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Electrical conductivity and dielectric properties of silver iodide doped silver ion mixed-former conducting glasses have been studied in this paper. The frequency dependence of conductivity has been analyzed following the random free-energy barrier model. The charge carrier relaxation time and the activation energy for relaxation have been determined for the present glasses. The applicability of Barton-Nakajima-Namikawa relation has been tested for the present glasses using the results obtained from random free-energy barrier model. The scaling of the conductivity spectra has been performed to understand the effect of temperature as well as composition on the relaxation dynamics. The dielectric data have been analyzed employing the Cole-Cole function, and parameters such as dielectric strength and Cole-Cole exponent have been obtained. The electrode polarization phenomenon for the present glass samples has been studied depending on temperature as well as composition. The different characteristic transitions concerning electrode polarization related to the charge transport at the interface have been obtained and are correlated to the bulk behavior. An estimation of the dc conductivity has been obtained using the result obtained from electrode polarization study and is observed to be very close to the experimental values. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Non-Debye relaxation in superionic AgI-Ag2O-SeO2 glasses has been investigated as a function of frequency and temperature. The experimental data have been analyzed in the framework of complex dielectric permittivity and complex electric modulus formalisms. The dielectric permittivity data have been well interpreted using the Havriliak-Negami function. The electric modulus data have been analyzed by invoking Kohlrausch-Williams-Watts function and various parameters describing the relaxation mechanism have been obtained. The temperature and compositional variation in relaxation times and the activation energy, obtained from dielectric permittivity as well as from electric modulus data, have been compared. The low value of stretched exponential parameter implies a highly nonexponential nature of relaxation and is attributed to the correlated ionic motion. The values of the stretched exponential parameter are observed to be independent of temperature as well as composition. Different scaling formalisms have been applied to understand the temperature and compositional dependence of the relaxation mechanism. The scaling of dielectric loss spectra and electric modulus spectra results in master curves, which signifies that the relaxation mechanism is independent of temperature as well as composition. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Discusses the theory of hopping transport of holes in amorphous silicon dioxide. Importance of transport holes in silicon dioxide in understanding the oxide behavior; Features of the theory in modeling the oxide; Details on the eigenstates of the unperturbed hamiltonian.