Ionic motion channel model

Lithium-doped BPO4, another candidate ceramic electrolyte material for lithium batteries has been studied by Li NMR relaxation and linewidth measurements of samples with Li doping levels up to 20 mol % (Dodd et al. 2000). Comparison of the NMR data with values of the second moment calculated for both random and homogeneous models of Li distribution indicate the existence of Li clusters with an intemuclear distance of 3A, possibly consisting of 1 Li ion fixed at a boron vacancy with additional 2 Li ions in the conduction channels surrounding the vacancy. The atomic jump time, determined from measurements of the Li motional narrowing behaviour, indicate a maximum in the Li ionic mobility at the 10 mol % doping level (Dodd et al. 2000). 

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