“…As a consequence of hopping an unpaired 3d 1 electron from the V 4+ site to the V 5+ site, electrical conduction occurs. The possibility of the vanadium ion to change its oxidation state during the melting and quenching process of glass preparation was reported in the literature [ 23 , 24 , 25 , 26 ]. The data reveal structural changes of the units due to the formation of bonds between non-bridging oxygen and iron atoms in different coordination, while the increase in the content of vanadium ions in the samples leads to the decrease of the activation energy [ 23 , 24 , 25 , 26 ].…”