Using in situ synchrotron X-ray diffraction to study lithium-and sodium-ion batteries: A case study with an unconventional battery electrode (Gd2TiO5)

Journal of Materials Research

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 381-389

  Pramudita, James C ^a   Aughterson, Robert ^b   Dose, Wesley M ^c   Donne, Scott W ^c   Brand, Helen E A ^d   Sharma, Neeraj ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ORGANISATION   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^d AUSTRALIAN SYNCHROTRON   (Australia)

Author keywords

Energy storage; oxide; X ray diffraction (XRD)

Indexed keywords

ANODES; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DIGITAL STORAGE; ELECTRIC BATTERIES; ELECTRIC DISCHARGES; ELECTRODES; ENERGY STORAGE; IONS; LITHIUM BATTERIES; LITHIUM COMPOUNDS; METAL IONS; OXIDES; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

ELECTROCHEMICAL CYCLING; ELECTROCHEMICAL METHODS; ELECTROCHEMICAL PERFORMANCE; IN-SITU SYNCHROTRONS; IN-SITU X-RAY DIFFRACTION; REFLECTION POSITIONS; REVERSIBLE CAPACITY; SODIUM ION BATTERIES;

SECONDARY BATTERIES;

EID: 84926671753     PISSN: 08842914     EISSN: 20445326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1557/jmr.2014.311     Document Type: Article

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