Maria Kirsanova

Senior Research Scientist
Center for Energy Science and Technology

Maria’s field of scientific interest is inorganic synthesis and characterization of materials. She received her Candidate of Sciences degree from the Chemistry Department of Moscow State University in 2013. Her thesis entitled Cationic Clathrates and Semiclathrates with Germanium/Phosphorus Framework: Synthesis, Structure, Thermoelectric Properties focused on the synthesis and investigation of peculiar group of inorganic compounds (clathrates) as promising thermoelectric materials.

Research
Publications

New cathodes for metal-ion batteries based on employment of the anionic redox reactions:

The project is aimed at raising the capacity of the metal-ion batteries through deliberate involvement of the anion sublattice of the cathode into the redox reactions and improving stability of the cathode material towards O2 evolution. We will get deeper insight into a formation of peroxo species in the Li-rich layered 3d transition metal oxides (TMO) and the induced structure transformations and, based on this information, find the optimal systems to realize the anion redox experimentally, monitor influence of the chemical composition on the anion redox and optimize the materials for best performance.

V. Yu. Verchenko, S. S. Sokolov, A. A. Tsirlin, A. V. Sobolev, I. A. Presniakov, M. A. Bykov, M. A. Kirsanova, A. V. Shevelkov. New Fe-based layered telluride Fe₃₋_δAs_1−yTe₂: synthesis, crystal structure and physical properties. Dalton Trans., 2016, 45, 16938-16947.

M. A. Kirsanova, T. Mori, S. Maruyama, A. M. Abakumov, G. Van Tendeloo, A. V. Olenev, A. V. Shevelkov. Cationic Clathrate of Type-III Ge_129.3P_42.7Te_21.53: Synthesis, Crystal Structure, and Thermoelectric Properties. Inorg. Chem. 2013, 52, 8272–8279.

M. A. Kirsanova, T. Mori, M. Matveeva, D. Batuk, A. Abakumov, A. V. Gerasimenko, A. V. Olenev, Y. N. Grin, A. V. Shevelkov. Synthesis, Crystal and Electronic Structure, and Transport Properties of Type-I Semiclathrates Ge_46–xP_xSe_8–y. Inorg. Chem. 2013, 52, 577−588.

M. A. Kirsanova, A. V. Shevelkov. Clathrates and Semiclathrates of Type-I: Crystal Structure and Superstructures. Z. Kristallogr. 2013, 228, 215−227.

M. A. Kirsanova, L. N. Reshetova, A. V. Olenev, A. V. Shevelkov. On the Crystal Structure of the Germanium Based Cationic Clathrates [Ge_38.3Sb_7.7]I_7.44, [Ge_38.1P_7.9]I₈, and [Ge_30.5Sn_7.7P_7.75]I_7.88. Russian Journal of Coordination Chemistry. 2012, 38, 192-199.

M. A. Kirsanova, L. N. Reshetova, A. V. Olenev, A. M. Abakumov, A. V. Shevelkov. Semiclathrates in the Ge-P-Te System: Synthesis and Crystal Structure. Chem. Eur. J. 2011, 17, 5719–5726.

M. A. Kirsanova, A. V. Olenev, A. M. Abakumov, M. A. Bykov, A. V. Shevelkov. Extension of the Clathrate Family: the Type-X Clathrate Ge₇₉P₂₉S₁₈Te₆. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2011, 50, 2371 –2374.

P. S. Berdonosov, A. V. Olenev, M. A. Kirsanova, J. B. Lebed, V. A. Dolgikh. Bi₆(SeO₃)₃O₅Br₂: A New Bismuth Oxo-Selenite Bromide. J. Solid State Chem. 2012, 196, 232–237.

V. Yu Verchenko, M. S. Likhanov, M. A. Kirsanova, A. A. Gippius, A. V. Tkachev, N. E. Gervits, A. V. Galeeva, N. Büttgen, W. Krätschmer, C. S. Lue, K. S. Okhotnikov, A. V. Shevelkov. Intermetallic Solid Solution Fe_1−xCo_xGa₃: Synthesis, Structure, NQR Study and Electronic Band Structure Calculations. J. Solid State Chem. 2012, 194, 361–368.

V. V. Novikov, A. V. Matovnikov, D. V. Avdashchenko, N. V. Mitroshenkov, E. Dikarev, S. Takamizawa, M. A. Kirsanova, A. V. Shevelkov. Low-Temperature Structure and Lattice Dynamics of the Thermoelectric Clathrate Sn₂₄P_19.3I₈. J. All. Comp. 2012, 520, 174–179.

O. S. Oleneva, M. A. Kirsanova, T. A. Shestimerova, N. S. Abramchuk, D. I. Davliatshin, M. A. Bykov, E. V. Dikarev, A. V. Shevelkov. Trapping Phosphate Anions Inside the [Ag₄I]³⁺ Framework: Structure, Bonding, and Properties of Ag₄I(PO₄). J. Solid State Chem. 2008, 181, 37–44.