Complex impedance and admittance of a silver-conducting glass

Abstract

From the analysis of complex impedance and admittance data of (Agl)₇₅(Ag₄P₂O₇)₂₅ glass, an Ag⁺-ion conductor, it was revealed that the sample can be approximated by a seriesRC ₁ circuit at high temperature, with the capacitorC ₁ arising from the charge-carrier depleted region near the anode which develops as conduction proceeds, and by a parallelRC ₂ circuit at low temperature, with the capacitorC ₂ arising from the saturated value for ionic polarization of, say, the silver-iodine pairs as well as from the relaxation effect of the Ag⁺ ions for conduction. TheC ₁ andC ₂ values were found to be almost temperature-independent at peak frequencies of the distorted semicircles in respective complex planes, with the ratioC ₁/C ₂ as large as 10⁴.