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Anomalous conductivity prefactors in fast ion conductors

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We wish to draw attention to the fact that the conductivity prefactor of arguably the most important fast ion conductor, β″-alumina, is anomalously large at low temperatures and we show here that this is caused by an unexpectedly high ion hopping rate. In addition, similar results are found in the Na/Ag β-alumina system and these may be of significance in contributing to the understanding of the mixed alkali effect in general.

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  1. School of Materials Science, University of Bath, Claverton Down, Bath, BA2 7AY, UK

    D. P. Almond

  2. Department of Chemistry, University of Aberdeen, Old Aberdeen, AB9 2UE, UK

    A. R. West

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Almond, D., West, A. Anomalous conductivity prefactors in fast ion conductors. Nature 306, 456–457 (1983). https://doi.org/10.1038/306456a0

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