Lithium Diffusion Pathways in 3R-LixTiS2: A Combined Neutron Diffraction and Computational Study
Wiedemann, Dennis; Islam, Mazharul M.; Nakhal, Suliman; Senyshyn, Anatoliy; Bredow, Thomas; Lerch, Martin; The Journal of Physical Chemistry C 119 (2015) 11370–; doi:10.1021/acs.jpcc.5b01166

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_publ_section_title
;
 Lithium Diffusion Pathways in 3R-LixTiS2: A Combined Neutron Diffraction
 and Computational Study
;
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_journal_name_full               'The Journal of Physical Chemistry C'
_journal_page_first              11370
_journal_paper_doi               10.1021/acs.jpcc.5b01166
_journal_volume                  119
_journal_year                    2015
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_chemical_formula_sum            'Li0.9 S2 Ti'
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' lithium titanium disulfide (lithium deficient)'
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; curved position-sensitive detector-array of 80 counter tubes, height: 300 mm,
resolution: 3 mm (B. Krimmer, R. Gilles, K. Zeitelhack, R. Schneider,
G. Montermann, H. Boysen, H. Fuess, Appl. Phys. A: Mater. Sci. Process.
2002, 74, S154-S156)
;
_diffrn_measurement_device       'one-circle powder diffractometer'
_diffrn_measurement_device_details
; M. Hoelzel, A. Senyshyn, N. Juenke, H. Boysen, W. Schmahl, H. Fuess,
Nucl. Instrum. Methods Phys. Res., Sect. A 2012, 667, 32-37
;
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; correction for a cylindrical sample with \mR = 0.218 as
implemented in JANA2006
;
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Garching b. M\"unchen (Germany)
;
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; efficiency/intensity correction and 2\q scattering-angle correction for each
detector-collimator pair, geometrical data correction with Lorentz factor,
variable integration height to obtain 1D data:
H~L~=(R^2^*sin(4\q))/(H~S~*cos^2^(2\q))*\D2\q+H~S~/2
with H~L~: limiting height, H~S~: sample height, R: detector radius
(M. Hoelzel, A. Senyshyn, N. Juenke, H. Boysen, W. Schmahl, H. Fuess,
Nucl. Instrum. Methods Phys. Res., Sect. A 2012, 667, 32-37)
;
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Legendre polynomials (1st: 7(2), 2nd: 1(4), 3rd: 0(5), 4th: 6(5),
5th: 17(6))
;
_pd_proc_ls_pref_orient_corr
' March-Dollase model for (001): r = 1.008(3)'
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; pseudo-Voigt profile with Thompson-Cox-Hastings approach:
G~U~ = 349(5), G~V~ = -371, G~W~ = 285(3), L~X~ = 3.0(2), L~Y~ = 0.91,
B\'erar-Baldinozzi asymmetry correction:
A~0~ = 0.533(6), A~1~ = -1.225
;
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_cod_depositor_comments
'Adding full bibliography for 1519661--1519664.cif.'
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