An international research group has developed a universal and facile synthetic strategy to synthesize a LiNixCoyMn1-x-yO2 (NCM) material for the lithium-ion batteries. The study provides new insights into the synergistic effect of core and shell during electrochemical cycling. These findings provide a new perspective for rational design of layered nickel-based cathode materials with high energy and long cycling life with particular two-phase electrochemical characteristics. Some of the data were obtained at the MSPD and CLAESS beamlines in the ALBA Synchrotron.
The system is based on a metal-organic framework material and offers an alternative for natural gas transport and natural gas-powered vehicles, like private cars, buses and ships. Some of the experiments were performed at the MSPD beamline of the ALBA Synchrotron.
A research lead by the Instituto de Ciencia de Materiales de Madrid (CSIC), using high-angular resolution synchrotron X-ray diffraction at the MSPD beamline of ALBA Synchrotron, allows understanding a great deal of physical properties in relationship with the thermoelectric performance of different prepared skutterudites, promising thermoelectric materials which can convert heat to electricity and vice versa. The synchrotron data was essential to investigate the structural details of the new skutterudite-type compounds.
A recent study has shown that that double perovskite materials based on osmium, display octupolar order at low temperatures. This provides the first comprehensive framework for understanding how such an octupolar phase might be stabilized and identified in d-electron double perovskite materials.
In a study published by Spanish and American scientists in the journal Carbon, samples of water-saturated activated carbon are confirmed to be efficient host materials for the formation of solidified natural gas. Researchers achieved a 100% water-to-methane hydrate conversion, which represents the most efficient storage of solidified natural gas to date. Measurements at Alba synchrotron allowed the study of the ice and hydrate formation and, for the first time, determined the structure ice takes when confined water freezes.
