Published online by Cambridge University Press: 11 February 2011
The dependence of ionic transport on structure and composition of perovskites LiyLa0.66-y/3TiO3 (0.09 ≤ y ≤ 0.5) and Li0.5-xNaxLa0.5TiO3 (0 ≤ x ≤ 0.5) has been analyzed by means of Neutron Diffraction, NMR and Impedance Spectroscopy. In the first series, ion conductivity displays a non-Arrhenius behavior, decreasing activation energy at increasing temperatures. Li mobility is accompanied by a considerable increase of Li thermal factor deduced from ND data. In the second series, local lithium mobility decrease monotonously with the sodium content at room temperature; however, long-range dc conductivity decreases sharply at x = 0.2 more than six orders of magnitude. This decrease on dc conductivity is discussed in terms of a three-dimensional percolation theory of vacant Asites. In this model, the number of vacant sites is controlled by the amount of Na and La of the perovskite.