Abstract
A detailed investigation using X-ray and neutron powder diffraction as well as ac impedance spectroscopy in the substituted bismuth oxide system Bi 7Nb 2 − 2 x Y 2 x O 15.5 − 2 x is presented. Combined refinement of variable temperature X-ray and neutron powder diffraction data reveal both compositional and temperature dependencies of the oxide ion distribution in this system. Oxide ions are found to be distributed over three crystallographically distinct sites, with one site exclusively associated with the dopant cations Nb 5+ and Y 3+ leading to a distorted octahedral geometry for these ions. Changes in the oxide ion distribution are correlated with a non-linear thermal expansion as well as non-Arrhenius behaviour of total conductivity at high temperatures.
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