Synchrotron X-ray analytical techniques for studying materials electrochemistry in rechargeable batteries

F Lin, Y Liu, X Yu, L Cheng, A Singer… - Chemical …, 2017 - ACS Publications
Rechargeable battery technologies have ignited major breakthroughs in contemporary
society, including but not limited to revolutions in transportation, electronics, and grid energy …

Understanding battery interfaces by combined characterization and simulation approaches: challenges and perspectives

D Atkins, E Ayerbe, A Benayad… - Advanced Energy …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Driven by the continuous search for improving performances, understanding the
phenomena at the electrode/electrolyte interfaces has become an overriding factor for the …

Ambient-pressure XPS study of a Ni–Fe electrocatalyst for the oxygen evolution reaction

H Ali-Löytty, MW Louie, MR Singh, L Li… - The Journal of …, 2016 - ACS Publications
Chemical analysis of solid–liquid interfaces under electrochemical conditions has recently
become feasible due to the development of new synchrotron radiation techniques. Here we …

Unravelling the electrochemical double layer by direct probing of the solid/liquid interface

M Favaro, B Jeong, PN Ross, J Yano, Z Hussain… - Nature …, 2016 - nature.com
The electrochemical double layer plays a critical role in electrochemical processes. Whilst
there have been many theoretical models predicting structural and electrical organization of …

Understanding the Oxygen Evolution Reaction Mechanism on CoOx using Operando Ambient-Pressure X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy

M Favaro, J Yang, S Nappini, E Magnano… - Journal of the …, 2017 - ACS Publications
Photoelectrochemical water splitting is a promising approach for renewable production of
hydrogen from solar energy and requires interfacing advanced water-splitting catalysts with …

Electric double layer effects in electrocatalysis: Insights from ab initio simulation and hierarchical continuum modeling

P Li, Y Jiao, J Huang, S Chen - JACS Au, 2023 - ACS Publications
Structures of the electric double layer (EDL) at electrocatalytic interfaces, which are
modulated by the material properties, the electrolyte characteristics (eg, the pH, the types …

Hard x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy: a snapshot of the state-of-the-art in 2020

C Kalha, NK Fernando, P Bhatt… - Journal of Physics …, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
Hard x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (HAXPES) is establishing itself as an essential
technique for the characterisation of materials. The number of specialised photoelectron …

Frontiers of water oxidation: the quest for true catalysts

J Li, R Güttinger, R Moré, F Song, W Wan… - Chemical Society …, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
Development of efficient and economic water oxidation catalysts (WOCs) remains a crucial
bottleneck on the way to artificial photosynthesis applications. Over the past few decades …

In situ characterization of catalysis and electrocatalysis using APXPS

Y Han, H Zhang, Y Yu, Z Liu - ACS Catalysis, 2021 - ACS Publications
Taking 50 years of effort, ambient pressure X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (APXPS) has
become a useful characterization tool for studies in heterogeneous catalysis and …

Interfacial band-edge energetics for solar fuels production

WA Smith, ID Sharp, NC Strandwitz… - Energy & Environmental …, 2015 - pubs.rsc.org
Photoelectrochemical (PEC) water splitting has received growing attention as a potential
pathway to replace fossil fuels and produce a clean, renewable, and sustainable source of …