Solid State Ionics, Vol.107, No.3-4, 281-291, 1998
Ionic conductivity properties and F-19 NMR investigation in Ln(1-y)Cd(y)F(3-y) (Ln=Ce, Nd) solid solutions with tysonite-type structure - Part I : Ionic conductivity properties
New fast F- ion conductors with tysonite-type structure have been obtained inside anion-deficient non-stoichiometric solid solutions of Ln(1-y)Cd(y)F(3-y) formulation (Ln = Ce, Nd). An exchange mechanism between fluoride sublattices has been identified for the (y not equal 0) compositions. A second exchange mechanism at lower temperature has been shown for CeF3 and NdF3. The presence of both electrical anomalies in the temperature dependence of LnF(3) (Ln = Ce, Nd) is confirmed by C-p variation and X-ray diffraction analysis as a function of temperature.
Keywords:IMPEDANCE-SPECTROSCOPY;LANTHANUM TRIFLUORIDE;NEUTRON-DIFFRACTION;CRYSTAL-STRUCTURE;SINGLE-CRYSTALS;LAF3;MOTION;CONDUCTORS;RELAXATION;TRANSPORT