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Sensitivity Enhancements in Lithium Titanates by Incipient Wetness Impregnation DNP NMR

Bjorgvinsdottir, Snaedis  
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Moutzouri, Pinelopi  
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Berruyer, Pierrick  
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July 30, 2020
Journal Of Physical Chemistry C

Solid-state NMR spectroscopy is a widely used method for investigating structural and electronic properties of inorganic materials, but its use is often limited by low sensitivity. Here, we show how solvent-generated dynamic nuclear polarization can be used to efficiently hyperpolarize the surface and bulk of lithium-containing inorganic materials, through impregnation with a radical-containing solution and transfer of hyperpolarization to lithium nuclei in the materials. This is demonstrated on two lithium titanates, Li2TiO3 and Li4Ti5O12, resulting in improved sensitivity of both Li-7 and Li-6 NMR spectra of the compounds. We also show that hyperpolarization is relayed from the surface toward the bulk for both Li-7 and Li-6 and demonstrate an overall gain in sensitivity of a factor similar to 90 for the bulk spectrum of Li-6 in Li4Ti5O12. The method can in principle be applied to increase sensitivity in the surface and bulk spectra of other inorganic lithium oxides.

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research article
DOI
10.1021/acs.jpcc.0c05105
Web of Science ID

WOS:000558662500030

Author(s)
Bjorgvinsdottir, Snaedis  
Moutzouri, Pinelopi  
Berruyer, Pierrick  
Hope, Michael A.
Emsley, Lyndon  
Date Issued

2020-07-30

Published in
Journal Of Physical Chemistry C
Volume

124

Issue

30

Start page

16524

End page

16528

Subjects

Chemistry, Physical

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Nanoscience & Nanotechnology

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Materials Science, Multidisciplinary

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Chemistry

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Science & Technology - Other Topics

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Materials Science

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dynamic nuclear-polarization

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anode materials

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hyperpolarization

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spectroscopy

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diffusion

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REVIEWED

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LRM  
FunderGrant Number

FNS

200020_178860

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August 27, 2020
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https://infoscience.epfl.ch/handle/20.500.14299/171143
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