During the last decades, X-ray absorption spectroscopy (XAS) has become an
indispensable method for probing the structure and composition of heterogeneous catalysts …

Renewable technologies, and in particular the electric vehicle revolution, have generated
tremendous pressure for the improvement of lithium ion battery performance. To meet the …

The solid electrolyte interphase (SEI) that forms on Li-ion battery anodes is critical to their
long-term performance, however observing SEI formation processes at the buried electrode …

Hexagonal boron nitride (hBN) is a highly selective catalyst for the oxidative
dehydrogenation of propane (ODHP) to propylene. Using a variety of ex situ characterization …

X‐ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), X‐ray absorption spectroscopy (XAS) and X‐ray
Raman scattering (XRS) spectroscopy are the element‐specific tools providing local …

Synchrotron-based techniques have been key tools in the discovery, understanding, and
development of battery materials. In this review, some of the most suitable X-ray …

Electrochemical batteries play a crucial role for powering portable electronics, electric
vehicles, large-scale electric grids, and future electric aircraft. However, key performance …

This paper provides a review of the characterization of organic systems via X-ray Raman
scattering (XRS) and a step-by-step guidance for its application. We present the …

Despite its ubiquitous nature, the atomic structure of water in its liquid state is still
controversially debated. We use a combination of X-ray Raman scattering spectroscopy in …

GALAXIES is an in-vacuum undulator hard X-ray micro-focused beamline dedicated to the
study of the electronic structure of materials with high energy resolution using both …