Electrical Conduction in Deuterated Ammonium Dihydrogen Phosphate Crystals with Different Degrees of DeuterationSupported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China under Grant Nos 51323002 and 51402173, the Independent Innovation Foundation of Shandong University under Grant No 2012JC016, the Natural Science Foundation for Distinguished Young Scholar of Shandong Province under Grant No JQ201218, and the Project of Key Laboratory of Neutron Physics of China Academy Of Engineering Physic

• Published in: Chinese physics letters Vol. 32; no. 5
• Main Authors: Zhu, Li-Li, Gan, Xiao-Yu, Zhang, Qing-Hua, Liu, Bao-An, Xu, Ming-Xia, Zhang, Li-Song, Xu, Xin-Guang, Gu, Qing-Tian, Sun, Xun
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Chinese Physical Society and IOP Publishing 01.05.2015
• ISSN: 0256-307X; 1741-3540
• DOI: 10.1088/0256-307X/32/5/057201

Conductivity measurements of deuterated ammonium dihydrogen phosphate (DADP) crystals with different deuterated degrees are described. The conductivities increase with the deuterium content, and the value of the a-direction is larger than that of the c-direction. Compared with DKDP crystals, DADP crystals have larger conductivities, which is partly due to the existence of A defects. The ac conductivity over the temperature range 25-170°C has shown a knee in the curve of ln(σT) versus T−1. The conductivity activation energy calculated by the slope of the high temperature region decreases with the deuterium content. The previously reported phase transition is not seen.