Electrical relaxation and transport in 0.5Cs2O-0.5Li2O-3B2O3 glasses

The frequency and temperature dependence of the dielectric constant and the electrical conductivity of the transparent glasses in the composition 0.5Cs₂O-0.5Li₂O-3B₂O₃ (CLBO) were investigated in the 100 Hz - 10 MHz frequency range. The dielectric constant for the as-quenched glass increased with increasing temperature, exhibiting anomalies in the vicinity of the glass transition and crystallization temperatures. The temperature coefficient of dielectric constant was estimated (35 ± 2 ppm.K^-1) using Havinga´s formula. The dielectric loss at 313 K is 0.005 ± 0.0005 at all the frequencies understudy. The activation energy associated with the electrical relaxation determined from the electric modulus spectra was found to be 1.73 ± 0.05 eV, close to that of the activation energy obtained for DC conductivity (1.6 ± 0.06 eV). The frequency dependent electrical conductivity was analyzed using Jonscher´s power law. The combination of these dielectric characteristics suggests that these are good candidates for electrical energy storage device applications.