Inorganic Chemistry, Vol.47, No.19, 8613-8615, 2008
In situ crystallography of KHSO4: Probing the kinetic pathway for the evolution of a pyrolysis reaction in the crystalline state
Variable-temperature in situ crystallography on KHSO4 shows that the pyrolysis of KHSO4 to K2S2O7 occurs via a three-step kinetic pathway monitored by crystal-to-crystal phase transitions while providing an explanation for the high proton conductivity to be due to the disordered hydrogen-bonding pattern.