Atomistic Simulation of Paratellurite α-TeO2 Crystal. III: Anisotropy of Ion Transport under External DC Electrical Field
摘要
Abstract
The specific features of the ion transport in paratellurite α-TeO2 crystals under an external dc electric field have been investigated by the molecular dynamics method. It is shown that the ion transport anisotropy is more pronounced when the field E is directed along the c axis: at E = 350 kV/mm the diffusion is enhanced by a factor of about 2 in crystals with oxygen vacancies and by a factor of 3 in samples with additional oxygen interstitials.