Re-entrant phase transition of the crystalline ion conductor Ag7P3S11

Brinkmann, C. and Eckert, Hellmut and Wilmer, D. and Vogel, M. and der Gunne, J. S. A. and Hoffbauer, W. and Rau, Franz and Pfitzner, Arno (2004) Re-entrant phase transition of the crystalline ion conductor Ag7P3S11. SOLID STATE SCIENCES, 6 (10). pp. 1077-1088. ISSN 1293-2558, 1873-3085

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Abstract

A highly unusual structural evolution has been observed in temperature dependent studies of the fast ion conductor Ag7P3S11, using X-ray diffraction, Raman scattering, P-31 and Ag-109 NMR spectroscopy, and electrical conductivity measurements. At 205 K the high-temperature gamma-phase (space group C2/c) undergoes a phase transition to an intermediate beta-phase of different symmetry. At a temperature near 130 K another phase transition is observed resulting in the formation of an ordered low-temperature alpha-modification crystallizing in the same space group as the gamma-phase. Restoration of the high-temperature-phase symmetry in the low-temperature phase is unambiguously confirmed by single-crystal X-ray structure determination and 31 p solid state NMR peak multiplicities. The re-entrant phase behavior is further supported by temperature dependent electrical conductivity measurements, which reveal that the activation energies of the dc conductivity for the alpha- and gamma-phases are identical and significantly lower compared to those measured in the beta-phase. Although the beta- to gamma-phase transition is associated with a change in enthalpy, those observables reflecting silver ion dynamics show no discontinuities at the phase transition temperature. The high-temperature gamma-phase crystallizes in the monoclinic system, space group C2/c (No. 15), a = 23.999(2) Angstrom, b = 6.3621(3) Angstrom, c 24.909(2) Angstrom, beta=110.926(7)degrees R = 0.0318 (300 K). The low-temperature ce-phase is isostructural with a = 24.090(1) Angstrom, b = 6.3400(3) Angstrom, c = 24.581 (1) Angstrom, beta = 110.870(6)degrees, R = 0.0317 (120 K). Contrary to the situation in gamma-Ag7P3S11, all the silver atoms are well-localized in the a-phase. (C) 2004 Elsevier SAS. All rights reserved.

Item Type: Article
Uncontrolled Keywords: SOLID-STATE NMR; AG-P-S; ROCHELLE SALT; SPECTRA; DIFFUSION; BEHAVIOR; SYSTEM;
Subjects: 500 Science > 540 Chemistry & allied sciences
Divisions: Chemistry and Pharmacy > Institut für Anorganische Chemie > Chair Prof. Dr. Arno Pfitzner
Depositing User: Dr. Gernot Deinzer
Date Deposited: 28 Jun 2021 09:16
Last Modified: 28 Jun 2021 09:16
URI: https://pred.uni-regensburg.de/id/eprint/37174

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