William Brant
Senior Lecturer/Associate Professor at Department of Chemistry - Ångström Laboratory; Structural Chemistry
- E-mail:
- william.brant@kemi.uu.se
- Visiting address:
- Lägerhyddsvägen 1
- Postal address:
- Box 538
751 21 Uppsala
Short presentation
Dynamic non-equilibrium processes in crystalline materials govern the performance of devices and the formation of new materials. These processes take place at the sub-nanometer scale such as the arrangement, movement and relaxation of atoms, to the macroscopic scale where inter-particle interactions drive device performance.
My research focuses on using diffraction techniques to follow these non-equilibrium changes and direct the design of new materials.
Keywords
- batteries
- kinetics
- electrochemical energy storage
- neutron diffraction
- in situ
- in operando
- x-ray diffraction
- non-equilibria
- crystallography

Publications
Selection of publications
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Part of ACS Energy Letters, p. 2440-2444, 2017
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A Cheap and Sustainable Cathode Material for Sodium Ion Batteries
2017
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Part of Chemistry of Materials, p. 7159-7169, 2017
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2017
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Part of ChemSusChem, p. 1592-1599, 2017
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Tailoring phase transition temperatures in perovskites via A-site vacancy generation
Part of Dalton Transactions, p. 7253-7260, 2017
- DOI for Tailoring phase transition temperatures in perovskites via A-site vacancy generation
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Part of Journal of Power Sources, p. 279-285, 2016
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Real-time in situ monitoring of the topotactic transformation of TlCu5Se3 into metastable o-TlCu4Se3
Part of Journal of Alloys and Compounds, p. 436-441, 2016
Recent publications
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Local structure of hydrated and dehydrated Prussian white cathode materials
Part of Journal of Materials Chemistry C, p. 1912-1923, 2026
- DOI for Local structure of hydrated and dehydrated Prussian white cathode materials
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Part of Journal of Power Sources Advances, 2026
- DOI for Towards the production of oxalate precursors from NMC111 black mass via selective leaching of Li and Al and solvent extraction of Cu
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Ti-induced surface stabilization for Enhanced capacity of Aqueous-Processed Ni-Rich Cathodes
Part of EES Batteries, p. 620-632, 2025
- DOI for Ti-induced surface stabilization for Enhanced capacity of Aqueous-Processed Ni-Rich Cathodes
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Vibrational water dynamics in sodium-based Prussian blue analogues
Part of The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, p. 21553-21559, 2025
- DOI for Vibrational water dynamics in sodium-based Prussian blue analogues
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Impact of Sodium on the Water Dynamics in Prussian Blue Analogues
Part of Chemistry of Materials, p. 11246-11253, 2024
- DOI for Impact of Sodium on the Water Dynamics in Prussian Blue Analogues
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All publications
Articles in journal
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Local structure of hydrated and dehydrated Prussian white cathode materials
Part of Journal of Materials Chemistry C, p. 1912-1923, 2026
- DOI for Local structure of hydrated and dehydrated Prussian white cathode materials
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Part of Journal of Power Sources Advances, 2026
- DOI for Towards the production of oxalate precursors from NMC111 black mass via selective leaching of Li and Al and solvent extraction of Cu
- Download full text (pdf) of Towards the production of oxalate precursors from NMC111 black mass via selective leaching of Li and Al and solvent extraction of Cu
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Ti-induced surface stabilization for Enhanced capacity of Aqueous-Processed Ni-Rich Cathodes
Part of EES Batteries, p. 620-632, 2025
- DOI for Ti-induced surface stabilization for Enhanced capacity of Aqueous-Processed Ni-Rich Cathodes
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Vibrational water dynamics in sodium-based Prussian blue analogues
Part of The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, p. 21553-21559, 2025
- DOI for Vibrational water dynamics in sodium-based Prussian blue analogues
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Impact of Sodium on the Water Dynamics in Prussian Blue Analogues
Part of Chemistry of Materials, p. 11246-11253, 2024
- DOI for Impact of Sodium on the Water Dynamics in Prussian Blue Analogues
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Part of Journal of Materials Chemistry A, p. 17413-17421, 2024
- DOI for Unravelling the origin of capacity fade in Prussian white hard carbon full cells through operando X-ray diffraction
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On the Elusive Crystallography of Lithium-Rich Layered Oxides: Novel Structural Models
Part of Small Methods, 2024
- DOI for On the Elusive Crystallography of Lithium-Rich Layered Oxides: Novel Structural Models
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Part of Frontiers in Batteries and Electrochemistry, 2024
