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Operando Studies of Anion Intercalation into Graphite Cathodes of Aluminium G...
Aluminium carbon battery is an emerging battery technology based on aluminium anodes and cathodes made from carbon /graphite. The materials are abundant, and the production of... -
Operando X-ray Diffraction Of Graphite Co-intercalation with Alkali Metals an...
Graphite is an extensively investigated material within battery research, and it is still considered the benchmark anode for Li-ion batteries (LIBs) ever since its first... -
Avoiding caramel: structural evolution upon melting cyclodextrine-based metal...
We will study the structural evolution of cyclodextrin-based metal-organic frameworks (CD-MOFs) upon heating and cooling using wide-angle X-ray scattering (WAXS). Thermal... -
Exploring the transformation pathways of new calcium orthophosphates into hyd...
With this experiment at ID02 we will explore the crystallization and transformations of newly discovered amorphous and metastable calcium orthophosphates (CaPs) yielding... -
X-ray Absorption Studies of Copper–Halide Speciation for High-Energy-Density ...
Copper-based redox flow batteries (CuRFBs) are promising candidates for large-scale energy storage, exploiting the Cu(I)/Cu(II) redox couple in aqueous electrolytes. A key... -
Density of Titanium-rich Silicate Liquids: Implications for the Lunar Interior
The density of Ti-rich silicate liquids with respect to the lunar mantle determines their buoyancy within the lunar interior; however, the physical properties of such liquids... -
Understanding the dynamic interaction between segregation, crystal growth and...
Nickel-based single crystal superalloys are the preferred materials for the hottest stage of aerospace engine turbine blades due to their exceptional high-temperature creep... -
In-situ nano-tomography on nano-porous silicon particles for lithium-ion batt...
Silicon (Si) is the most promising anode material to increase lithium ion battery energy density. This performance is due in part to the large amount of lithium it can alloy... -
Resolving the degeneracy of the magnetic structure of Sr3NiIrO6 using Ni- Mös...
The quasi-1D spin chain compound Sr3NiIrO6 with TN1=70 K (TN2=20 K) exhibits spin-orbital entanglement Ising exchange with anisotropic exchange interaction [1-3]. The neutron... -
XAS study of Pd in bismuthian kotulskite solid solution series
The rapid growth in demand for ‘critical’ metals, including Pd, may raise a potential obstacle to the widespread adoption of low-carbon energy technologies. The development of... -
Investigating the effects of microporous polymer embedded with ionic liquid o...
Gas-diffusion electrodes (GDEs) modified with a CO₂-philic ionic liquid, [EMIM][BF₄], embedded in a PIM-1 interlayer increase local CO₂ at Ag/Cu catalysts and tolerate impure... -
The Cu speciation in microalgae at different extracellular pH conditions
The aim of the proposed study is to investigate the capacity of the commercially and environmentally important microalga Chlorella sorokiniana to synthetize metal clusters using... -
Fast dynamics and modulation of rotor arrays in flexible Metal Organic Framew...
The proponent’s discovery of ultrafast molecular rotors (Perego et al., Nat. Chem. 2020) that retain dynamics down to 2 K opened the way to exploring such rotors in more densely... -
Local structure and bias-driven phase separation in potassium acetate– and ac...
We will use X-ray pair distribution function (XPDF) at ESRF ID15A to resolve local structure in aqueous zinc acetate electrolytes modified with potassium acetate (co-salt) or... -
In situ imaging of stress and microfracture evolution during brittle rock fai...
Predicting brittle failure in rocks is critical for earthquake hazard assessment, geothermal energy production, and safe geological storage of CO₂ or hazardous wastes. Recent 4D... -
Restructuring of strain-engineered Cu nano-catalysts under CO2 reduction cond...
Electrochemical CO2 reduction offers a promising route to net-zero by closing the carbon cycle. Cu has been shown to be the only metal that can catalyse the transfer of more... -
Domain Morphology and Hysteresis Mechanisms in the Field - Induced AFM–FM Tra...
Field-induced first-order magnetic phase transitions represent an important class of magnetic phenomena that, despite decades of investigation, remain incompletely understood. A... -
Characterization of wave propagation in buried layers of harsh environment SA...
We propose to acquire operando time-resolved Full-Field Diffraction X-ray Microscopy (sFFDXM) images of AlN/Sapphire Surface Acoustic Wave (SAW) devices. Recent studies have... -
Insight into the evolution of molecular aggregation in the spray-coated activ...
This study presents a systematic investigation into the morphological evolution of spray-coated organic solar cells (OSCs) during in-situ thermal annealing, focusing on the role... -
Impact of hybrid CO2/CO feeds on multicomponent catalyst for methanol synthes...
This project aims to combine operando X-ray absorption spectroscopy (XAS) and X-ray powder diffraction (XRD) measurements to probe the impacts of hybrid CO2/CO feed over the...
