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Electrochemical and Solid State Letters, Vol.5, No.1, J1-J3, 2002
Pinpoint silver doping into borosilicate glass by solid oxide electrochemical doping
Pinpoint silver doping into borosilicate glasses by solid oxide electrochemical doping (SOED) was carried out using an electrolysis system consisting of Ag (anode)/Ag-beta " -Al2O3/glass/Na-beta " -Al2O3/Ag (cathode), where a Ag-beta " -Al2O3 microelectrode was used as a cationic source. Ag+ was doped into the glass together with the migration of Na+ from the glass to the cathode side Na-beta " -Al2O3 for maintenance of the electrical neutrality in the glass. Therefore, Ag+ was electrosubstituted for Na+ in the glass during the electrolysis. The distribution of silver occurred in a hemispherical shape with its center at the Ag-beta " -Al2O3/glass microcontact. The diameter of the Ag-doped area strongly depended on the applied electric charge, which reflects the amount of Ag doping. On the contrary, the distribution of silver was independent of the doping temperature. As a result, the pinpoint doping of silver into the borosilicate glass on a 10(2) mum scale was accomplished using SOED.