Kofstad P., Norby T. Defects and Transport in Crystalline Solids

Oslo: University of Oslo., 2007. — 209 p.In 1972 Per Kofstad published his "Non-stoichiometry, diffusion and electrical conductivity in binary metal oxides". It has been a popular textbook in defect chemistry of oxides worldwide, not least because it contained a comprehensive review of defect structure and defect-related properties of all binary metal oxides. In the 25 years that have passed since 1972 the field of defect chemistry in oxides has grown and developed in many ways. New and improved measurement techniques, new synthesis techniques, as well as skilled and devoted investigators have produced better data for many oxides, partly encouraged by industrial developments in the use of solid electrolytes (solid oxide fuel cells, gas separation membranes, ceramic electrodes, catalysts, etc). A revision of the book from 1972 as such is thus utopic in many respects. In the early 1990s Kofstad decided to author a new text that represented a development of the general and theoretical first part of the former book, while he intended to include only a few examples of data from important example oxide systems. I used the new text as a curriculum when I took over the teaching of Kofstad’s course in defect chemistry at the University of Oslo, thereby being able to adjust and improve it step by step.Copyrights and Use of Graphic MaterialStructure and Defects
Defect Reactions
Defect Equilibria
Impurities and Dopants
Diffusion
Electrical Conductivity
Electrochemical Transport