Defect agglomeration in wüstite at high temperatures-II. An electrical conduction model

E. Gartstein*, J. B. Cohen, T. O. Mason

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Abstract

A defect/electrical conduction model based upon a mixture of 5:2 and 13:4 (vacancy-to-tetrahedral) clusters is proposed for FeO which is consistent with available diffraction, nonstoichiometry and electrical data. Conduction occurs via small polaron hopping between Fe3+ and Fe2+ on octahedral near-cluster sites with two vacancy nearest neighbors. Evidence is cited for an increase in Fe2+ on tetrahedral (interstitial) sites as temperature increases.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)775-781
Number of pages7
JournalJournal of Physics and Chemistry of Solids
Volume47
Issue number8
DOIs
StatePublished - 1986

Funding

Acknowledgemenu-Thisr esearchw as supportedi nitially by the U.S. Army Research Office (Contract No. DAAG29-80X0035)a ndt henb y theD epartmenot f Energy (Grant No. DE-AC02-83ER45043T).h is paperi s basedi n part on the thesis of E. Gartstein submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Ph.D. degree at Northwestern University.

Keywords

  • Defects
  • Seebeck coefficient
  • clusters
  • defect clusters
  • electrical conductivity

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • General Chemistry
  • General Materials Science
  • Condensed Matter Physics

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