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Chemical Communications

Atomic-scale mechanistic features of oxide ion conduction in apatite-type germanates†

Emma Kendrick,a   M. Saiful Islamb  and  Peter R. Slater*a  

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a Chemical Sciences, University of Surrey, Guildford, UK
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b Department of Chemistry, University of Bath, Bath, UK

Abstract

Atomistic modelling studies of the apatite-type oxide ion conductor La9.33(GeO4)6O2 show that a key role of the O4 channel oxygen atoms appears to be as a reservoir for the creation of interstitial oxide ion defects, while the migration of these defects proceeds via the GeO4 tetrahedra.

Graphical abstract: Atomic-scale mechanistic features of oxide ion conduction in apatite-type germanates

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/B716814D
Article type
Communication
Submitted
31 Oct 2007
Accepted
28 Nov 2007
First published
17 Dec 2007

Chem. Commun., 2008, 715-717

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Atomic-scale mechanistic features of oxide ion conduction in apatite-type germanates

E. Kendrick, M. S. Islam and P. R. Slater, Chem. Commun., 2008, 715 DOI: 10.1039/B716814D

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