In a new finding published in Nature Energy, the PNNL-led team showed that vapor from lithium oxide (Li 2 O) sublimation accelerates a chemical reaction that forms single crystals when mixed with ...

Although much less studied than the evaporation of liquids, the sublimation of solid ice has important consequences, as it impacts the climate (since ice reflects the sunlight) as well as the size ...

After several experiments, the team collaborated with Thermo Fisher Scientific to study the reaction. Using a MicroReactor, they confirmed that the sublimation of Li2O drove the reaction.