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Understanding Effects of Conductive Additives in Lithium-Sulfur Batteries
Xiaoxiao Han, Jiyu Cai, Xin Wang, Yongqiang Liu, Hua Zhou, Xiangbo Meng, “Understanding effects of conductive additives in lithium-sulfur batteries,” Mater. Today Commun. 26, 101934 (2021)
Noble Gas Incorporation Into Silicate Glasses: Implications for Planetary Volatile Storage
Yang, H., Gleason, A.E., Tkachev, S.N., Chen, B., Jeanloz, R., Mao, W.L. (2021) Noble gas incorporation into silicate glasses: implications for planetary volatile storage. Geochem. Persp. Let. 17, 1–5.
Rapid Reduction of Basaltic Glasses in Piston-Cylinder Experiments: a XANES study
Ni, P., Zhang, Y., Fiege, A. et al. Rapid reduction of basaltic glasses in piston-cylinder experiments: a XANES study. Contrib Mineral Petrol 176, 17 (2021).
Tungsten Hexanitride with Single-Bonded Armchairlike Hexazine Structure at High Pressure
Salke, Nilesh P. and Xia, Kang and Fu, Suyu and Zhang, Youjun and Greenberg, Eran and Prakapenka, Vitali B. and Liu, Jin and Sun, Jian and Lin, Jung-Fu, Tungsten Hexanitride with Single-Bonded Armchairlike Hexazine Structure at High Pressure, Phys. Rev. Lett.126, (6), 2021, 065702, DOI : 10.1103/PhysRevLett.126.065702
Nitrosonium Nitrate (NO+NO3−) Structure Solution Using In Situ Single-Crystal X-Ray Diffraction in a Diamond Anvil Cell
Laniel, D., Winkler, B., Koemets, E., Fedotenko, T., Chariton, S., Milman, V., Glazyrin, K., Prakapenka, V., Dubrovinsky, L. & Dubrovinskaia, N., Nitro¬sonium nitrate (NO+NO3−) structure solution using in situ single-crystal X-ray diffraction in a diamond anvil cell, (2021). IUCrJ 8.
Experimental Evaluation of a New H2O-Independent Thermometer Based on Olivine-Melt Ni Partitioning at Crustal Pressure
Xiaofei Pu, Gordon M. Moore, Rebecca A. Lange, Jack P. Touran, Joel E. Gagnon; Experimental evaluation of a new H2O-independent thermometer based on olivine-melt Ni partitioning at crustal pressure. American Mineralogist 2021; 106 (2): 235–250.
Synthesis, Crystal Structure and Structure–Property Relations of Strontium Orthocarbonate, Sr2CO4
Dominique Laniel, Jannes Binck, Bjoern Winkler, Sebastian Vogel, Timofey Fedotenko, Stella Chariton, Vitali Prakapenka, Victor Milman, Wolfgang Schnick, Leonid Dubrovinsky, Natalia Dubrovinskaia: Synthesis, crystal structure and structure–property relations of strontium orthocarbonate, Sr2CO4. Acta Crystallographica Section B 77, 131-137 (2021)
Stabilizing NMC 811 Li-Ion Battery Cathode through a Rapid Coprecipitation Process
Albert L. Lipson, Bradley J. Ross, Jessica L. Durham, Donghao Liu, Michael LeResche, Timothy T. Fister, Lei Liu, Kitae Kim, “Stabilizing NMC 811 Li-Ion Battery Cathode through a Rapid Coprecipitation Process”, ACS Appl. Energy Mater., 2021
Synthesis of Novel Phases in Si Nanowires Using Diamond AnvilCells at High Pressures and Temperatures
Larissa Q. Huston, Alois Lugstein, Guoyin Shen, David A. Cullen, Bianca Haberl, Jim S. Williams, and Jodie E. Bradby, Nano Letters Article ASAP, Synthesis of Novel Phases in Si Nanowires Using Diamond Anvil Cells at High Pressures and Temperatures,
DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.0c04354
Elasticity of a Pseudoproper Ferroelastic Transition from Stishovite to Post-Stishovite at High Pressure
Yanyao Zhang, Suyu Fu, Baoyun Wang, Jung-Fu Lin, “Elasticity of a Pseudoproper Ferroelastic Transition from Stishovite to Post-Stishovite at High Pressure”, Phys. Rev. Lett. 126, 025701, DOI : 10.1103/PhysRevLett.126.025701