Zinc sulphide exists with two different crystal structures, the cubic zinc blend (top diagram) and the hexagonal Wurtzite (lower diagram). In the zinc blend structure the sulphur ions form an fcc ...

Pyrovanadates are deemed as an ideal class of potential Calcium ion storage hosts, owing to abundant confined species.

When a liquid metal cools and turns into a solid, its atoms come together to form crystals. The structure of these crystals is not perfect. Sometimes an extra layer of atoms squeezes between other ...

Aqueous zinc-ion batteries are one potential solution to cost-effective grid-scale energy storage, as the raw materials are cheaper than needed for lithium-ion cells, and the extra weight of zinc is ...