Oxide-ion conductors for energy applications: structure and properties

Authors: Matthew Simon Chambers (Durham University; Diamond Light Source)
Co-authored by industrial partner: No

Type: Thesis

State: Published (Approved)
Published: January 2019

Abstract: This thesis describes experiments aimed at understanding the average and local structure of a range of different oxide-ion conductors, with the aim of applying this insight to designing better materials.

Journal Keywords: Solid oxide fuel cells; powder diffraction; total scattering; impedance spectroscopy; oxide ion conductors; apatite-type oxide conductors; Ge5(PO4)6O; Ba3NbMoO8.5; Bi0.775Ln0.225O1.5

Diamond Keywords: Fuel Cells

Subject Areas: Materials, Chemistry, Energy


Instruments: I11-High Resolution Powder Diffraction , I15-1-X-ray Pair Distribution Function (XPDF)

Other Facilities: HRPD, POLARIS at ISIS

Added On: 23/06/2020 13:56

Discipline Tags:

Energy Storage Energy Physical Chemistry Energy Materials Chemistry Materials Science

Technical Tags:

Diffraction Scattering X-ray Powder Diffraction