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The Network Modifier and Former Role of the Bismuth Ions in the Bismuth-Lead-Germanate Glasses

The Network Modifier and Former Role of the Bismuth Ions in the Bismuth-Lead-Germanate Glasses

M Rada, L Rus, S Rada, E Culea, T Rusu

Spectrochim Acta A Mol Biomol Spectrosc. 2014 Nov 11;132:533-7.

PMID: 24892531

Abstract:

The present work is focused on the enhancement of network former environment in lead-germanate glasses by bismuth ions doping. A series of bismuth-lead-germanate glasses with the xBi2O3·(100-x)[7GeO2·3PbO] composition glass where 0≤x≤30 mol% Bi2O3 were synthesized by melt-quenching method. The FTIR, UV-VIS spectroscopy and cyclic voltammetry were conducted on these samples to evaluate the doping effect of structure of the host matrix network. Our results indicate that direct incorporation of Bi2O3 into the lead-germanate network modifies the lead-germanate network and the internal structure of glass network is rearranged. The structural flexibility of the lead-germanate network is possible due to its incapacity to accommodate with the excess of oxygen atoms and the creation of bridging oxygen ions. Optical gap energy and refractive index were obtained as a function of Bi2O3 content. Gap energy values decrease as Bi2O3 content increased from 0 to 10 mol%. Further increase of Bi2O3 concentration beyond 10 mol% increased the gap energy values. These behaviors of the glass system can be explained by two mechanisms: (i) for x≤10 mol% Bi2O3--increase of degree of disorder of the host matrix because Bi2O3 is network modifier and (ii) for x>10 mol%--Bi2O3 acts as a network former. Cyclic voltammetry measurements using the glass system with 10Bi2O3·90[7GeO2·3PbO] composition as working electrode show the mobility of the lead ions, in agreement with UV-VIS data.

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