Arrhenius Crossover Phenomena and Ionic Conductivity in Ionic Glass‐Forming Liquids

Abstract

Herein, the relation between the Arrhenius crossover (AC) behaviors in the structural relaxation and the electrical conductivity relaxation is explored in terms of the Bond Strength–Coordination Number Fluctuation (BSCNF) model developed by the authors. For the ionic glass‐forming liquids and solution examined, Ca2K3(NO3)7, Ca2Rb3(NO3)7, ZBLAN20 and (LiCl)0.16(H2O)0.84, the electric conductivity at high temperature resembles the behavior of the high‐temperature structural relaxation. This mutual relationship suggests a similar origin of the AC behaviors for both, structural and electrical relaxation. The difference between them is reflected in the different temperatures that demarcate the AC behaviors. The implication of this difference to the occurrence of the high ionic conduction via the decoupling mechanism is discussed in terms of the BSCNF model and the fractional Stokes–Einstein law.