钠和钼离子对牛血清白蛋白(BSA)的荧光强度的影响。铜离子对牛血清白蛋白荧光有明显的静态猝灭现象,其离解常数为2.38×10-4 mol·L-1。氯化钠对BSA溶液的荧光没有影响,说明生理盐水作为生物系统的体液对生命起到很好的保护作用。而钼离子在小浓度时对牛血清白蛋白荧光静态猝灭比较小,当钼离子浓度增加到8.4×10-3 mol·L-1时,则呈现出雪崩猝灭现象。     

Coulomb explosion of large polyatomic molecules assisted by nonadiabatic charge localization

The electron-nuclear dynamics of the Coulomb explosion of a large polyatomic molecule, anthracene, is probed using kinetic energy distributions of produced H+ ions. The kinetic energy release of ejected protons exceeds 30 eV for anthracene exposed to 10(14) W cm(-2), 800 nm pulses of 60 fs duration. We propose a strong-field charge localization model, based on nonadiabatic dynamics of charge distribution in a (multiply) ionized molecule; the charge localization lasts many laser periods and is sustained through successive ionizations of the molecular ion. The model explains quantitatively the dependence of the H+ kinetic energy on the laser intensity. Dissociative ionization of a polyatomic molecule enabled by long-lived charge localization is a new type of electron-nuclear dynamics and is essential for understanding the pathways of molecular or ionic fragmentation in strong fields.     

Effect of the ion current density on the temperature dependences of ion-induced electron emission from carbon-based materials

The effect of ion current density j on the temperature dependences of the ion-induced electron emission yield γ(T) of carbon-based materials (polycrystalline graphite MPG-8, highly oriented pyrolytic graphite UPV-1T, and some glassy carbons) under irradiation by atomic and molecular nitrogen ions with energies of several tens of keV has been experimentally studied. The most significant effect of the density j on the dependences γ(T) is observed for low-temperature glassy carbons.     

非晶态离子导体Li2B2O4晶化前期的离子导电性

本文研究了非晶态离子导体Li₂B₂O₄的离子电导率与温度的关系,特别着重于晶化前期的离子迁移特性。当温度低于T_K(≈310℃)时,离子电导率遵从Arrhenius关系。当高于晶化温度(≈411℃)时,以晶态中的离子迁移为主。在T_kc时,电导率偏离热激活机制呈反常增高。我们把这一过程称为晶化前期过程。可以用自由体积模型进行描述。晶化前期又可分为两部分:当温度低于、T_p(≈380℃)时,由于自由体积的重新分布,导致了电导率的增高;当T>T_p时,出现了少量微晶,但晶化量小于5%,由于非晶母体与微晶之间的界面效应使得离子导电性显著增强。可以通过室温淬火,把晶化前期非晶态的状态保持到室温,从而有可能制备出离子电导率高于纯非晶态的材料。 关键词：     

钙钛矿型氧离子导体KNb1-xMgxO3-δ的制备和表征

在高温高压（4.0GPa，870℃）下合成了具有正交钙钛矿结构的KNb_1-xMg_x O_3-δ（x=0.0—0.3）系列固体电解质，并系统地研究了Mg掺杂对其结构相变和导电性的影响.变温拉曼谱和DTA测量结果表明，随着温度的升高，KNb_{1-xMgxO3-δ发生了结构相变，由铁电正交、四方相转变为顺 电立方相.由于Mg掺杂削弱了B位离子对自发极化的贡献以及A位离子与BO关键词： 钙钛矿 离子电导 1-xMgxO3-δ')" href="#">KNb1-xMgxO3-δ 高温高压 铁电相变}     

