Structural studies of Bi2O3-Nb2O5-TeO2 glasses

WILDING, Martin, DELAIZIR, Gaelle, BENMORE, Chris J., GUEGUEN, Yann, DOLHEN, Morgane, DUCLERE, Jean-Rene, CHENU, Sebastien, SUKENAGA, Sohei and MCMILLAN, Paul F. (2016). Structural studies of Bi2O3-Nb2O5-TeO2 glasses. Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids, 451 (SI), 68-76.

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Abstract

Bi2O3-Nb2O5-TeO2 glasses show unusual annealing behavior with appearance of spherulites within the matrix glass structure for the Bi0.5Nb0.5Te3O8 composition. The textures resemble those found previously among polyamorphic Al2O3-Y2O3 glasses containing metastably co-existing high- and low-density phases produced during quenching. However the spherulites produced within the Bi2O3-Nb2O5-TeO2 glass are crystalline and can be identified as an “anti-glass” phase related to β-Bi2Te4O11. We used high energy synchrotron X-ray diffraction data to study structures of binary and ternary glasses quenched from liquids within the Bi2O3-Nb2O5-TeO2 system. These reveal a glassy network based on interconnected TeO4 and TeO3 units that is related to TeO2 crystalline materials but with larger Te…Te separations due to the presence of TeO3 groups and non-bridging oxygens linked to modifier (Bi3 +, Nb5 +) cations. Analysis of the viscosity-temperature relations indicates that the glass-forming liquids are “fragile” and there is no evidence for a LLPT occurring in the supercooled liquid. The glasses obtained by quenching likely correspond to a high-density amorphous (HDA) state. Subsequent annealing above Tg shows mainly evidence for direct crystallization of the “anti-glass” tellurite phase. However, some evidence may exist for simultaneous formation of nanoscale amorphous spherulites that could correspond to the LDA polyamorph. The quenching and annealing behavior of Bi2O3-Nb2O5-TeO2 supercooled liquids and glasses is compared with similar materials in the Al2O3-Y2O3 system.

Item Type:	Article
Research Institute, Centre or Group - Does NOT include content added after October 2018:	Materials and Engineering Research Institute > Engineering Research
Departments - Does NOT include content added after October 2018:	Faculty of Science, Technology and Arts > Department of Engineering and Mathematics
Identification Number:	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jnoncrysol.2016.07.004
Page Range:	68-76
Depositing User:	Martin Wilding
Date Deposited:	07 Jun 2018 13:58
Last Modified:	18 Mar 2021 12:17
URI:	https://shura.shu.ac.uk/id/eprint/21465

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