Pair distribution function analysis: Fundamentals and application to battery materials
Abstract
Battery materials are of key importance in powering a clean and sustainable society. Improving their performance relies on a clear and fundamental understanding of their properties, in particular, structural properties. Pair distribution function (PDF) analysis, which takes into account both Bragg scattering and diffuse scattering, can probe structures of both crystalline and amorphous phases in battery materials. This review first introduces the principle of PDF, followed by its application in battery materials. Moreover, it shows that PDF is an effective tool in studying a series of key scientific topics in battery materials. They range from local ordering, nano-phase quantification, anion redox reaction, to lithium storage mechanism, and so on.
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Vehicle Technologies Office (EE-3V)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1598495
- Report Number(s):
- BNL-213605-2020-JAAM
Journal ID: ISSN 1674-1056
- Grant/Contract Number:
- SC0012704
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Chinese Physics. B
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 29; Journal Issue: 2; Journal ID: ISSN 1674-1056
- Publisher:
- IOP Publishing
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 25 ENERGY STORAGE; battery materials; pair distribution function (PDF)
Citation Formats
Wang, Xuelong, Tan, Sha, Yang, Xiao-Qing, and Hu, Enyuan. Pair distribution function analysis: Fundamentals and application to battery materials. United States: N. p., 2019.
Web. doi:10.1088/1674-1056/ab6656.
Wang, Xuelong, Tan, Sha, Yang, Xiao-Qing, & Hu, Enyuan. Pair distribution function analysis: Fundamentals and application to battery materials. United States. https://doi.org/10.1088/1674-1056/ab6656
Wang, Xuelong, Tan, Sha, Yang, Xiao-Qing, and Hu, Enyuan. Tue .
"Pair distribution function analysis: Fundamentals and application to battery materials". United States. https://doi.org/10.1088/1674-1056/ab6656. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1598495.
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title = {Pair distribution function analysis: Fundamentals and application to battery materials},
author = {Wang, Xuelong and Tan, Sha and Yang, Xiao-Qing and Hu, Enyuan},
abstractNote = {Battery materials are of key importance in powering a clean and sustainable society. Improving their performance relies on a clear and fundamental understanding of their properties, in particular, structural properties. Pair distribution function (PDF) analysis, which takes into account both Bragg scattering and diffuse scattering, can probe structures of both crystalline and amorphous phases in battery materials. This review first introduces the principle of PDF, followed by its application in battery materials. Moreover, it shows that PDF is an effective tool in studying a series of key scientific topics in battery materials. They range from local ordering, nano-phase quantification, anion redox reaction, to lithium storage mechanism, and so on.},
doi = {10.1088/1674-1056/ab6656},
journal = {Chinese Physics. B},
number = 2,
volume = 29,
place = {United States},
year = {Tue Dec 31 00:00:00 EST 2019},
month = {Tue Dec 31 00:00:00 EST 2019}
}
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