Alternating current conduction mechanisms of RbMgPO4 compound
- Laboratory of Spectroscopic Characterization and Optical Materials, Faculty of Sciences, University of Sfax, B.P. 1171, 3000 Sfax (Tunisia)
Highlights: • Two displacive reversible phase transitions located at T{sub 1} = 442/432 K and T{sub 2} = 460/445 K (heating/cooling). • The temperature dependence of conductivity was described in terms of Arrhenius relation. • The ac conductivity of this compound is proportional to ω{sup s} where the s values are between 0 and 2. • The (CBH) model was found to be the appropriate transport mechanism in RbMgPO{sub 4} compound. - Abstract: Rubidium magnesium monophosphate (RbMgPO{sub 4}) compound was prepared from highly pure constituents by solid state reaction. It was characterized by X-ray powder diffraction, IR, Raman, differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) and impedance spectroscopy. The infrared and Raman spectra were interpreted on the basis of PO{sub 4}{sup 3−} vibrations. DSC revealed two displacive and reversible phase transitions at T{sub 1} = 442/432 K and T{sub 2} = 460/445 K (heating/cooling). The electrical conductivity was measured in the frequency and temperature range 200 Hz-5 MHz and 423 K–523 K, respectively. The obtained results were analysed by fitting the experimental data to an equivalent circuit model. The temperature dependence of alternating and direct current conductivities (σ{sub ac}, σ{sub dc}) confirms the observed transitions in the calorimetric study; they were described in terms of Arrhenius relation. The activation energy’s values were determined in each phase. The AC conductivity behavior is ensured by a single process defined as a hopping transport mechanism. The conductivity frequency dependence was interpreted using the correlated barrier-hopping model (CBH) in all phases.
- OSTI ID:
- 22803898
- Journal Information:
- Materials Research Bulletin, Vol. 100; Other Information: Copyright (c) 2017 Elsevier Science B.V., Amsterdam, The Netherlands, All rights reserved.; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0025-5408
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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SUPERCONDUCTIVITY AND SUPERFLUIDITY
ALTERNATING CURRENT
CALORIMETRY
COOLING
DIRECT CURRENT
ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY
EQUIVALENT CIRCUITS
EXPERIMENTAL DATA
FREQUENCY DEPENDENCE
HEATING
MAGNESIUM
MHZ RANGE
PHASE TRANSFORMATIONS
RAMAN SPECTRA
RUBIDIUM
SPECTROSCOPY
TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE
X-RAY DIFFRACTION