K. Park et Sh. Byeon, CORRELATION BETWEEN STRUCTURES AND IONIC CONDUCTIVITIES OF NA(2)LN(2)TI(3)O(10) (LN=LA, ND, SM, AND GD), Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society, 17(2), 1996, pp. 168-172
The variations of the structural detail of layered perovskite-type oxi
des, Na(2)Ln(2)Ti(3)O(10) (Ln=La, Nd, Sm, Gd), have been refined by Ri
etveld analyses of their powder X-ray diffraction data. Although the c
-axis strongly decreases from Ln=La to Nd, Sm, or Gd, the length of Na
-O bond along the c-axis that is regarded as the sodium layer spacing
is not dependent on the unit cell parameter. Such a behavior is explai
ned by the fact that Na-O bond is in competition with Ti-O one of the
perovskite slab. Increased covalency of this Ti-O bond by the lattice
contraction leads to weakening of the attaching strength of Na ion. Th
is picture is consistent with the experimental observation that Na ion
conductivity of Na(2)Ln(2)Ti(3)O(10) increases from Ln=La to Nd, Sm,
or Gd despite strong contraction of the unit cell volume.