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Molecular dynamics simulation of fluorite- and tysonite-type solid electrolytes. / Gotlib, I. Yu; Piotrovskaya, E. M.; Murin, I. V.
In: Computational Materials Science, Vol. 36, No. 1-2, 05.2006, p. 73-78.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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TY - JOUR
T1 - Molecular dynamics simulation of fluorite- and tysonite-type solid electrolytes
AU - Gotlib, I. Yu
AU - Piotrovskaya, E. M.
AU - Murin, I. V.
N1 - Funding Information: The work was supported by the “Universities of Russia” scientific program (the project UR.05.01.033).
PY - 2006/5
Y1 - 2006/5
N2 - Ba1-xGdxF2+x, Sr1-xGd xF2+x, and Sr1-xLaxF2+x systems with fluorite-type structure (0 < x < 0.25), and La 1-xBaxF3-x system with tysonite-type structure (x = 0 and x = 0.0185) were simulated by the constant-temperature molecular dynamics (MD) method in the temperature range T = 500-2100 K that includes the superionic transition and melting points. A simple Born-Mayer-Huggins model potential was used. The internal energy, anion diffusion coefficients, spatial distribution and characteristics of movement of fluoride ions were calculated. For Ba1-xGdxF2+x, a satisfactory agreement between simulation results and experimental data was obtained, while for the Sr-containing systems, the model potential should be improved substantially. For La1-xBaxF3-x, it was found that to reproduce properties of the superionic phase satisfactorily, defects are to be included explicitly in the model, and when that is done, already a simple model gives a good agreement with experiment; thus, it is confirmed that properties of tysonite-type phases are sensitive to nature and concentration of defects.
AB - Ba1-xGdxF2+x, Sr1-xGd xF2+x, and Sr1-xLaxF2+x systems with fluorite-type structure (0 < x < 0.25), and La 1-xBaxF3-x system with tysonite-type structure (x = 0 and x = 0.0185) were simulated by the constant-temperature molecular dynamics (MD) method in the temperature range T = 500-2100 K that includes the superionic transition and melting points. A simple Born-Mayer-Huggins model potential was used. The internal energy, anion diffusion coefficients, spatial distribution and characteristics of movement of fluoride ions were calculated. For Ba1-xGdxF2+x, a satisfactory agreement between simulation results and experimental data was obtained, while for the Sr-containing systems, the model potential should be improved substantially. For La1-xBaxF3-x, it was found that to reproduce properties of the superionic phase satisfactorily, defects are to be included explicitly in the model, and when that is done, already a simple model gives a good agreement with experiment; thus, it is confirmed that properties of tysonite-type phases are sensitive to nature and concentration of defects.
KW - Computer simulation
KW - Fluorites
KW - Lanthanum fluoride
KW - Molecular dynamics
KW - Solid electrolytes
KW - Solid solutions
KW - Tysonites
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=33645028453&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.commatsci.2004.12.078
DO - 10.1016/j.commatsci.2004.12.078
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:33645028453
VL - 36
SP - 73
EP - 78
JO - Computational Materials Science
JF - Computational Materials Science
SN - 0927-0256
IS - 1-2
ER -
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