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SINCE the discovery1 that the high-temperature phase of silver iodide (α-AgI) has an ionic conductivity comparable to that of the best liquid electrolytes, solid electrolytes have attracted wide interest. Possible applications of these materials range from solid-state batteries to electrochromic displays and sensors2. Although α-AgI displays conductivities of more than 10 S cm−1 (ref. 3), owing to the almost liquid-like mobility of Ag+ ions, the crystal transforms below 147 °C to the β-phase with a conductivity of only ∼10−5 S cm−1 at room temperature. Efforts to achieve good conductivities at lower temperatures have focused on the addition of a second component to AgI to form solid solutions or new compounds such as RbAg4I5 and Ag2HgI4 (refs 4–7). Here we report our success in depressing the α→β transformation temperature so as to stabilize α-AgI itself at room temperature. We use a melt-quenching technique to prepare crystallites of α-AgI frozen into a silver borate glass matrix. The quenched material showed diffraction peaks characteristic of α-AgI and displayed ionic conductivities of about 10−1S cm−1. Further development of these glass/crystal composites may make the high ionic conductivity of α-AgI available for room-temperature solid-state applications.
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Tatsumisago, M., Shinkuma, Y. & Minami, T. Stabilization of superionic α-Agl at room temperature in a glass matrix. Nature 354, 217–218 (1991). https://doi.org/10.1038/354217a0
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