ANR project

Dislocations in layered carbon nanomaterials

Dates:
January 2024 – June 2027

Project coordinator:
Chris EWELS (PMN team)

Partner laboratories :

  • ISM Institute of Molecular Sciences
  • LMI LABORATORY OF MULTIMATERIALS AND INTERFACES
  • Universidad de Zaragoza
  • IMN INSTITUT DES MATERIAUX DE NANTES JEAN ROUXEL
  • Curtin University
  • Loughborough University

IMN staff involved:
Maxime BAYLE

Layered dislocated materials are fundamentally different from their non-dislocated counterparts.

The aim of the project is to explore and extend dislocation theory for layered 2D materials, to understand dislocation core structures, migration and interaction with impurities such as water and cations like Li and Na. Explore the role of dislocations in intercalation, to guide the design of dislocations in graphite battery electrodes for high-speed metal intercalation and deintercalation.

The team leading this research project comprises three partners in Nantes, Bordeaux (ISM) and Lyon (LMI), plus three foreign associates in the UK (Loughborough), Spain (Zaragoza) and Australia (Curtin).