Open AccessProton dynamics in superprotonic Rb3H(SeO4)2 crystal by broadband dielectric spectroscopy
Author(s) -
Paweł Ławniczak,
J. Petzelt,
V. Bovtun,
M. Savinov,
M. Kempa,
D. Nuzhnyy,
A. Pawłowski
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of physics. condensed matter
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.908
H-Index - 228
eISSN - 1361-648X
pISSN - 0953-8984
DOI - 10.1088/1361-648x/abac8c
Subject(s) - conductivity , dielectric , materials science , permittivity , condensed matter physics , dielectric spectroscopy , dielectric loss , single crystal , analytical chemistry (journal) , atmospheric temperature range , phase transition , electrical resistivity and conductivity , nuclear magnetic resonance , chemistry , electrode , thermodynamics , physics , optoelectronics , quantum mechanics , electrochemistry , chromatography
Broadband dielectric and AC conductivity spectra (1 Hz to 1 THz) of the superprotonic single crystal Rb 3 H(SeO 4 ) 2 (RHSe) along the c axis were studied in a wide temperature range 10 K 453 K) phases. A contribution of the interfacial electrode polarization layers was separated from the bulk electrical properties and the bulk DC conductivity was evaluated above room temperature. The phase transition to the superprotonic phase was shown to be connected with the steep but almost continuous increase in bulk DC conductivity, and with giant permittivity effects due to the enhanced bulk proton hopping and interfacial electrode polarization layers. The AC conductivity scaling analysis confirms validity of the first universality above room temperature. At low temperatures, although the conductivity was low, the frequency dependence of dielectric loss indicates no clear evidence of the nearly constant loss effect, so-called second universality. The bulk (intrinsic) dielectric properties, AC and DC conductivity of the RHSe crystal at frequencies up to 1 GHz are shown to be caused by the thermally activated proton hopping. The increase of the AC conductivity above 100 GHz could be assigned to the low-frequency wing of proton vibrational modes.