ESS Science Symposium - Neutrons for Future Energy Strategies

Session

Session VII

28 May 2013, 17:00

Paul Scherrer Institut

58. Molecular Spectroscopy, Computer Modelling and the State of the Art in INS spectroscopy for Energy Materials

Dr Ramirez-Cuesta Timmy (ISIS STFC)

28/05/2013, 17:00

Molecular spectroscopy is a very powerful tool to study the dynamical properties of solid, liquid and gases. Inelastic Neutron scattering (INS) is a very powerful tool to study hydrogen-containing materials. With the development of neutron spallation sources, and the use of epithermal neutrons, inelastic neutron scattering can measure the vibrational spectra of materials on the whole range of...

70. Proton dynamics in polymeric electrolyte membranes for high-temperature fuel cells: incoherent neutron scattering study

Dr Oxana Ivanova (Juelich Centre for Neutron Science, Outstation at FRM-II (MLZ), Forschungszentrum Juelich, Garching, Germany)

28/05/2013, 17:40

Polybezimidazole (PBI) membranes attract increasing interest as electrolytes for high-temperature polymer fuel cells with a typical operation temperature of 160°C. After being loaded with phosphoric acid PBI membranes provide very good proton conductivity which increases with an increasing amount of acid in the system. Additionally, such membranes show good chemical resistance and high glass...

56. ESS – Instrumentation at the European neutron source of the future

Dr Markus Strobl (ESS-AB)

28/05/2013, 18:10

The ESS is currently planning a next generation spallation neutron source to be built in Lund, Sweden. The 5MW source with a repetition rate of 14Hz is with a pulse duration of 2.86ms designed to be a long pulse source. The unique source parameters also trigger unique instrumentation solutions in order to take maximum advantage of the powerful source for all kinds of instruments. A straw-man...