Laurent Duda

Senior Lecturer/Associate Professor at Department of Physics and Astronomy; X-ray Photon Science

Telephone:
+46 18 471 35 12
Mobile phone:
+46 70 883 63 43
E-mail:
laurent.duda@physics.uu.se
Visiting address:
Ångströmlaboratoriet, Regementsvägen 10
752 37 Uppsala
Postal address:
Box 524
751 20 UPPSALA

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Senior Lecturer/Associate Professor at Department of Physics and Astronomy; X-ray Photon Science; Condensed Matter Physics of Energy Materials

Telephone:
+46 18 471 35 12
Mobile phone:
+46 70 883 63 43
E-mail:
laurent.duda@physics.uu.se
Visiting address:
Ångströmlaboratoriet, Regementsvägen 10
752 37 Uppsala
Postal address:
Box 524
751 20 UPPSALA

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The group of Laurent Duda currently (May 2025) consists of one postdoc and two PhD students. We apply resonant inelastic x-ray scattering (RIXS) to study fundamental processes of Li and Na ion batteries. We are developing state of the art operando RIXS tools.

Keywords

  • resonant inelastic x-ray scattering
  • postdoc
  • x-ray absorption spectroscopy
  • li ion battery
  • na ion battery
  • operando

Research

My research has focused on the development of synchrotron radiation based techniques for studying the electronic structure of a variety of materials, including a multitude of 3d-transition metal systems such as cuprate superconductors. My methodology of choice is resonant inelastic x-ray scattering (RIXS) combined with x-ray absorption spectroscopy. I have developed tools and platforms for in situ sample handling and operando x-ray spectroscopy experiments at SR beamlines. Examples include the study of atmospheric corrosion and heterogeneous catalysis.

Currently, I collaborate with battery material experts from Sweden (Materials Chemistry) and UK (Oxford and St. Andrews U.) to research fundamental processes in Li and Na ion battery materials using RIXS. In Nature Chemistry, 8(7): 684-691 (2016) we showed that RIXS is sensitive to anionic redox processes. In Nature 577 (7791), 502-508 (2020) high resolution RIXS was pivotal to reveal that layered Li rich ion battery cathodes produce oxygen molecules that are trapped in the crystal upon charging and reversibly re-integrate oxygen into the crystal upon discharge. Generally, the role of oxygen in a variety of cathode material systems is of high interest and RIXS can give unique insights that can benefit the development of future battery generations.

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