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Structural studies of new inorganic oxides and polymer electrolytes
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dc.contributor.advisor | Bruce, Peter G. | |
dc.contributor.author | Thomson, James Burgess | |
dc.coverage.spatial | 296 p. | en_US |
dc.date.accessioned | 2018-07-18T10:01:36Z | |
dc.date.available | 2018-07-18T10:01:36Z | |
dc.date.issued | 1997 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/10023/15523 | |
dc.description.abstract | A knowledge of structure is crucial to the understanding of inorganic solids and polymers. Neutron and X-ray powder diffraction are two powerful complementary techniques which can be used in the structural characterisation of a variety of crystalline materials. Chemical and electrochemical oxygen intercalation techniques involving both aqueous and non-aqueous systems, have been investigated for a number of crystalline inorganic oxides. The pyrochlore structure has been discovered to be a new class of host for the chemical intercalation of oxygett and the interstitial solid solution of Ce₂Zr₂O₇₊x based on this structure-type has been investigated. Intercalation in this system is found to involve an unusual mechanism of oxygen displacement. The structures of other complex metal oxides have also been elucidated using a combination of X-ray and neutron powder diffraction, including those of Li₂9Zr9Nb₃O₄0 and Li₂9Zr9.₆Ta₂.₄O₄0. The doping behaviour of magnesium into the technologically important material lithium niobate has also been studied using these techniques. Polymer electrolytes are a class of ionically conducting solid phases formed by the dissolution of salts in ion co-ordinating macromolecules. The relationship between the crystalline and amorphous phase of the polymer-salt complex PEO₃.LiCF₃SO₃ has been examined by variable-temperature powder X-ray diffraction. This has shed new light on the relationship between the crystalline and amorphous structures of polymer electrolytes. Finally, the crystal structure of the polymer-salt complex PEO₄:RbSCN has been determined. | en_US |
dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
dc.publisher | University of St Andrews | |
dc.subject.lcc | QD565.T7 | |
dc.subject.lcsh | Electrolytes | en |
dc.title | Structural studies of new inorganic oxides and polymer electrolytes | en_US |
dc.type | Thesis | en_US |
dc.type.qualificationlevel | Doctoral | en_US |
dc.type.qualificationname | PhD Doctor of Philosophy | en_US |
dc.publisher.institution | The University of St Andrews | en_US |
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