ALBA – CSIL REPORT RELEASE: FROM EXPERIMENT TO INNOVATION IMPACT OF ALBA

The report shows the outcomes of a pilot exercise, carried out by the Centre for Industrial Studies (CSIL) and the ALBA Synchrotron, to describe and trace the innovation impacts arising from experiments carried out at ALBA as well as the pathways according to which these impacts materialise. The results of this research have already been published and can be found by clicking in the following link.

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BORATE-BASED PASSIVATION LAYERS ENABLE REVERSIBLE CALCIUM BATTERIES

A study published in the journal of Energy and Environmental Science has combined experimental and theoretical approaches to study the passivation layers formed on calcium metal electrodes and their influence on the reversible operation of calcium-based batteries. The work is led by researchers from ICMAB-CSIC, who have performed experiments at MIRAS beamline of ALBA in collaboration with MIRAS scientists through an in-house research program, representing the applications of its synchrotron light technique in the field of batteries and energy science.

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ARIE JOIN FORCES TO FACE COVID-19 AND OTHER VIRAL AND MICROBIAL THREATS

After the joint position paper published as a pre-release in July, in which the Analytical Research Infrastructures of Europe (ARIE) presented their plan to tackle HE Missions, the ARIE enhanced its cross-border, multidisciplinary collaboration to offer Europe a strong and valid weapon against the present COVID-19 challenge and other potential viral and microbial threats.

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ANOTHER YEAR OF DUAL TRAINING AT ALBA

Eleven dual training students from Catalan schools have joined our facility to learn a job while carrying out their training.

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UNDERSTANDING THE SYNERGISTIC EFFECT OF NCM CATHODE MATERIALS IN LITHIUM-ION BATTERIES

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.

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