Understanding rechargeable battery function using in operando neutron powder diffraction

G Liang, C Didier, Z Guo, WK Pang… - Advanced …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
The performance of rechargeable batteries is influenced by the structural and phase
changes of components during cycling. Neutron powder diffraction (NPD) provides unique …

Hydrogen production from ammonia using sodium amide

WIF David, JW Makepeace, SK Callear… - Journal of the …, 2014 - ACS Publications
This paper presents a new type of process for the cracking of ammonia (NH3) that is an
alternative to the use of rare or transition metal catalysts. Effecting the decomposition of NH3 …

Large negative linear compressibility of Ag3[Co(CN)6]

AL Goodwin, DA Keen… - Proceedings of the …, 2008 - National Acad Sciences
Silver (I) hexacyanocobaltate (III), Ag3 [Co (CN) 6], shows a large negative linear
compressibility (NLC, linear expansion under hydrostatic pressure) at ambient temperature …

[HTML][HTML] The upgraded Polaris powder diffractometer at the ISIS neutron source

RI Smith, S Hull, MG Tucker, HY Playford… - Review of scientific …, 2019 - pubs.aip.org
This paper describes the design and operation of the Polaris time-of-flight powder neutron
diffractometer at the ISIS pulsed spallation neutron source, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory …

Thermodynamics and kinetics of cation ordering in MgAl2O4 spinel up to 1600 °C from in situ neutron diffraction

SAT Redfern, RJ Harrison, HSC O'Neill… - American …, 1999 - degruyter.com
The temperature dependence of the cation distribution in synthetic spinel (MgAl2O4) was
determined using in-situ time-of-flight neutron powder diffraction. Neutron diffraction patterns …

Insight into the Strategies for Improving the Thermal Stability of Efficient N-Type Mg3Sb2-Based Thermoelectric Materials

J Zhang, LR Jørgensen, L Song… - ACS applied materials & …, 2022 - ACS Publications
N-type Mg3 (Sb, Bi) 2 compounds have recently been demonstrated as promising low-cost
efficient thermoelectric materials in low and intermediate temperature ranges; however, the …

Ammonia decomposition catalysis using non-stoichiometric lithium imide

JW Makepeace, TJ Wood, HMA Hunter, MO Jones… - Chemical …, 2015 - pubs.rsc.org
We demonstrate that non-stoichiometric lithium imide is a highly active catalyst for the
production of high-purity hydrogen from ammonia, with superior ammonia decomposition …

High-pressure polymorphism of the copper (I) halides: A neutron-diffraction study to∼ 10 GPa

S Hull, DA Keen - Physical Review B, 1994 - APS
The structural changes within the copper (I) halides induced by hydrostatic pressure have
been investigated using the powder neutron-diffraction technique. The expected transition …

Crystal structures and ionic conductivities of ternary derivatives of the silver and copper monohalides—II: ordered phases within the (AgX) x–(MX) 1− x and (CuX) x …

S Hull, P Berastegui - Journal of Solid State Chemistry, 2004 - Elsevier
The crystal structures of 23 ternary phases present in the systems (AX) x–(MX) 1− x (A= Ag,
Cu; M= K, Rb and Cs; X= Cl, Br and I) have been determined and/or refined using X-ray and …

Attainment of near-hydrostatic compression conditions using the Paris–Edinburgh cell

WG Marshall, DJ Francis - Journal of Applied Crystallography, 2002 - scripts.iucr.org
By means of a straightforward modification to the Paris–Edinburgh cell gasket configuration,
it is now possible to utilize fluid pressure-transmitting media up to at least 9 GPa. Test data …