In operando observation of sodium ion diffusion in a layered sodium transition metal oxide cathode material, P2 NaxCo0.7Mn0.3O2
In operando powder X-ray diffraction data reveals an unexpected structural evolution in a layered P2 type NaxCo0.7Mn0.3O2 material during cycling.
The population of single crystallographic sites sometimes increases even though sodium ions are being extracted from the structure, implying a highly cooperative diffusion mechanism. The structural evolution is shown to proceed through a series of metastable structures that cannot be predicted by thermodynamics.
This article is co-authored by Steinar Birgisson and published in Chemical Communications in 2017.
Article details
Chem. Commun., 2017,53, 1160-1163
DOI: 10.1039/C6CC09415E
Received 25 Nov 2016, Accepted 20 Dec 2016
First published online 21 Dec 2016
Jon Fold von Bülow
Jon Fold von Bülow recieved his Cand. Scient. in Nanoscience from University of Copenhagen in 2011 and is currently working with upscaling Li- and Na-ion battery materials to the 100+ kg scale for Haldor Topsøe A/S.
Jon's main interest lies in energy technologies for the future and he started working with fusion energy at Risø National Laboratory for Sustainable Energy. He has since developed a growing interest in technologies that are closer to potential industrial application. He is a highly dedicated academic as well as a very active professional and have initiated and participated in many different projects.
His studies within nanotechnological material science and affiliation with Risø National Laboratories has taken him to Germany, China and the US, where he has collaborated independently with several international research groups. He has so far succeeded in pushing two academic projects to industrial application, first with the Danish company Coloplast A/S and recently with a California-based battery start-up – an invention that is currently being US patented.
Jon has conducted most of his work on Li-batteries in the facilities of California NanoSystems Institute (CNSI) as a research scholar at UCSB-MIT-Caltech Institute for Collaborative Biotechnologies (ICB). The manganese based cathode materials he fabricated during this period were all tuned for high-power applications and covers synthesis of various manganese oxides from solution, molten and solid states.
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