Superionic Solids And Solid Electrolytes Recent Trends

Contributors PrefaceRecent Trends in High Conductivity Solid Electrolytes and Their Applications: An Overview I. Introduction II. Recent Trends in Solid Electrolyte Materials III. Applications of Solid Ionic Conductors IV. Conclusion References Fast Ion Transport in Glasses I. Introduction II. Theory III. Glasses Exhibiting Fast Ion Conduction IV. Discussion and Summary V. Acknowledgment References Fast Ion Conducting Polymers I. Introduction II. Mass Transport in Elastomers on the Molecular Scale III. Ion Transport in Polymers IV. The Choice of Polymer Electrolytes for Specific Applications V. Concluding Remarks References Heterogeneous Solid Electrolytes I. Introduction II. The System Ionic Conductor/Insulator (MX/A) III. The Contact of Two Ionic Conductors (¿¿/¿¿') IV. Grain Boundaries (MX/MX) V. Thin Films and Microcrystals VI. Outlook References Proton Conductors I. Introduction II. Materials III. Experimental Techniques for Studying Proton Conductors IV. Mechanism of Proton Transport V. Applications References Nasicon Material I. Introduction II. Preparation III. Crystalline Nasicon IV. Amorphous Nasicon V. Nasicon Solid Electrolyte References Defect Properties and Their Transport in Silver Halides and Composites I. Introduction II. Defect Structure and Simple Theory III. Ionic Transport Equations IV. Design of Experiments and Techniques V. Results and Discussion VI. Enhanced Ionic Transport in AgX-Oxide Composites VII. Conclusion VIII. Acknowledgment References Superionic Fluorites I. Introduction II. Basic Defect Structure and Transport Mechanism III. Stoichiometric Systems IV. Anion Deficient System V. Anion Excess Fluorites VI. Mixed Metal Fluorites VII. Anti-Fluorite Structured Compounds Summary and Conclusions Acknowledgments References The Conductivity Pre-Exponential of Solid Electrolytes I. Introduction II. Theory of Low-Defect Ionic Crystals III. Extension to Disordered Systems IV. Question of the M-N Rule V. Survey of Data VI. Summary Appendix Acknowledgments References The Sub-Surface Space Charge and Defect Formation Parameters I. Introduction II. Phenomena Associated with the Surface Charge III. The Equilibrium Distribution IV. Experimental Results on Silver Halide Crystals V. Point Defect Formation Enthalpies and Entropies References Phenomenological Theory for Superionic Transport I. Introduction II. Lattice Gas Model for Superionic Conductors III. Formalism of the Path Probability Method IV. The Application of the Path Probability Method to Problems of Ionic Transport V. Percolation Efficiency in Binary Systems References Fractal Physics and Superionic Conductors I. Fractal Physics and Superionic Conductors; What Are Fractals and What Is Their Interest? II. Fractal Electrodes III. How Aggregation or Diffusion Could Build Fractal Interfaces IV. Fractal Related Transport in Superionic Conductors References Fluctuations, Structure Factors and Correlations: Ionic Transport in Framework Electrolytes I. Introduction II. Lattice Gas Models III. Continuous Models: Liquid-like Models IV. Remarks Acknowledgments References New Forms of Molecular Dynamics and Superionic Conductors I. Introduction II. Forms of Molecular Dynamics III. Phase Transformations of AGI References Fast Ion Dynamics Studied by Neutron Scattering and High Frequency Conductivity I. Introduction II. Quasielastic Neutron Scattering and Dynamic Conductivity III. A Clear-Cut Example of Jump Diffusion: SrC12 IV. Non-Periodic Local Motion: ß-Ag3SI V.