Bio
I am postdoctoral researcher in the Energy Storage and Conversion Group. My research interests mainly focus on exploring inorganic syntheses of solid-state electrolytes and cathode materials, investigating the effect of using different precursors in solid-state synthesis as well utilizing other methods including sol-gel, solution-based syntheses and combustion synthesis. In addition, I use X-ray and neutron diffraction and total scattering to elucidate the long-range and local structures of inorganic materials in order to understand their structure-property relationships.
Professional Experience
University of Birmingham – Research Associate in Materials Chemistry (2019 - 2021)
Education
PhD, Dept. Chemistry, Durham University and Diamond Light Source
Ltd., 2015 – 2019
MChem, Dept. Chemistry, University of Reading, 1st class
Professional Affiliations
Associate Member Royal Society of Chemistry (AMRSC)
Member of American Chemical Society
Publications
Irreversible Multielement Diffusion and the Resulting Compositional and Processing Flexibility in…
Other Publications
- Chambers, M. S.; Liu, J.; Borkiewicz, O. J.; Llopart, K.; Sacci, R. L.; Veith, G. M.; Elucidating the Local Structures of Li1+xAlxTi2–x(PO4)3 and Li3AlxTi2–x(PO4)3 (x = 0, 0.3) via Total Scattering, Inorganic Chemistry Frontiers, 2024, DOI: 10.1039/D4QI01545B
- Wang, T.; Ock, J.; X. Chen, C.; Wang, F.; Li, M.; Chambers, M. S.; Veith, G. M.; Shepard, L. B.; Sinnott, S. B.; Chi, M.; Bhattacharya, A.; Clément, R. J.; Sokolov, A. P.; Dai, S.; Flux Synthesis of A-site Disordered Perovskite La0.5M0.5TiO3 (M = Li, Na, K) Nanorods Tailored for Solid Composite Electrolytes, revisions submitted
- Chambers, M. S.; Chen, J.; Sacci, R. L.; McAuliffe, R. D.; Sun, W.; Veith, G. M.; Memory Effect on the Synthesis of Perovskite-Type Li-Ion Conductor LixLa2/3–x/3TiO3 (LLTO), Chemistry of Materials, 2024, 36, 3, 1197–1213
- Araño, K. G.; Yang, G.; Armstrong, B. L.; Aytug, T.; Chambers, M. S.; Self, E. C.; Meyer, H. M.; Quinn, J.; Browning, J. F.; Wang, C.; Veith, G. M.; Carbon Coating Influence on the Formation of Percolating Electrode Networks for Silicon Anodes, ACS Applied Energy Materials, 2023, 6, 21, 11308–11321
- Chambers, M. S.; Hunter, R. D.; Hollamby, M. J.; Pauw, B. R.; Smith, A. J.; Snow, T.; Danks, A. E.; Schnepp, Z., In Situ and Ex Situ X-ray Diffraction and Small-Angle X-ray Scattering Investigations of the Sol–Gel Synthesis of Fe3N and Fe3C, Inorganic Chemistry, 2022, 61, 18, 6742–6749
- Chambers, M. S.; Keeble, D. S.; Fletcher, D. C; Hriljac, J. A.; Schnepp, Z., The Evolution of Local Structure in a Sol-Gel Synthesis of Fe3C Nanostructures, Inorganic Chemistry, 2021, 60, 10, 7062–7069
- Chambers, M. S.; Chater, P. A.; Evans, J. S. O.; Evans, I. R., Average and local structure of germanium apatites and implications for oxide ion conductivity, Inorganic Chemistry, 2019, 58, 21, 14853–14862
- Chambers, M. S.; McCombie, K.S.; Auckett, J. E.; McLaughlin, A. E.; Irvine, J. T. S.; Chater, P. A.; Evans, J. S. O.; Evans, I. R., Hexagonal perovskite related oxide ion conductor Ba3NbMoO8.5: Phase transition, temperature evolution of the local structure and properties, Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2019, 7, 25503–25510
- Peet, J. R; Chambers, M. S.; Piovano, A.; Johnson, M. R; Evans, I. R., Dynamics in Bi(III)- containing apatite-type oxide ion conductors: a combined computational and experimental study, Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2018, 6 (12), 5129–5135