Methods of Preparation of Lithium Ion-Doped Glassy Systems

Abstract

AbstractLi2O-doped glassy amorphous systems are supposed to be less thermodynamically stable than the corresponding crystalline form (i.e., possesses greater free energy). Preparation of such glassy materials may be considered by adding excess free energy in some way to the crystalline polymorph. There are extensive selections of methods for the synthesis of such glassy systems like melt-quenching, sol–gel, chemical vapor deposition, sputtering, etc. Out of these, the melt-quenching technique and sol–gel process are very widespread, simple, and very easy to prepare different types of glassy materials, particularly on the laboratory scale.KeywordsMelt-quenchingSol–gelChemical vapor depositionSputtering