User Meeting 2014

Session

Energy Materials

21 Nov 2014, 11:15

National Centre for Synchrotron Science

Conveners

Energy Materials

• Justin Kimpton (Australian Synchrotron)

9. Quantitative analysis of spotty diffraction rings and application to corrosion studies of steel

Dr Bridget Ingham (Callaghan Innovation)

21/11/2014, 11:15

Energy Materials

Oral

Spotty diffraction rings are symptomatic of large-grained polycrystalline materials. Analysis of these rings falls into a void between single crystal and powder diffraction methods, and is usually dismissed or discussed only briefly and in a qualitative fashion. Recently, we have developed statistical methods for quantitatively analysing the ‘spottiness’ of diffraction rings, such as those...

120. Smart adsorbents for gas separation research at Australian Synchrotron

Dr Qinfen Gu (Australian Synchrotron)

21/11/2014, 11:45

Energy Materials

Oral

Zeolite molecular sieves are one of the most important materials for separation of molecules. We discovered smart porous materials for gas separation – zeolites containing cations that function as molecular trapdoors allow guest-selective, size-inverse separations. For example, a “molecular trapdoor” mechanism in specifically tailored zeolites which produces a counter-intuitive size-inverse...

21. Mechanistic and structural investigation of Li_xMnO₂ cathodes during cycling in Li-ion batteries

Mr Wesley Dose (University of Newcastle)

21/11/2014, 12:05

Energy Materials

Oral

Increasingly there is demand for clean energy sources and suitable batteries to store this energy. Manganese dioxide and lithiated variants are a promising alternative to conventional Li-ion cathodes due to their cost, abundance, safety and electrochemical performance. Cathodes which operate by a single-phase lithium insertion/extraction process can offer some intrinsic advantages over those...

69. Using Flexible MOFs to Study Inorganic Reactivity

Dr Chris Sumby (University of Adelaide)

21/11/2014, 12:25

Energy Materials

Oral

Metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) are crystalline materials that can be synthesised from metal ions or metal-oxide clusters (nodes) and organic building blocks (links).[1] Through careful consideration of the chemistry of the organic links the properties of these materials can be tailored for particular applications. For example, a flexible framework capable of high yielding post-synthetic...