Combining experimental and theoretical techniques to gain an atomic level understanding of the defect binding mechanism in hard carbon anodes for sodium ion …

TW Surta, E Koh, Z Li, DB Fast, X Ji… - Advanced Energy …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Sodium ion batteries (NIBs) are an attractive alternative to lithium‐ion batteries in
applications that require large‐scale energy storage due to sodium's high natural …

On ripplocations and the deformation of graphite

HO Badr, MW Barsoum - Carbon, 2023 - Elsevier
The micromechanism for the deformation of layered crystalline solids (LCSs) such as
graphite, mica, and the MAX phases has long been assumed to be basal dislocations alone …

Multiscale characterization and comparison of historical and modern nuclear graphite grades

JD Arregui-Mena, RN Worth, W Bodel, B März… - Materials …, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract Beginning with Chicago Pile I, graphite has been used as a moderator material in
nuclear power stations and is considered a potential material for use in future Generation IV …

A macro-scale ruck and tuck mechanism for deformation in ion-irradiated polycrystalline graphite

D Liu, D Cherns, S Johns, Y Zhou, J Liu, WY Chen… - Carbon, 2021 - Elsevier
A vein structure, which becomes more pronounced with increasing ion dose, was found on
the surface of polycrystalline HOPG (highly oriented pyrolytic graphite) implanted by ex situ …

Microstructure and defect evolution of nuclear graphite under temperature-dependent ion irradiation

Y Zhao, S Lv, J Gao, Z Zhou, G Yeli, Z Li - Journal of Nuclear Materials, 2023 - Elsevier
Nuclear graphite plays a vital role in GEN-IV reactors and is expected to function in the
harsh environments such as high temperature and high-dose irradiation. The ion irradiation …

Using porous random fields to predict the elastic modulus of unoxidized and oxidized superfine graphite

JD Arregui-Mena, DV Griffiths, RN Worth, CE Torrence… - Materials & Design, 2022 - Elsevier
Nuclear graphite is a candidate material for Generation IV nuclear power plants. Porous
materials such as graphite can contain complex networks of pores that influence the …

Prismatic edge dislocations in graphite

JG McHugh, P Mouratidis, A Impellizzeri, K Jolley… - Carbon, 2022 - Elsevier
Dislocations are a central concept in materials science, which dictate the plastic deformation
and damage evolution in materials. Layered materials such as graphite admit two general …

Ripplocations in layered materials: Sublinear scaling and basal climb

JG McHugh, P Mouratidis, K Jolley - Physical Review B, 2021 - APS
The ripplocation is a crystallographic defect which is unique to layered materials, combining
nanoscale delamination with the crystallographic slip of a basal dislocation. Here, we have …

Porosity evolution in proton irradiated microfine-grained POCO graphite

M Jiang, K Ammigan, G Lolov, F Pellemoine… - Journal of Nuclear …, 2023 - Elsevier
This work investigated the porosity evolution of POCO ZXF-5Q graphite that has been
irradiated by 340 kW, 120 GeV protons inside NT02 target system in Fermilab's NuMI …

Fullerene-like defects in high-temperature neutron-irradiated nuclear graphite

S Johns, L He, K Bustillo, WE Windes, R Ubic… - Carbon, 2020 - Elsevier
Irradiation-induced defect evolution in graphite is particularly important for its application in
graphite-moderated nuclear reactors. The evolution of defects directly influences …