Recent observations have shown that at a certain composition of solid solutions AgCl$_x$Br$_{ 1-x}$, AgCl-CdCl$_2$, AgBr-CdBr$_2$, of ionic crystals, the electrical conductivity exhibits a value appreciably larger than that of the end constituents. Here, we investigate the electrical conductivity $\sigma$ of LiH$_x$D$_{ 1-x}$ solid solutions -which are of prominent importance in fuel hydrogen storage applications- and find that in the whole composition range no maximum is likely to occur in the $\sigma$ versus x dependence.
Categories: cond-mat.mtrl-sci