Sam Goodwin Email & Phone Number

A final year PhD researcher at the University of Liverpool, working on a four-year research project funded by the Faraday Institution and affiliated with their SOLBAT project, looking at the development and discovery of new materials for use as solid state electrolytes. Strong interest in solid-state chemistry and crystallography, and looking to develop a deeper understanding of both X-ray and neutron diffraction/scattering techniques for crystal structure determination.

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  Phd Researcher

  The Faraday Institution

  Oct 2021 - Present - Liverpool, England, United Kingdom

  Project Title - The experimental discovery of new multiple-anion solid-state electrolytes.Supervisors - Prof. Matthew Rosseinsky FRS, Dr John Claridge, and Dr Luke Daniels.Overview - Based at the University of Liverpool as a member of the Rosseinsky research group, and working as part of the wider Faraday Institution and SOLBAT communities, my research involves developing novel materials for use in future generations of battery technologies. The main focus is on discovering new lithium ion conductors which can be used as solid-state electrolytes, whilst also gaining a detailed understanding of their crystal structure and how this can affect the properties which they exhibit.Techniques and Analyses Used -Powder X-Ray Diffraction (PXRD)Single Crystal X-Ray Diffraction (SCXRD)Synchrotron X-Ray Diffraction (SXRD) - Attended 2 beamline experimentsAC Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy (EIS)DC PolarisationDifferential Scanning Calorimetry (DSC)Thermogravimetric Analysis (TGA)Fourier Transform - Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR)Transmission Electron Microscopy (TEM)