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SUMMARY:Towards Better Electrode Design – Insight from Local Structure S
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DESCRIPTION:Public Seminar / Faculty Search for a position in Battery Mate
 rials\, STI / IMX\n\nConnecting to Zoom: Meeting ID: 659 8811 2161\, Passc
 ode: 737700\n\nDr. Xiao Hua\, Faraday Institute\, University of Sheffield
 \n\n\nAbstract \nBattery electrodes experience complex redox reactions upo
 n cycling. Probing these electrode materials’ intricate phase behaviors 
 is thus a prerequisite for a mechanistic understanding of their functional
 ities.  However\, a fundamental study of these systems remains a practica
 l challenge as their electrochemical reactions are often complicated by th
 e formation of nanoscale/amorphous phases or structural defects such as di
 stortion and disorder. These mechanistic and structural complexities give 
 rise to significant challenges in characterisation\, particularly on an at
 omic level. To combat these challenges\, modern characterisation methodolo
 gies centering on pair distribution function (PDF) technique in combinatio
 n with a variety of advanced analytical approaches will be presented via c
 ase studies of several electrode systems. The results offer significant in
 sight from an atomic level upwards\, helping to direct future efforts towa
 rds better materials design for improved device performances.\n \nBiograp
 hy\nDr Xiao Hua is currently a Faraday Institute Research Fellow working w
 ith Prof Serena Corr at the University of Sheffield. He obtained his PhD o
 n the topic of electrode materials characterisation under the supervision 
 of Prof Clare Grey at the University of Cambridge. Soon after completing h
 is thesis\, he joined Prof Ullrich Steiner’s research group at the Adolp
 he Merkle Institute to develop novel synthesis method for the preparation 
 of mesoporous electrode materials. He was later awarded the Marie Curie Fe
 llowship to work with Prof Andrew Goodwin at the University of Oxford to a
 dvance methodologies in the study of the local structures of functional ma
 terials.\n\n 
LOCATION:https://epfl.zoom.us/j/65988112161?pwd=VkZ0L3ZkVHBTaU9CdjJYNVpzOT
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