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A pair distribution function study of thermoelectric bornites
Thermoelectric materials are attracting increasing attention due to their potential for waste heat energy recovery. The challenge in finding better thermoelectric materials lies... -
Light Atom Location in Filled Skutterudites
Thermoelectric materials offer tremendous potential for the conversion of waste heat energy into useful electrical energy. We are currently engaged on a collaborative project... -
In-situ study of oxygen storage materials in the Zr-Ce-O system
Zirconia-ceria ceramics are promising materials within automotive exhaust catalysts, exploiting the Ce3+<->Ce4+ redox reactions to store oxygen. For a Zr:Ce ratio of 1:1... -
Study of cation disorder, oxygen vacancy ordering and proton sites in La2-xNd...
On the basis of X-ray diffraction the oxygen deficient La2-xNdxCe2O7 series displays a transition from disordered fluorite to the C-type superstructure in which the cations... -
In-situ Neutron Diffraction Studies of Lithium Battery Materials
This proposal seeks to test a new battery designed to allow in situ neutron diffraction measurements of lithium ion battery electrodes under charge and discharge. We have... -
Oxygen Vacancy Clusters in Pure and Doped CeO2-d
Oxide ceramics based on ceria, CeO2, have been the subject of considerable research for the role of solid electrolyte within solid oxide fuel cells (SOFCs), since their ionic... -
Oxygen Vacancy Defects in Y Doped CeO2
CeO2 based ceramics are currently the subject of extensive research interest as potential electrolyte materials for Solid Oxide Fuel Cells (SOFCs). They offer the advantage of... -
The Defect Structure of Scandia Doped Zirconias
There is currently considerable research interest in the synthesis and characterisation of materials with high oxide-ion conductivities, owing to their potential exploitation as... -
Aged NiCr (cond 3)
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Aged NiCr
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Ordering in the La/W substituted bismuth oxide fluorite, Bi7W0.25La0.75O12.375
Materials that show fast oxide ion conduction have potential applications as electrolytes in devices such as solid oxide fuel cells (SOFCs), gas sensors and gas separation... -
Local structure of the semiconductor caesium lead iodide
Caesium lead iodide is of interest both as a photoluminescent material whose optical properties may be tuned by creating nanoscale structures, and as an inorganic analogue of... -
Aged NiCr (cond 4)
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Local structure within Li+ depleted LiFePO4
Lithium iron phosphate is a commonly used cathode material in Li-ion batteries. The material exhibits a two phase system on lithiation and delithiation with narrow solid... -
Aged NiCr (cond 2)
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In situ neutron diffraction study of Sr0.75Y0.25CoO2.62
Sr0.75Y0.25CoO2.62 is a promising cathode material for solid oxide fuel cells. It shows metallic behaviour above 600K and molecular dynamics simulations have concluded that... -
Oxide Ionic Conductivity in Anion-Deficient Fluorites
The last couple of decades have seen a rapidly increasing interest in new environment friendly energy sources and one key aspect of this research involves characterisation of... -
Local structure variation of polar nano-regions in ultrahigh piezoelectric re...
Relaxor ferroelectrics are a class of locally disordered crystals possessing peculiar structure and electrical properties. The solid solution of a relaxor perovskite and PbTiO3...