Irreversible adsorption of colloid particles on heterogeneous surfaces

Irreversible adsorption of polystyrene latex particles of micrometer size range at heterogeneous surfaces was studied experimentally. Model substrate surfaces of controlled site coverage (heterogeneity degree) used in these studies were produced by preadsorption of positively charged latex particles on mica sheets. Deposition kinetics of latex was studied as a function of the site coverage, particle to site size ratio λ and ionic strength of the colloid suspension. Particle distributions over surfaces and coverage were quantitatively evaluated by the direct microscope observation techniques using the diffusion cell. In this way, pair correlation function for various coverage degree and particle size ratio was evaluated. It also was determined the dependence of the jamming coverage of colloid particles on site coverage and ionic strength of the suspension. It was demonstrated that the decrease in the ionic strength of the suspension resulted in a significant decrease in the jamming coverage. This was attributed to the effect of the electrostatic field generated by the interface whose range was increased for low ionic strength. These experimental data revealed, in accordance with theoretical predictions derived from numerical simulations, that the multiple site coordination exerted a pronounced effect on the jamming coverage and the structure of adsorbed layers. It also was shown that this effect can be regulated by changes in the ionic strength of particle suspensions. This could allow one to produce particle clusters at the surface of targeted composition.     

Off-centre charge model of the planar electric double layer for asymmetric 2:1/1:2 valencies

ABSTRACT

Grand canonical Monte Carlo simulation results are reported for the structure and capacitance of a planar electric double layer containing off-centre charged rigid sphere cations and centrally charged rigid sphere anions. The ion species are assigned asymmetric valencies, +2:?1 and +1:?2, respectively, and set in a continuum dielectric medium (solvent) characterised by a single relative permittivity. An off-centre charged ion is obtained by displacing the ionic charge from the centre of the sphere towards its surface, and the physical double layer model is completed by placing the ionic system next to a uniformly charged, non-penetrable, non-polarizable planar electrode. Structural results such as electrode-ion singlet distribution functions, ionic charge density and orientation profiles are complemented by differential capacitance results at electrolyte concentrations of 0.2?mol/dm³ and 1?mol/dm³, respectively, and for various displacements of the cationic charge centre. The effect of asymmetry due to off-centre cations and valency asymmetry on the double layer properties is maximum for divalent counterions and when the cation charge is closest to the hard sphere surface.     

金属铝在半导体表面的吸附

本文采用集团模型,用自洽的EHT方法计算金属Al在Si(111)和GaAs(110)面上吸附的稳定的几何构型和电子态,结果表明,Al在Si(111)面的三度开位上的离子吸附比顶位的共价吸附更稳定,态密度与实验符合也更好,Al吸附在GaAs(110)面上,将取代表面Ga原子,形成AlAs,此时GaAs(110)面将恢复到不弛豫的理想位置。 关键词：     

Modeling and simulation of Li-ion conduction in poly(ethylene oxide)

Polyethylene oxide (PEO) containing a lithium salt (e.g., LiI) serves as a solid polymer electrolyte (SPE) in thin-film batteries and its ionic conductivity is a key parameter of their performance. We model and simulate Li⁺ ion conduction in a single PEO molecule. Our simplified stochastic model of ionic motion is based on an analogy between protein channels of biological membranes that conduct Na⁺, K⁺, and other ions, and the PEO helical chain that conducts Li⁺ ions. In contrast with protein channels and salt solutions, the PEO is both the channel and the solvent for the lithium salt (e.g., LiI). The mobile ions are treated as charged spherical Brownian particles. We simulate Smoluchowski dynamics in channels with a radius of ca. 0.1 nm and study the effect of stretching and temperature on ion conductivity. We assume that each helix (molecule) forms a random angle with the axis between these electrodes and the polymeric film is composed of many uniformly distributed oriented boxes that include molecules with the same direction. We further assume that mechanical stretching aligns the molecular structures in each box along the axis of stretching (intra-box alignment). Our model thus predicts the PEO conductivity as a function of the stretching, the salt concentration and the temperature. The computed enhancement of the ionic conductivity in the stretch direction is in good agreement with experimental results. The simulation results are also in qualitative agreement with recent theoretical and experimental results.