Thermopower and activation energy of silver iodide based superionic materials

Silver iodide based glasses, 60Agl-20Ag sub 2 O-20B sub 2O sub 3, 6 Agl-20Ag sub 2 O-20 MoO sub 3 and 60Agl-20Ag sub 2O-20WO sub 3, all in the mol % ratio, were prepared by rapidly quenching the melts of the chemicals in a stainless steel container; kept in a liquid nitrogen bath. The glassy nature of the as-quenched materials was confirmed by X-ray diffraction (XRD). The electrical conductivity of the glasses was measured at various temperatures ranging from 30 to 70 degree C using an impedance bridge operating in the frequency range between 40 Hz to 100 kHz. The plot of In σT versus 1000/T for each glassy material obeys Arrhenius law and the activation energy obtained is between 0.2 to 0.3 eV. Thermopower measurement was also carried out in the same temperature range as the conductivity measurement to obtain the heat of transport