NMR Investigations of the Protonic Transport Mechanism in Composed Materials on the Basis of Cesium Acid Sulfates and Phosphates

The composite materials Cs(HSO₄)_1?x (H₂PO₄) _x were investigated by X-ray phase analysis, differential scanning calorimetry, nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) relaxation, pulsed field gradient NMR (PFG-NMR) and impedance spectroscopy. Three composite materials types x = 0.1 ÷ 0.3 mixture CsHSO₄, α-Cs₃(HSO₄)₂(H₂PO₄), β-Cs₃(HSO₄)_2.5(H₂PO₄)_0.5—compositions of area I; x = 0.4 ÷ 0.5 mixture α-Cs₃(HSO₄)₂(H₂PO₄) and Cs₂(HSO₄)(H₂PO₄)—compositions of area II; x = 0.6 ÷ 0.9 mixture Cs₂(HSO₄)(H₂PO₄) and CsH₂PO₄—compositions of area III, were synthesized. The phase transition temperature from the low-to-high conductive phase for obtained composite materials is notably below (about 100 °C) than that for the individual components. The proton self-diffusion coefficients measured by PFG-NMR are lower than the diffusion coefficients calculated from proton conductivities data. The correlation times τ _d controlling the ³¹P–¹H magnetic dipole–dipole interaction were calculated according to data of the spin–lattice relaxation on ³¹P nuclei. The self-diffusion coefficients estimated from the Einstein equation are in good agreement with the experimental self-diffusion coefficients measured by PFG-NMR. It confirms the fact that the proton mobility is caused by the rotation of PO₄ anion tetrahedra.