Chemistry is facing the challenge of delivering new materials for energy harvesting and
management. The development of a materials chemistry in which scarce elements are …

We present a setup combining a liquid flatjet sample delivery and a MHz laser system for
time-resolved soft X-ray absorption measurements of liquid samples at the high brilliance …

Zinc porphyrin solar cell dyes with donor− π–acceptor architectures combine light absorber
(π), electron-donor, and electron-acceptor moieties inside a single molecule with atomic …

We applied time-resolved sulfur-1s absorption spectroscopy to a model aromatic thiol
system as a promising method for tracking chemical reactions in solution. Sulfur-1s …

With time-resolved soft X-ray spectroscopy, the element-specific dynamics of the electronic
structure of disordered systems can be investigated. Measurements of species in dilute …

Molecule–substrate interaction plays a vital role in determining the electronic structures and
charge transfer properties in organic-transition metal oxides (TMOs) hybridized devices. In …

Supramolecular chemistry protocols applied on surfaces offer compelling avenues for
atomic-scale control over organic–inorganic interface structures. In this approach, adsorbate …

A nitrogen K-edge x-ray absorption near-edge structure (XANES) survey is presented for
tetrapyrido [3, 2-a: 2′, 3′-c: 3 ″, 2 ″-h: 2‴, 3‴-j] phenazine (tpphz)-bridged bimetallic …

Polarization-dependent X-ray absorption spectroscopy is combined with density functional
calculations and atomic multiplet calculations to determine the crystal field parameters …

This overview illustrates how spectroscopy with soft X-rays can assist the development of
new materials and new designs for solar cells. The starting point is the general layout of a …