Cooperative mechanisms of fast-ion conduction in gallium-based oxides with tetrahedral moieties

Nature Materials

Volumn 6, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 871-875

  Kendrick, Emma ^a   Kendrick, John ^b   Knight, Kevin S ^c,d   Islam, M Saiful ^e   Slater, Peter R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c RUTHERFORD APPLETON LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^d DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^e University of Bath Claverton Down   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROLYTES; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; PEROVSKITE; PROTON TRANSFER; SOLID OXIDE FUEL CELLS (SOFC);

COOPERATIVE MECHANISMS; FAST-ION CONDUCTION; GALLIUM-BASED OXIDES; TETRAHEDRAL MOIETIES;

GALLIUM COMPOUNDS;

CALCIUM DERIVATIVE; GALLIUM; GALLIUM OXIDE; ION; OXIDE; PEROVSKITE; TITANIUM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION;

CALCIUM COMPOUNDS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GALLIUM; IONS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; OXIDES; TITANIUM;

EID: 35748968175     PISSN: 14761122     EISSN: 14764660     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nmat2039     Document Type: Article

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