DRIX Cell Guide
How to Assemble
Please see here for step-by-step assembly instructions.
General Design
DRIX cells work best when assembled using the following procedure. Please take care in making sure everything is in order otherwise you run the risk of your cell failing.
The general and recommended layering of our DRIX cells are:
The choice of the top current collector varies from cell to cell, we generally recommend glassy carbon to reduce scattering from the collector but these can be lithiated and be irreversibly altered and rendered unusable. If you are using lithium, consider a different collector.
General Considerations
DRIX cells are optimum way of collecting electrochemical and battery samples on I15-1. They have been optimised for geometry, background and compatibility. Other cells have proven difficult to obtain good PDF data from, and therefore we suggest DRIX geometry for all battery samples, please get in contact if you wish to discuss further.
We have a number of unions, capillaries and current collectors available for both practice in your home lab or use on other beamlines (previously used on K11 (DIAD), I13, I15 & I22). Please get in contact to request parts.
Our Local Experts
Many users have used these cells extensively. If you want further advise on tricky samples that your local contact may be unfamiliar with, please feel free to get in contact with Javi Castells-Gil (University of Birmingham).