Various compositions of fast ionic conducting silver arsenotellurate quaternary glasses were prepared by melt-quenching, and X-ray diffraction measurements confirmed the glassy nature of all of the samples; from the observed peak-free X-ray diffraction spectra. Fourier transform infra-red spectra were recorded for all sample pellets, and this confirmed the formation of structural coordination in all of the compositions. Differential scanning calorimetric measurements were used to estimate the glass transition temperature for all of the samples. Impedance measurements were made of all samples, between 40Hz and 100kHz. The observed variation in conductivity with composition was explained by correlating X-ray diffraction, Fourier transform infra-red spectra, differential scanning calorimetric and conductivity results with theoretical models.

Structural and Conductivity Studies of Fast Ion Conducting Silver Based Tellurate Glasses. S.Jayaseelan, N.Satyanarayana, M.Venkateswarlu: Materials Science and Engineering B, 2004, 106[1], 46-51