Strategies for the Optimisation of the O
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A. Orera; T. Baikie; P. Panchmatia; T. J. White; J. Hanna; M. E. Smith; M. S. Is
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Article
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2010
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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## Abstract Recently, apatiteβtype germanates La~9.33+~~__x__~Ge~6~O~26+3~~__x__~~/2~ have attracted considerable interest due to their high oxide ion conductivities. Research has shown that the key defects are oxide ion interstitials which lead to the conversion of some of the GeO~4~ units to GeO~