Ra. Jackson et al., COMPUTER MODELING OF BALIF3 .1. INTERIONIC POTENTIALS AND INTRINSIC DEFECTS, Journal of physics. Condensed matter, 8(50), 1996, pp. 10931-10937
A computational study of BaLiF3 is presented. Interionic potentials ar
e fined to experimental data and the resulting potentials used to calc
ulate the defect behaviour. Energies of formation of basic defects are
obtained and used to predict intrinsic disorder and to calculate acti
vation energies for ion migration. This information is used to suggest
the possible mechanisms involved in the ionic conductivity of the mat
erial.