scholarly journals Electrochemical reactions in fluoride-ion batteries: mechanistic insights from pair distribution function analysis

2017 ◽  
Vol 5 (30) ◽  
pp. 15700-15705 ◽  
Author(s):  
Antonin Grenier ◽  
Ana-Gabriela Porras-Gutierrez ◽  
Henri Groult ◽  
Kevin A. Beyer ◽  
Olaf J. Borkiewicz ◽  
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Detailed analysis of electrochemical reactions occurring in rechargeable Fluoride-Ion Batteries (FIBs) is provided by means of synchrotron X-ray diffraction (XRD) and Pair Distribution Function (PDF) analysis.

2018 ◽  
Vol 6 (35) ◽  
pp. 17171-17176 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lasse Rabøl Jørgensen ◽  
Jiawei Zhang ◽  
Christian Bonar Zeuthen ◽  
Bo Brummerstedt Iversen

The thermal stability of the high performance n-type Te-doped Mg3Sb1.5Bi0.5 system is investigated.


2019 ◽  
Vol 33 (33) ◽  
pp. 1950410 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ahmad S. Masadeh ◽  
Moneeb T. M. Shatnawi ◽  
Ghosoun Adawi ◽  
Yang Ren

The crystal structure of zinc metal deviates from the ideal hexagonal close packing structure by a significantly increased axial ratio (c/a). The local atomic structure of zinc metal is investigated using the total scattering atomic pair distribution function (PDF) analysis based on X-ray powder diffraction data collected at ambient conditions. The X-ray total scattering PDF analysis confirms that the crystal structure of zinc can be described in terms of wurtzite structure, but with an anomalously atomic displacement parameters [Formula: see text], indicating a significant displacement disorder along the [Formula: see text]-axis. For the long [Formula: see text]-range PDF refinements, the thermal motion of zinc shows a notable anisotropy as expressed by the ratio [Formula: see text]/[Formula: see text] of 2.5 at ambient conditions. This average distortion level along the [Formula: see text]-axis, was not reflected locally for the features below 5.0 Å as it fits the high [Formula: see text] region. Based on PDF refinements over different [Formula: see text]-ranges, we measure an interesting increase of the [Formula: see text] value with decreasing the [Formula: see text]-range of the refinement. This suggests that the local structure features in zinc metal differ from the average structure ones.


2013 ◽  
Vol 46 (4) ◽  
pp. 999-1007 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. C. Bendert ◽  
N. A. Mauro ◽  
K. F. Kelton

A method for the calculation of the pair distribution and structure functions from X-ray intensity data obtained with an area detector for an off-center incident X-ray beam on an amorphous sphere is presented. Error propagation for converting from the structure function to the pair distribution function is also described, including a summation series approach to treat the error from a high-qtruncation. A Zr58.5Cu15.6Ni12.8Al10.3Nb2.8glass (Vitreloy 106a) is used to demonstrate the techniques. In particular, the semi-analytical corrections presented to calculate the effects of secondary scatter within and asymmetric transmission through a spherical sample are verified.


2020 ◽  
Vol 22 (34) ◽  
pp. 18860-18867 ◽  
Author(s):  
Matthew E. Potter ◽  
Mark E. Light ◽  
Daniel J. M. Irving ◽  
Alice E. Oakley ◽  
Stephanie Chapman ◽  
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Novel in situ synchrotron total scattering measurements probe the assembly of primary building units into templated hierarchically porous aluminophosphate catalysts, providing unique insights to understanding crystallisation kinetics.


Clay Minerals ◽  
2010 ◽  
Vol 45 (2) ◽  
pp. 225-228 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Manceau

AbstractThe risk of overfitting pair distribution function (PDF) data for highly defective material (Farrow et al., 2007) is illuminated with the example of the nanocrystalline hydrous ferric oxyhydroxide, ferrihydrite. Two structural models have been published by Michel et al. (2007, 2010) using this method, both of which contradict the standard ‘ferrihydrits’ model established by X-ray diffraction (Drits et al., 1993), and confirmed by single-crystal electron nanodiffraction (Janney et al., 2001) and neutron diffraction (Jansen et al., 2002). Although PDF data are reproduced equally well with the two regression models, neither model is realistic: the first (fhyd6) violates Pauling's 2nd rule, and the second (ferrifh), Pauling's 3rd rule.


2014 ◽  
Vol 70 (a1) ◽  
pp. C872-C872 ◽  
Author(s):  
Martín Saleta ◽  
Valmor Mastelaro ◽  
Eduardo Granado

The XDS beamline of the Synchrotron Light National Laboratory (LNLS), was designed to take advantage of the 4T superconducting multipole wiggler inserted in the storage ring. This multipurpose beam line is employed for X-ray diffraction and X-ray absorption spectroscopy in the energy range between 5 and 30 keV. The X-ray diffraction patterns can be acquired in two different arrangements: a) Bragg-Brentano configuration, using a scintillation detector with an analyzer and b) Debye-Scherrer configuration, where the sample is mounted into capillaries and the diffraction pattern is acquired with an arrangement of 6 Mythen detectors or a scintillator. The sample can be measured at different atmospheres and temperatures. The viability of the beamline for pair distribution function analysis (PDF) was tested measuring two different standards: 1) Al2O3 and 2) BaTiO3. The patterns were acquired at room temperature using the two detection setups at an energy of 20 keV. The samples were mounted inside 0.3 mm boron-rich glass capillaries. In addition to the sample pattern, we also measured the empty capillary (background) to subtract it to the sample data. The acquired and normalized patterns were converted into total scattering PDF (G(r)) with the PDFgetX3.[1] The experimental G(r) was fitted with the PDFgui.[2] Both data sets were fitted in the corresponding structural phase with cell parameters close to the ones reported in the literature. In the special case of the BaTiO3 sample, it was very carefully modeled. We particularly focused in evaluating if we can discriminate the correct structural phase, as this sample presents different phases (orthorhombic, tetragonal and cubic). We could identify that the sample, at room temperature, was at the expected tetragonal phase. Finally, we will present a preliminary analysis of the following systems: Pb1-xRxZr1-yTiyO3 (R=La&Ba) and Ba1-xRxZr1-yTiyO3 (R=La&Ca) at the ferro- and paraelectric states by PDF.


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