The ionic transport properties of Ag+ fast ion-conducting quenched mixed glasses, x(0.75AgI,0.25AgCl) - (1-x)(Ag2O,CrO3), where x ranged from 0 to 1mol%, were studied. In effect, the conventional AgI host was replaced by a compound: the quenched (0.75AgI,0.25AgCl) mixed system. An x-value of 0.75 produced the optimum conductivity (0.002S/cm at 27C). Samples with the optimum composition were prepared from the melt, using cooling rates of about 100 or 0.01K/s. These were so-called quenched and annealed compositions, respectively. The conductivity increase in the quenched composition was attributed to the introduction of an amorphous state, due to the rapid quenching.

R.C.Agrawal, R.Kumar: Journal of Physics D, 1996, 29[1], 156-62