Author Archives: David Wragg

The results of the 2020 RECX user satisfaction survey are now available. Once again our users seem to be happy with RECX!

RECX_User satisfaction survey report

The recent user satisfaction survey shows overwhelmingly positive experiences from RECX users, see the full results below:

Many thanks to those of you who responded to the survey!

The RECX labs at NTNU have been busy in 2016:

Wang, K. Asheim, P. E. Vullum, A. M. Svensson and F. Vullum-Bruer
Sponge-like Porous Manganese(II,III) Oxide as a Highly Effi-cient Cathode Material for Rechargeable Magnesium Ion Batteries
Chem. Mater. 28 (2016) 6459-6470.

Bergerud, S. M. Selbach and D. J. Milliron
Oxygen Incorporation and Release in Metastable Bixbyite V2O3Nanocrystals
ACS Nano 10 (2016) 6147-6155.

P Wagner, P. E. Vullum, M. K. Nord, A. M. Svensson and F. Vullum-Bruer
On Vanadium Substitution inLi2MnSiO4/Cas Positive Electrode for Li-ion Batteries 
J. Phys. Chem. C 120 (2016) 11359-11371.

Chen, F. L. Bleken, O. M. Løvvik and F. Vullum-Bruer
Comparing electrochemical performance of transition metal silicate cathodes and chevrel phase Mo₆S₈in the analogous rechargeable Mg-ion battery system
J. Power Sources 321 (2016) 76-86.

Wagner, A. M. Svensson and F. Vullum-Bruer
Flame-Made Lithium Transition Metal Orthosilicates 
Electrochimica Acta 203 (2016) 246-256.

Bernuy-Lopez, K. Høydalsvik, M.-A. Einarsrud and T. Grande
Effect of A-Site Cation Ordering on Chemical Stability, Oxygen Stoichiometry and Electrical Conductivity in LayeredLaBaCo2O5+δ Double Perovskite
Materials 9 (2016) 154.

Sletnes, M. Lindgren, J. C. Valmalette, N. P. Wagner, T. Grande and M.-A. Einarsrud
Photoluminescence of A- and B-site Eu3+-substituted (SrxBa1-x)2CaWyMo1-yO6phosphors
J. Solid State Chem. 237 (2016) 72-80.

Sletnes, S. L. Skjærvø, M. Lindgren, T. Grande and M.-A. Einarsrud
LuminescentEu³⁺-doped NaLa(WO₄ )(MoO₄ ) and Ba₂CaMoO₆ prepared by the modified Pechini method
J. Sol Gel Sci. Tech. 77 (2016) 136-144.

T. Wefring, F. H. Schader, K. G. Webber, M.-A. Einarsrud and T. Grande
Electrical conductivity and ferroelastic properties ofTi-substituted solid solutions(1-x)BiFeO₃–xBi_0.5K_0.5TiO₃
J. Eur. Ceram. Soc. 36 (2016) 497-506.

Sletnes, J. C. Valmalette, T. Grande and M.-A. Einarsrud
Compositional dependence of the crystal symmetry ofEu³⁺–doped(Sr_xBa_1-x)₂CaW_yMo_1-yO₆phosphors
J. Solid State Chem. 233 (2016) 30-36.

D.Casari, W.U. Mirihanage, K. V. Falch, I. G. Ringdalen, J. Friis, R. Schmid-Fetzer, D. Zhao, Y. Li, W. H. Sillekens, R. H. Mathiesen. α-Mg primary phase formation and dendritic morphology transition in solidification of a Mg-Nd-Gd-Zn-Zr casting alloy, Acta Mat. 116,  (2016), 177-187.

H. Sillekens, D. Casari, W. U. Mirihanage, S. Terzi, R. H. Mathiesen, L. Salvo, R. Daudin, P. Lhuissier, E. Guo, P. D. Lee. The Use of In Situ X-ray Imaging Methods in the Research and Development of Magnesium-Based Grain-Refined and Nanocomposite Materials, Journal of Metals JOM, (2016), in press.

Here are a few of the exciting new papers published in 2016 by users of the RECX infrastructure in Oslo and at the ESRF.

Versatile electrochemical cell for Li-/Na-ion batteries and high-throughput setup for combined operando X-ray diffraction and absorption spectroscopyJonas Sottmann, Roberto Homs-Regojo, David S. Wragg, Helmer Fjellvåg, Serena Margadonna and Hermann Emerich; Journal of Applied Crystallography (2016)

In operando Synchrotron XRD/XAS Investigation of Sodium Insertion into the Prussian Blue Analogue Cathode Material Na1.32Mn[Fe(CN)6]0.83·z H2O Sottmann, Jonas; Bernal, Fabian L. M.; Yusenko, Kirill V.; Herrmann, Matthias; Emerich, Hermann; Wragg, David S.; Margadonna, Serena Electrochimica Acta (2016), 200, 305-313.

How Crystallite Size Controls the Reaction Path in Nonaqueous Metal Ion Batteries: The Example of Sodium Bismuth Alloying Sottmann, Jonas; Herrmann, Matthias; Vajeeston, Ponniah; Hu, Yang; Ruud, Amund; Drathen, Christina; Emerich, Hermann; Fjellvåg, Helmer; Wragg, David S. Chemistry of Materials (2016), 28(8), 2750-2756.

• Lundvall, Fredrik; Vajeeston, Ponniah; Wragg, David; Dietzel, Pascal D.C. & Fjellvåg, Helmer (2016). Two new series of coordination polymers and evaluation of their properties by density functional theory. Crystal Growth & Design.  ISSN 1528-7483.  16(1), s 339- 346 . doi: 10.1021/acs.cgd.5b01302
• Lundvall, Fredrik; Wragg, David; Dietzel, Pascal D.C. & Fjellvåg, Helmer (2016). Two new Cu(ii) and La(iii) 2D coordination polymers, synthesis and in situ structural analysis by X-ray diffraction . Dalton Transactions.  ISSN 1477-9226.  s 12827- 12834 . doi: 10.1039/C6DT02195F