What is it about?
Monitoring the atomic level structure of functional nano materials is highly challenging - especially under operating conditions. We demonstrate use of a toolbox for operando pair distribution function (PDF) analysis for 3 nm TiO2-bronze nanocrystals as active electrode material in Li-ion batteries.
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Why is it important?
Characterizing the atomic level structure of nano materials can be highly challenging and the challenge only gets bigger when doing it under operating conditions. However, being able to understand material behavior and its origin is key for the development of new functional materials like catalysts, battery materials, etc., which are needed for the green transition.
Perspectives
We hope and believe that the tools and the descriptions of their use in this paper can aid researchers in their highly challenging work, when trying to describe and understand the atomic level structure of functional nano materials, especially under operating conditions.
Martin Aaskov Karlsen
Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron (DESY)
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This page is a summary of: Operando pair distribution function analysis of nanocrystalline functional materials: the case of TiO2-bronze nanocrystals in Li-ion battery electrodes, Journal of Applied Crystallography, July 2024, International Union of Crystallography,
DOI: 10.1107/s1600576724005624.
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