Study of electrical properties of MoO 3–Fe 2O 3–P 2O 5 and SrO–Fe 2O 3–P 2O 5 glasses by impedance spectroscopy. II

Abstract

The electrical and dielectric properties for three series of MoO 3–Fe 2O 3–P 2O 5 and one series of SrO–Fe 2O 3–P 2O 5 glasses were measured by impedance spectroscopy in the frequency range from 0.01 Hz to 3 MHz and over the temperature range from 303 to 473 K. It was shown in Part I that the MoO 3 is incorporated into phosphate network and the structure/properties are strongly influenced by the overall O/P ratio. The Fe 2O 3 content and Fe(II)/Fe tot ratio in these glasses have significant effects on the electrical conductivity and dielectric permittivity. With decreasing Fe 2O 3 content in MoO 3–Fe 2O 3–P 2O 5 glasses with O/P at 3.5 the dc conductivity, σ dc( ω) decreases for two orders of magnitude, which indicates that the conductivity for these glasses depends on Fe 2O 3 and is independent of the MoO 3 content. Also, the dielectric properties such as ε ′( ω), ε ″( ω) and σ ac( ω) and their variation with frequency and temperature indicates a decrease in relaxation intensity with increase in the concentration of MoO 3. On the other hand, the dc conductivity for MoO 3–Fe 2O 3–P 2O 5 glasses with O/P > 3.5 increases with the substitution of MoO 3 which has been explained by an increase in the number of non-bridging oxygens and formation of Fe–O–P bonds that are responsible for formation of small polarons. The increase in the dielectric permittivity, ε ′( ω) with increasing MoO 3 content is attributed to the increase in the deformation of glass network with increasing bonding defects. For SrO–Fe 2O 3–P 2O 5 glasses the conductivity and dielectric permittivity remained constant with increasing SrO.