Investigation of lithium-proton reaction rates in novel materials

The effect of the host material on the proton-lithium-7 reaction was investigated for three previously uninvestigated materials; lithium manganate, lithium titanate, and lithium iron phosphate and the results were then compared against new measurements made on lithium tungstate which has been previously characterized in the literature. The measurement was carried out at the Western University Tandetron Accelerator with the lithium bearing materials being the target, and a proton beam of energies from 80 keV to 1000 keV. Analysis of the count of α -particle relative to the count from the lithium tungstate measurements showed that the lithium titanate had a 12.0(31) fold increase in yield, the lithium iron phosphate a 4.9(13) fold increase, and the lithium manganate a 3.4(9) fold increase.