- DOI for Ion-intercalation mechanism and structural relaxation in layered iron phosphate Na3Fe3(PO4)4 cathodes
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Part of Journal of Materials Chemistry A, p. 25393-25406, 2024
- DOI for Study of degradation mechanisms in aqueous-processed Ni-rich cathodes for enhanced sustainability of batteries
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Part of Journal of Power Sources, 2024
- DOI for Visualizing ageing-induced heterogeneity within large prismatic lithium-ion batteries for electric cars using diffraction radiography
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Reversible Hydration Enabling High-Rate Aqueous Li-Ion Batteries
Part of ACS Energy Letters, p. 959-966, 2024
- DOI for Reversible Hydration Enabling High-Rate Aqueous Li-Ion Batteries
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Low-Temperature Cation Ordering in High Voltage Spinel Cathode Material
Part of ACS Applied Energy Materials, p. 5000-5008, 2023
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Part of Journal of Materials Science, p. 16344-16356, 2023
- DOI for Determining internal porosity in Prussian blue analogue cathode materials using positron annihilation lifetime spectroscopy
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Part of ACS Applied Energy Materials, p. 11458-11467, 2023
- DOI for Investigating Surface Reactivity of a Ni-Rich Cathode Material toward CO2, H2O, and O2 Using Ambient Pressure X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy
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Online electrochemical mass spectrometry on large-format Li-ion cells
Part of Journal of Power Sources, 2023
- DOI for Online electrochemical mass spectrometry on large-format Li-ion cells
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Part of Journal of Energy Storage, 2023
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Part of Journal of Materials Chemistry A, p. 4111-4125, 2023
- DOI for A comparative analysis of the influence of hydrofluoroethers as diluents on solvation structure and electrochemical performance in non-flammable electrolytes
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Part of ChemElectroChem, 2023
- DOI for Photovoltaic Wafering Silicon Kerf Loss as Raw Material: Example of Negative Electrode for Lithium‐Ion Battery
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Part of Nature Communications, 2023
- DOI for Rapid determination of solid-state diffusion coefficients in Li-based batteries via intermittent current interruption method
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Part of Electrochimica Acta, 2023
- DOI for Local structure transformations promoting high lithium diffusion in defect perovskite type structures
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Part of Frontiers in Energy Research, 2022
- DOI for Mind the miscibility gap: Cation mixing and current density driven non-equilibrium phase transformations in spinel cathode materials
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Water driven phase transitions in Prussian white cathode materials
Part of Journal of Physics, 2022
- DOI for Water driven phase transitions in Prussian white cathode materials
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Guest water hinders sodium-ion diffusion in low-defect Berlin green cathode material
Part of Dalton Transactions, p. 14712-14720, 2022
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Octahedral tilting in Prussian blue analogues
Part of Journal of Materials Chemistry C, p. 13690-13699, 2022
- DOI for Octahedral tilting in Prussian blue analogues
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Part of The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, p. 2971-2979, 2022
- DOI for Understanding the Impact of Precipitation Kinetics on the Electrochemical Performance of Lithium–Sulfur Batteries by Operando X-ray Diffraction
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Part of Frontiers in Energy Research, 2022
- DOI for Investigation of Valence Mixing in Sodium-Ion Battery Cathode Material Prussian White by Mossbauer Spectroscopy
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Part of Dalton Transactions, p. 4435-4446, 2022
- DOI for Synthesis-structure relationships in Li- and Mn-rich layered oxides: phase evolution, superstructure ordering and stacking faults
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Part of Batteries & Supercaps, 2022
- DOI for Impact of Compression on the Electrochemical Performance of the Sulfur/Carbon Composite Electrode in Lithium-Sulfur Batteries
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Part of ACS Applied Energy Materials, p. 1924-1935, 2021
- DOI for Synthetic Pathway Determines the Nonequilibrium Crystallography of Li- and Mn-Rich Layered Oxide Cathode Materials
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Moisture-Driven Degradation Pathways in Prussian White Cathode Material for Sodium-Ion Batteries
Part of ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, p. 10054-10063, 2021
- DOI for Moisture-Driven Degradation Pathways in Prussian White Cathode Material for Sodium-Ion Batteries
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Part of Batteries & Supercaps, p. 1599-1604, 2021
- DOI for Design and Operation of an Operando Synchrotron Diffraction Cell Enabling Fast Cycling of Battery Materials
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2021 roadmap for sodium-ion batteries
Part of Journal of Physics, 2021
- DOI for 2021 roadmap for sodium-ion batteries
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Part of Journal of the American Chemical Society, p. 1449-1456, 2020
