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The equilibrium T − x space of the Ag-Ga-Te-AgBr system in the part Ag2Te-GaTe-Te-AgBr-Ag2Te below 600 K has been divided into separate phase regions using the electromotive force (EMF) method. Accurate experimental data were obtained using the following electrochemical cells (ECs): (−) IE | NE | SSE | R{Ag+} | PE | IE (+), where IE is the inert electrode (graphite powder), NE is the negative electrode (silver powder), SSE is the solid-state electrolyte (glassy Ag3GeS3Br), PE is the positive electrode, R{Ag+} is the region of PE that is contact in with SSE. At the stage of cell preparation, PE is a non-equilibrium phase mixture of the well-mixed powdered compounds Ag2Te, GaTe, Ga2Te3, AgBr, and tellurium, taken in ratios corresponding to two or three different points of interest for each of the phase regions. The equilibrium set of phases was formed in the R{Ag+} region at 600 K for 48 h with the participation of the Ag+ ions. Silver cations, displaced for thermodynamic reasons from the NE to the PE of ECs, acted as catalysts, i.e., small nucleation centers of equilibrium phases. The spatial position of the established phase regions relative to the position of silver was used to express the overall reactions of synthesis of the binary Ga2Te5, Ga7Te10, Ga3Te4, ternary AgGa5Te8, and quaternary Ag3Ga10Te16Br, Ag3Ga2Te4Br, Ag27Ga2Te12Br9 compounds in the PE of ECs. The values of the standard thermodynamic functions (Gibbs energies, enthalpies, and entropies) of these compounds were determined based on the temperature dependencies of the EMF of the ECs.
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The present work was financed partially by the grant of the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine No. 0123U101857 “Physico-chemistry of functional nanomaterials for electrochemical systems”, international projects: #HX-010123 from ‘‘Materials Phases Data System, Viznau, Switzerland’’ and the Simons Foundation (Award Number: 1037973). This work was partly funded by the K.H. Renlund Foundation under the project “Innovative e-waste recycling processes for greener and more efficient recoveries of critical metals and energy” at Åbo Akademi University.
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Moroz, M., Tesfaye, F., Demchenko, P. et al. Phase Equilibria and Thermodynamic Properties of Selected Compounds in the Ag-Ga-Te-AgBr System. J. Phase Equilib. Diffus. (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11669-024-01095-x
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