Advanced superionic conductor

The term of advanced superionic conductors (AdSIC) was first introduced in the paper by A.L.Despotuli, A.V.Andreeva and B.Rambaby^[1].

AdSICs are fast ion conductors that have a crystal structure close to optimal for fast ion transport (FIT). The rigid ion sublattice of AdSIC has structure channels where mobile ions of opposite sign migrate. The ion-transport characteristics of AdSICs are very high, ionic conductivity, ~0.3/Ω cm (RbAg₄I₅, 300 K) and activation energy E_i~0.1 eV. This determines the temperature-dependent concentration of mobile ions ni~Ni x e^Ei/kBT capable to migrate in conduction channels at each moment (Ni~10²²/cm³, ni~2x10²⁰/cm³, 300 K).

Rubidium silver iodide –family is a group of the AdSICs compounds and solid solutions which are isostructural with the RbAg₄I₅ alpha modification. The examples of such compounds with mobile Ag⁺- and Cu⁺-cations are: KAg₄I₅, NH₄Ag₄I₅, K_1-xCs_xAg₄I₅, Rb_1-xCs_xAg₄I₅, CsAg₄Br_1-xI_2+x, CsAg₄ClBr₂I₂, CsAg₄Cl₃I₂, RbCu₄Cl₃I₂, KCu₄I₅ and others [3-8].

For the RbAg₄I₅ AdSIC the peculiar features of crystal structure and dynamics of mobile ions were studied in [9,10]

Recently, all solid state micrometre-sized supercapacitors based on AdSICs (nanoionic supercapacitors) had been recognized as critical electron component of future sub-voltage and deep-sub-voltage nanoelectronics and related technologies (22 nm technological node of CMOS and beyond).^[2]

References

1. ^ Despotuli, Andreeva and Rambaby (June 7, 2006). "Nanoionics of advanced superionic conductors" (portable document format abstract only). Ionics (Berlin/Heidelberg: Springer) 11 (3–4): 306–314. doi:10.1007/BF02430394. http://www.springerlink.com/index/31066631W60H12J0.pdf. Retrieved 2007-11-02. 
2. ^ Александр Деспотули, Александра Андреева (2007). "Высокоёмкие конденсаторы для 0,5 вольтовой наноэлектроники будущего" (in Russian) (Portable Document Format). Современная Электроника (7): 24–29. http://www.nanometer.ru/2007/10/17/nanoionnie_superkondensatori_4879/PROP_FILE_files_1/Despotuli_Andreeva_Modern_Electronics_2007.pdf. Retrieved 2007-11-02.  Alexander Despotuli, Alexandra Andreeva (2007). "High-capacity capacitors for 0.5 voltage nanoelectronics of the future" (Portable Document Format). Modern Electronics (7): 24–29. http://www.nanometer.ru/2007/10/17/nanoionnie_superkondensatori_4879/PROP_FILE_files_2/Despotuli_Andreeva_Modern_Electronics_2007(ENG).pdf. Retrieved 2007-11-02. 

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