Australian Synchrotron

2 ARTICLES PUBLISHED IN JoVE

Engineering

In Situ Neutron Powder Diffraction Using Custom-made Lithium-ion Batteries

William R. Brant¹, Siegbert Schmid¹, Guodong Du², Helen E. A. Brand³, Wei Kong Pang^2,4,5, Vanessa K. Peterson⁴, Zaiping Guo^2,5, Neeraj Sharma⁶

¹School of Chemistry, University of Sydney, ²Institute for Superconducting & Electronic Materials, University of Wollongong, ³Australian Synchrotron, ⁴Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation, ⁵School of Mechanical, Materials, and Mechatronic Engineering, University of Wollongong, ⁶School of Chemistry, University of New South Wales

We describe the design and construction of an electrochemical cell for the examination of electrode materials using in situ neutron powder diffraction (NPD). We briefly comment on alternate in situ NPD cell designs and discuss methods for the analysis of the corresponding in situ NPD data produced using this cell.

Engineering

The Evolution of Silica Nanoparticle-polyester Coatings on Surfaces Exposed to Sunlight

Vi Khanh Truong¹, Miljan Stefanovic¹, Shane Maclaughlin², Mark Tobin³, Jitraporn Vongsvivut³, Mohammad Al Kobaisi¹, Russell J. Crawford⁴, Elena P. Ivanova¹

¹School of Science, Faculty of Science, Engineering and Technology, Swinburne University of Technology, ²BlueScope Steel Research, ³Infrared Microspectroscopy Beamline, Australian Synchrotron, ⁴School of Science, College of Science, Engineering and Health, RMIT University

Two types of surfaces, polyester-coated steel and polyester coated with a layer of silica nanoparticles, were studied. Both surfaces were exposed to sunlight, which was found to cause substantial changes in the chemistry and nanoscale topography of the surface.