In Situ/Operando Electrocatalyst Characterization by X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy

J Timoshenko, B Roldan Cuenya - Chemical reviews, 2020 - ACS Publications
During the last decades, X-ray absorption spectroscopy (XAS) has become an
indispensable method for probing the structure and composition of heterogeneous catalysts …

Resonant inelastic X-ray scattering

FMF de Groot, MW Haverkort, H Elnaggar… - Nature Reviews …, 2024 - nature.com
Resonant inelastic X-ray scattering (RIXS) is a powerful technique that combines
spectroscopy and inelastic scattering to probe the electronic structure of materials. RIXS is …

[HTML][HTML] Modern X-ray spectroscopy: XAS and XES in the laboratory

P Zimmermann, S Peredkov, PM Abdala… - Coordination Chemistry …, 2020 - Elsevier
X-ray spectroscopy is an important tool for scientific analysis. While the earliest
demonstration experiments were realised in the laboratory, with the advent of synchrotron …

Surface and subsurface reactions of lithium transition metal oxide cathode materials: an overview of the fundamental origins and remedying approaches

B Xiao, X Sun - Advanced Energy Materials, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Lithium‐ion batteries (LIBs) have become one of the most prevailing techniques for
rechargeable batteries. Lithium transition metal oxides are prevalent cathode materials …

X-ray magnetic circular dichroism—A versatile tool to study magnetism

G van der Laan, AI Figueroa - Coordination Chemistry Reviews, 2014 - Elsevier
An overview of different chemical complexes studied by X-ray magnetic circular dichroism
(XMCD) is presented. We intend to show to the chemistry community the possibilities of this …

The Role of the Copper Oxidation State in the Electrocatalytic Reduction of CO2 into Valuable Hydrocarbons

JJ Velasco-Vélez, T Jones, D Gao… - ACS Sustainable …, 2018 - ACS Publications
Redox-active copper catalysts with accurately prepared oxidation states (Cu0, Cu+, and
Cu2+) and high selectivity to C2 hydrocarbon formation, from electrocatalytic cathodic …

Recent experimental and theoretical developments in time-resolved X-ray spectroscopies

CJ Milne, TJ Penfold, M Chergui - Coordination Chemistry Reviews, 2014 - Elsevier
Capturing the evolving geometric and electronic structure in the course of a chemical
reaction or biological process is the principal aim of time-resolved X-ray spectroscopies …

Evolution of oxygen–metal electron transfer and metal electronic states during manganese oxide catalyzed water oxidation revealed with in situ soft x‐ray …

MF Tesch, SA Bonke, TE Jones, MN Shaker… - Angewandte …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Manganese oxide (MnOx) electrocatalysts are examined herein by in situ soft X‐ray
absorption spectroscopy (XAS) and resonant inelastic X‐ray scattering (RIXS) during the …

Probing the oxidation state of transition metal complexes: a case study on how charge and spin densities determine Mn L-edge X-ray absorption energies

M Kubin, M Guo, T Kroll, H Löchel, E Källman… - Chemical …, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
Transition metals in inorganic systems and metalloproteins can occur in different oxidation
states, which makes them ideal redox-active catalysts. To gain a mechanistic understanding …

Viewing the valence electronic structure of ferric and ferrous hexacyanide in solution from the Fe and cyanide perspectives

K Kunnus, W Zhang, MG Delcey… - The Journal of …, 2016 - ACS Publications
The valence-excited states of ferric and ferrous hexacyanide ions in aqueous solution were
mapped by resonant inelastic X-ray scattering (RIXS) at the Fe L2, 3 and NK edges. Probing …