The temperature-concentration dependence of the electrical conductivity of Li2O-B2O3 glasses in the temperature range of ∼180-310 C has been studied. For pure boron anhydride, the dependence logσ = f([1/T]) is linear, whereas for glasses with ∼2 mol % ≤ [Li2O] < ∼10 mol %, similar curves are kinked. At higher Li2O concentration the kinks disappear. Occurrence of kinks is attributed to variation of essence of current carriers from proton pattern for B2O3 to mixed proton-ion pattern for low-alkali glasses. Conductivity of glasses at [Li2O] ≥ 20 mol % is stipulated by the formation of a continuous sublattice of polar structuralchemical entities (entities) [BO4/2]-Li+ and the migration of lithium ions.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)19-31
Number of pages13
JournalGlass Physics and Chemistry
Volume39
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - Jan 2013

    Scopus subject areas

  • Ceramics and Composites
  • Condensed Matter Physics
  • Materials Chemistry

    Research areas

  • activation energy of electrical conductivity, electrical conductivity, microheterogeneous structure, polar and nonpolar structural chemical entities, transport numbers

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