Neutron powder diffraction on graphene and metal-decorated graphene

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Graphene is a very promising material and appears particularly suitable in order to develop efficient hydrogen storage systems, especially if it is ¿decorated¿ with proper metal ions. Recently, we have synthesized gram-scale defective graphene samples via chemical methods and decorated them with Lithium and Nickel atoms. Although a structural characterization is still missing, the investigation of the morphology of the carbon planes, the defects as well as the interaction between decorating metals and the local environment is a fundamental prerequisite to support atomistic modeling and gain a better understanding of the interaction between the hydrogen molecules and graphene-based systems. Hence, it is proposed to investigate the morphology of graphene and metal decorated graphene samples at the nanoscale usingthe NIMROD diffractometer at the ISIS .

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DOI https://doi.org/10.5286/ISIS.E.24090537
Metadata Access https://icatisis.esc.rl.ac.uk/oaipmh/request?verb=GetRecord&metadataPrefix=oai_datacite&identifier=oai:icatisis.esc.rl.ac.uk:inv/24090537
Provenance
Creator Professor Mauro Ricco; Dr Daniele Pontiroli; Dr Mattia Gaboardi; Dr Matteo Aramini; Dr Michela Brunelli; Dr Stephane Rols; Dr Chiara Cavallari
Publisher ISIS Neutron and Muon Source
Publication Year 2016
Rights CC-BY Attribution 4.0 International; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
OpenAccess true
Contact isisdata(at)stfc.ac.uk
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Resource Type Dataset
Discipline Photon- and Neutron Geosciences
Temporal Coverage Begin 2013-05-23T16:25:51Z
Temporal Coverage End 2013-05-27T07:53:11Z