Thermally induced charge relaxation in α-LiIO 3 superionic conductor

Electrical properties of single crystals of α-LiIO3 superionic conductor (hexagonal symmetry, sp. gr. P6322, z cut) have been studied by the methods of impedance spectroscopy and thermally induced depolarization. The mechanism of thermally induced charge relaxation in α-LiIO3 crystal is related to “hopping” migration of mobile Li+ ions via crystallographic sites in the channels of the [IO3]– crystalline framework oriented along the c crystallographic axis.