A new problem in the correlation of nuclear‐spin relaxation and ionic conductivity in superionic glasses
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Following the recent resolution of the longstanding problem of reconciling constant frequency nuclear‐spin lattice relaxation (SLR) activation energies and d.c. conductivity activity energies in ion conductingglasses, we point out a new problem which seems not to have been discussed previously. We report conductivity data measured at a series of fixed frequencies and variable temperatures on a lithium chloroborate glass and compare them with SLR data on identically prepared samples, also using different fixed frequencies. While phenomenological similarities due to comparable departures from exponential relaxation are found in each case, pronounced differences in the most probable relaxation times themselves are observed. The conductivity relaxation at 500 K occurs on a time scale shorter by some 2 orders of magnitude than the 7Li SLR correlation, and has a significantly lower activation energy. We show from a literature review that this distinction is a common but unreported finding for highly decoupled (fast‐ion conducting) systems, and that an inverse relationship is found in supercoupled salt/polymer ‘‘solid’’ electrolytes. In fast‐ion conductingglasses, the slower SLR process would imply special features in the fast‐ion motion which permit spin correlations to survive many more successive ion displacements than previously expected. It is conjectured that the SLR in superionic glasses depends on the existence of a class of low‐lying traps infrequently visited by migrating ions.
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