Impedance spectroscopy data of Agx(Ge16Sb12Se72)100-x chalcogenide glasses

Impedance spectroscopy is a valuable tool for the analysis of the ionic conductivity of both solid and liquid state materials. Chalcogenide glasses are well known for their high ionic conductivity nature and wide compositional flexibility. As the GeSbSe material has high glass forming ability, it is expected that the materials can be doped with a high amount of foreign element (in the present case Ag). For all of these reasons, the GeSbSe materials can be expected as a potential candidate for solid state electrolyte for ionic batteries. The ionic conductivity behavior of Agx(Ge16Sb12Se72)100-x chalcogenide glasses were studied using impedance a primary tool. In the present article, you will find the impedance data of Agx(Ge16Sb12Se72)100-x chalcogenide glass system. From the impedance data, real and imaginary parts of conductivities were extracted and plotted as a function of applied frequency. The interpretation of the current article data were given in “Percolation behavior of Ag in Ge16Sb12Se72 glassy matrix and its impact on corresponding ionic conductivity” [1].

Impedance spectroscopy Ionic conductivity Random-walk model Chalcogenide glasses a b s t r a c t Impedance spectroscopy is a valuable tool for the analysis of the ionic conductivity of both solid and liquid state materials. Chalcogenide glasses are well known for their high ionic conductivity nature and wide compositional flexibility. As the GeSbSe material has high glass forming ability, it is expected that the materials can be doped with a high amount of foreign element (in the present case Ag). For all of these reasons, the GeSbSe materials can be expected as a potential candidate for solid state electrolyte for ionic batteries. The ionic conductivity behavior of Ag x (Ge 16 Sb 12 Se 72 ) 100-x chalcogenide glasses were studied using impedance a primary tool.
In the present article, you will find the impedance data of Ag x (Ge 16 Sb 12 Se 72 ) 100-x chalcogenide glass system. From the impedance data, real and imaginary parts of conductivities were extracted and plotted as a function of applied frequency. The interpretation of the current article data were given in "Percolation behavior of Ag in Ge16Sb12Se72 glassy matrix and its impact on corresponding ionic conductivity" [1].

Value of the data
The current impedance data is very useful for comparing similar ion conducting disordered materials.
The random-walk model data fitting to experimental values shows an importance of randomwalk model.
The data shows influence of Ag doping concentrations on impedance behavior. It also shows the behavior of conductivity with respect to temperature. The current data shows the importance of impedance spectroscopy and random-walk model to get more depth information about ionic conduction in disordered materials.
1. Data Table 1 shows the actual composition and corresponding sample name/symbols used in the further analysis. Fig. 1 shows the image of the obtained glass samples after quenching and annealing. At the same time, disks shown in the same image, are pellets of the corresponding samples after polishing and before gold sputtering. Fig. 2 shows the nyquist plot obtained from impedance spectroscopy of the prepared series as a function of Ag concentrations at 368 K. Fig. 3 shows the real (σ 1 ) and imaginary (σ 2 ) parts of conductivities extracted using random-walk model from impedance data of Ag 15 as a function of temperature. Fig. 3 represents the case example.

Experimental design, materials, and methods
All of the samples, having nominal composition Ag x (Ge 16 Sb 12 Se 72 ) 100-x with 0 r x r 25, were prepared by the melt quenching method. The exact composition and corresponding label is given in Table 1.   All of the elements (Ag, Ge, Sb, Se) used for the synthesis were of high purity 5 N. A batch of 10 g, with an appropriate amount of each element was mixed together to get a more homogeneous mixture and sealed in a quartz ampule (with the inner diameter of 10 mm) under high vacuum (10 -3 Pa). The sealed ampule was loaded into a rocking tube furnace and heated with a rate 2°C/min up to 950°C before dwelling at 950°C for 12 h in the rocking furnace. After 12 h, the temperature was slowly cooled down to 730°C and at 730°C ampules were quench into water, and later annealed at a temperature close to T g for 4 h, followed by slow cooling down to room temperature. The obtained glass rods after annealing were shown in Fig. 1. For impedance measurements, the rods were cut into disks of 10 mm diameter and a thickness between 1-2 mm. The glass discs were polished with optical quality using SiC papers as well as Al 2 O 3 powder with varying sizes such as 6 mm, 3 mm, and 1 mm. The obtained disks after polishing were also shown in Fig. 1.
For impedance measurements, the polished disks were sputtered with gold on both sides for a good electrical contact with the electrodes as well as to form a blocking electrode.
Impedance spectroscopy (IS) measurements were carried out on a PGSTAT 302 N with the FRA32 and NOVA 10 software. The cell used stainless disk-like electrodes sputtered with gold to block the Ag þ ions passage. Temperature dependence IS was carried out with an applied input voltage of 0.1 V, the temperature range from 298 K to 368 K, and a frequency range from 1 Hz to 50 kHz. The temperature was controlled with a Microcell HC set-up (Rhd instruments) with an accuracy of 7 1°C. The input capacitance and impedance of the instrument were lower than 8 pF and higher than 100 GΩ, respectively. The obtained impedance data were first converted into its corresponding real (ρ 1 ) and imaginary (ρ 2 ) resistivity data to take account of sample dimensions using following relations, The obtained values were plotted in the form of nyquist plot shown in Fig. 2 as a function of Ag concentrations. For better visibility, the data were splits into Fig. 2a and b. The data were further fitted using random-walk model [2] shown by solid lines in Fig. 2a and b.
To observe the temperature influence as well as to see the conductivity behavior, Ag15 were selected as a case example and impedance data were collected in the temperature range of 295 K to 368 K. The obtained impedance data were first converted to its corresponding resistivity using above relation. The obtained resistivity values were further converted into corresponding real (σ 1 ) and imaginary (σ 2 ) parts of conductivities using following relations.  Fig. 3. a) and b) are the real (σ 1 ) and imaginary (σ 2 ) part of conductivity response of Ag 15 sample as a function of applied frequency at different temperatures between 295 K to 368 K. Note that, open symbols represent experimental data where as solid symbols represents random-walk model fitting.
The obtained data were plotted in Fig. 3a and b as a function of applied frequency. Again to show the validity of random-walk model i.e. random-walk model can fit even in conductivity plot, the obtained conductivity plots were fitted using random-walk model shown by solid symbols in Fig. 3a and b.