Lithium Diffusion in Li-Rich and Li-Poor Amorphous Lithium Niobate

Johanna Rahn; Benjamin Ruprecht; Paul Heitjans; Harald Schmidt

doi:10.4028/www.scientific.net/DDF.363.62

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Lithium Diffusion in Li-Rich and Li-Poor Amorphous Lithium Niobate

Abstract:

The diffusion of lithium in amorphous lithium niobate layers is studied as a function of temperature between 293 and 423 K. About 800 nm thick amorphous ⁷LiNbO₃ layers were deposited on sapphire substrates by ion-beam sputtering. As a tracer source about 20 nm thin ⁶LiNbO₃ layers were sputtered on top. Isotope depth profile analysis is done by secondary ion mass spectrometry. Compared are amorphous samples which show a ratio of Li : Nb < 1 (Li-poor) and of Li : Nb > 1 (Li-rich) close to the stoichiometric composition of Li : Nb = 1 for crystalline LiNbO₃. The results reveal that the diffusivities of both types of samples obey the Arrhenius law with an activation enthalpy of 0.70 eV and 0.83 eV, respectively. The diffusivities of the sample containing a higher amount of Li are lower by a factor of about two to ten. This demonstrates that variation of the Li content in amorphous samples over the stability range of the crystalline LiNbO₃ phase has only a modest influence on diffusivities and activation enthalpies.