Abstract:The ternary 70P 2 O 5 -10Li 2 MoO 4 -20Li 2 O and 70P 2 O 5 -10Na 2 MoO 4 -20Na 2 O glasses, prepared by the press-melt quenching technique, were studied at temperatures between 298 and 418 K for their high dc electric field properties. For the above purpose, the effect of a strong electric field on the dc conduction of these amorphous bulk samples was investigated using the gap-type electrode configuration. At low electric fields, the current-voltage (I − V ) characteristics have a linear shape, while at high electric fields (> 10 3 V/cm), bulk samples show nonlinear effects (nonohmic conduction). Current-voltage curves show increasing departure from Ohm's law with increasing current density, leading to critical phenomena at a maximum voltage (threshold voltage), known as switching (switch from a low-conduction state to a higher-conduction state at threshold voltage). The Pool-Frenkel high-field effect was observed at electrical fields of about 10 3 -10 4 V/cm; then the lowering factor of the potential barrier, the high frequency dielectric constant, and the refractive index of these glasses were determined.
PACS (2008): 72.15.Cz
Keywords:Pool-Frenkel effect • strong electric field • amorphous • transition metal oxides • dielectric constant © Versita Warsaw and Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg.