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Crystal and defect structures of La2/3 xLi3xTiO3 (x ~ 0.1) produced by a melt process

Kyosuke Kishida1, Mai Miyata, Naoyuki Wada

  • 1Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Kyoto University, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8501, Japan. k.kishida@materials.mbox.media.kyoto-u.ac.jp

Journal of Electron Microscopy
|November 28, 2007
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Keywords:
La(2/3-x)Li(3x)TiO3 crystal structuresolid electrolyte microstructureTammann-Stöber methodionic conductivity in ceramics

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