Neutron Applications in Materials for Energy

1. Front Matter

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2. Neutron Applications in Materials for Energy: An Overview

   • Vanessa K. Peterson, Gordon J. Kearley

   Pages 1-9

3. Energy Generation

   1. Front Matter

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   2. Catalysis

      • Hervé Jobic

      Pages 17-31

   3. Carbon Dioxide Separation, Capture, and Storage in Porous Materials

      • Anita Das, Deanna M. D’Alessandro, Vanessa K. Peterson

      Pages 33-60

   4. Materials for the Nuclear Energy Sector

      • Michael Law, David G. Carr, Sven C. Vogel

      Pages 61-82

   5. Chalcopyrite Thin-Film Solar-Cell Devices

      • Susan Schorr, Christiane Stephan, Christian A. Kaufmann

      Pages 83-107

   6. Organic Solar Cells

      • Mohamed Zbiri, Lucas A. Haverkate, Gordon J. Kearley, Mark R. Johnson, Fokko M. Mulder

      Pages 109-135

4. Energy Storage

   1. Front Matter

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   2. Lithium-Ion Batteries

      • Neeraj Sharma, Marnix Wagemaker

      Pages 139-203

   3. Hydrogen Storage Materials

      • Juergen Eckert, Wiebke Lohstroh

      Pages 205-239

5. Energy Use

   1. Front Matter

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   2. Neutron Scattering of Proton-Conducting Ceramics

      • Maths Karlsson

      Pages 243-271

   3. Neutron Techniques as a Probe of Structure, Dynamics, and Transport in Polyelectrolyte Membranes

      • Kirt A. Page, Joseph A. Dura, Sangcheol Kim, Brandon W. Rowe, Antonio Faraone

      Pages 273-301

6. Back Matter

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Neutron Applications in Materials for Energy collects results and conclusions of recent neutron-based investigations of materials that are important in the development of sustainable energy. Chapters are authored by leading scientists with hands-on experience in the field, providing overviews, recent highlights, and case-studies to illustrate the applicability of one or more neutron-based techniques of analysis. The theme follows energy production, storage, and use, but each chapter, or section, can also be read independently, with basic theory and instrumentation for neutron scattering being outlined in the introductory chapter.

Whilst neutron scattering is extensively used to understand properties of condensed matter, neutron techniques are exceptionally-well suited to studying how the transport and binding of energy and charge-carrying molecules and ions are related to their dynamics and the material’s crystal structure. These studies extend to in situ and in operando in some cases. The species of interest in leading energy-technologies include H₂, H⁺, and Li⁺ which have particularly favourable neutron-scattering properties that render these techniques of analysis ideal for such studies and consequently, neutron-based analysis is common-place for hydrogen storage, fuel-cell, catalysis, and battery materials. Similar research into the functionality of solar cell, nuclear, and CO₂ capture/storage materials rely on other unique aspects of neutron scattering and again show how structure and dynamics provide an understanding of the material stability and the binding and mobility of species of interest within these materials.

 Scientists and students looking for methods to help them understand the atomic-level mechanisms and behaviour underpinning the performance characteristics of energy materials will find Neutron Applications in Materials for Energy a valuable resource,whilst the wider audience of sustainable energy scientists, and newcomers to neutron scattering should find this a useful reference.

• Cathode materials and solid electrolytes
• Cationic conductivity
• Fuel cell catalyst
• Hydrogen conductivity
• Hydrogen-related properties of matter
• In-situ neutron scattering analysis
• Inelastic incoherent neutron scattering
• Inorganic solar-cells
• Intermetallic compounds
• Ionic mobility in solids
• Lattice dynamics and crystallography studies
• Neutron-based studies on sustainable-energy materials

“Gordon J. Kearley and Vanessa K. Patterson have edited a remarkable and long due book in the Springer series Neutron Scattering Applications and Techniques. In the newest issue on the topic of energy materials contributions from some of the leading neutron scatterers in this field have been gathered. … this book demonstrates the power of neutron scattering and imaging for energy research and thus represents an important tool to bridge the gap between neutron scattering specialists and energy researchers.” (Joel Mesot, Neutron News, Vol. 26 (4), 2015)

• Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation, Lucas heights, Australia

  Gordon J. Kearley

• Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation, Lucas Heights, Australia

  Vanessa K. Peterson

Prof Don Kearley received his PhD from the University of East Anglia, UK, worked at the Institut Laue-Langevin in Grenoble, France, became Chair of Radiation Physics at Delft University of Technology, the Netherlands, and is presently Senior Researcher in the Neutron Scattering Group at the Bragg Institute of ANSTO (Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organization). He has a fair experience of most neutron-scattering techniques, particularly inelastic and quasielastic methods. Currently most of his work is in providing modelling support for the neutron scattering activities of scientists at the Bragg institute and elsewhere, which is usually in the form of understanding the underlying mechanism in function. Dr Vanessa Peterson is a Senior Research and Instrument Scientist at ANSTO (Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organization). Her expertise includes structure and dynamics in chemistry and their relationship to properties in condensed matter materials including cement,porous coordination framework materials, and hydrogen storage materials. She has also great expertise in analyses techniques like Synchrotron/Laboratory X-Ray and Neutron Powder Diffraction, Rietveld analysis, Quasi-Elastic Neutron Scattering, Inelastic Neutron Scattering, and Single Crystal X-Ray Diffraction.

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