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Influence of Synthesis Routes on the Crystallography, Morphology, and Electrochemistry of Li2MnO3
Part of ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, p. 5939-5950, 2020
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Part of Journal of Raman Spectroscopy, p. 2095-2101, 2020
- DOI for Short-range ordering in the Li-rich disordered rock salt cathode material Li2VO2F revealed by Raman spectroscopy
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Part of Advanced Materials Interfaces, 2020
- DOI for Understanding the Roles of Tris(trimethylsilyl) Phosphite (TMSPi) in LiNi0.8Mn0.1Co0.1O2 (NMC811)/Silicon-Graphite (Si-Gr) Lithium-Ion Batteries
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Influence of sodium content on the thermal behavior of low vacancy Prussian white cathode material
Part of Dalton Transactions, p. 3570-3579, 2020
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Selective Control of Composition in Prussian White for Enhanced Material Properties
Part of Chemistry of Materials, p. 7203-7211, 2019
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Part of ACS Applied Energy Materials, p. 3323-3335, 2019
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Temperature dependence of electrochemical degradation in LiNi1/3Mn1/3Co1/3O2/Li4Ti5O12 cells
Part of Energy Technology, 2019
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Neutron Pair Distribution Function Study of FePO4 and LiFePO4
Part of Chemistry of Materials, p. 5024-5034, 2019
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Part of Journal of Materials Chemistry A, p. 23659-23668, 2018
- DOI for A free standing Ru–TiC nanowire array/carbon textile cathode with enhanced stability for Li–O2 batteries
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Rechargeability of aqueous sulfate Zn/MnO2 batteries enhanced by accessible Mn2+ ions
Part of Energy Storage Materials, p. 351-360, 2018
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Part of Journal of the Electrochemical Society, 2018
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Novel insight into the structure and properties of lead-free dielectric Sr3TiNb4O15
Part of Journal of Materials Chemistry C, p. 8890-8896, 2018
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On the Stability of NaO2 in Na–O2 Batteries
Part of ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, p. 13534-13541, 2018
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Part of ACS Energy Letters, p. 2440-2444, 2017
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Part of Electrochimica Acta, p. 696-704, 2017
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Part of Chemistry of Materials, p. 7159-7169, 2017
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Part of ChemSusChem, p. 1592-1599, 2017
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Tailoring phase transition temperatures in perovskites via A-site vacancy generation
Part of Dalton Transactions, p. 7253-7260, 2017
- DOI for Tailoring phase transition temperatures in perovskites via A-site vacancy generation
- Download full text (pdf) of Tailoring phase transition temperatures in perovskites via A-site vacancy generation
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Part of Journal of Power Sources, p. 126-134, 2016
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Part of Journal of Power Sources, p. 279-285, 2016
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Real-time in situ monitoring of the topotactic transformation of TlCu5Se3 into metastable o-TlCu4Se3
Part of Journal of Alloys and Compounds, p. 436-441, 2016
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Low Temperature Cation Ordering in High Voltage Spinel Cathode Material
Conference papers
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Development of operando XRD coin cells for lithium-sulfur batteries
2018
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Why Structure Matters: How Crystallography Can Make an Impact on the Advancement of Energy Storage
2018
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2018
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Neutron Diffraction for Lithium Ion Battery Materials
2018
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2018
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Electrochemical Cells for Neutron Diffraction
2018
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Controlling Cation Ordering and Oxygen Release in LiNi0.5Mn1.5O4
2018
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The solid electrolyte interphase (SEI) of tin phosphide anodes for sodium-ion batteries
2017
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In Operando X-ray and Neutron Diffraction for Lithium Ion Batteries
2017
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A Cheap and Sustainable Cathode Material for Sodium Ion Batteries
2017
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2017
Manuscripts (preprints)
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Insights into the Stability of Discharge Products in Na-O2 Batteries
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Synthesis–Structure Relationships in Li- and Mn-rich Layered Oxides
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Electrochemically driven non-equilibrium phase transitions in disordered rock-salt cathode material
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Surface Engineering of Aqueous-Processed Ni-Rich Cathodes for Enhanced Long-Term Capacity Retention