Atomistic Simulation of Paratellurite α-TeO2 Crystal. II: Anisotropy and Microscopic Aspects of Ion Transport
摘要
Abstract
The specific features of the ion transport in α-TeO2 paratellurite crystals have been studied by the molecular dynamics method. It is shown that the ion transport in α-TeO2, which is caused by oxygen transport, is anisotropic. The highest values of the diffusion coefficients are observed along the с axis: DО ~ 1 × 10–7 cm2/s at temperatures close to the melting point. It is shown that oxygen ions jump over distances of 1.5–2.5 Å via a vacancy or interstitial mechanism.