AC impedance studies of V2O5 containing glasses

Glasses with composition V2O5-BaO-MO-B2O3(MO=SiO2,GeO2,P2O5) were studied using AC impedance analyzer. The measurements show that conductivities increase with V2O5 contents, and the P2O5 containing glasses have higher conductivities. The electric modulus was analyzed based on the Kohlrausch-Williams-Watts (KWW) relaxation function, φ(t)=exp[-(t/τ0)1-n]. The exponent n increases with V2O5 content. In addition, as the temperature approaches glass transition temperature, n increases with temperature. The results are interpreted in terms of Ngai's coupling model when applied to polaron conductivity relaxation