ISIS Neutron and Muon Source Data Journal

Muons for Energy Nanonics

Abstract: In order to improve the performance of future energy devices, nano-structured materials is one of the most promising routes. LiFePO4 is a commercial battery cathode material where nano-structuring is of specific interest due to its anisotropic crystal structure where the Li-ion diffusion occurs in 1D channels. In this experiment we propose to systematically study the microscopic Li-ion diffusion in nano-structured LiFePO4 samples. With our synthesis protocol we are able to produce high-quality nano-platelets with tunable size as well as selectable internal direction (!) of the 1D ion channels. This will allow us to obtain samples with well defined length of the ion channels as well as ratio with respect to the nano-platelet surface area. The results will be correlated with our parallel studies of the surface phonon spectrum in the same samples acquired by inelastic neutron scattering.

Principal Investigator: Professor Martin Mansson
Experimenter: Mr Nuri Yazdani
Experimenter: Dr Ola Kenji Forslund
Experimenter: Professor Vanessa C. Wood
Local Contact: Dr Mark Telling
Experimenter: Dr Fanni Juranyi
Experimenter: Professor Yasmine Sassa
Experimenter: Mr Peter Benedek

DOI: 10.5286/ISIS.E.RB1620420

ISIS Experiment Number: RB1620420

Publisher: STFC ISIS Neutron and Muon Source

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