Cover Picture: An Easy-to-Use Custom-Built Cell for Neutron Powder Diffraction Studies of Rechargeable Batteries (Chem. Methods 10/2022)

Abstract

The Front Cover shows a battery cell designed for in operando neutron powder diffraction. The picture seeks to illustrate the experiment process where lithium ions are moving into the crystal structure of the battery cathode during discharge. This leads to changes in the crystal structure that are very important to understand for optimizing the battery materials. These structural changes are probed in operando by neutron powder diffraction, and neutrons are especially suited for probing the location of Li-ion compared with similar techniques such as X-ray diffraction. More information can be found in the Research Article by Daniel R. Sørensen et al..