Using soft x-ray absorption spectroscopy to characterize electrode/electrolyte interfaces in-situ and operando

Ye, Yifan; Wu, Cheng Hao; Zhang, Liang; Liu, Yi-Sheng; Glans-Suzuki, Per-Anders; Guo, Jinghua

doi:10.1016/j.elspec.2017.05.002

Using soft x-ray absorption spectroscopy to characterize electrode/electrolyte interfaces in-situ and operando

Journal Article · Tue May 02 00:00:00 EDT 2017 · Journal of Electron Spectroscopy and Related Phenomena

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.elspec.2017.05.002· OSTI ID:1415974

Ye, Yifan ^[1]; Wu, Cheng Hao ^[1]; Zhang, Liang ^[1]; Liu, Yi-Sheng ^[1]; Glans-Suzuki, Per-Anders ^[1]; Guo, Jinghua ^[2]

Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States); University of Santa Cruz, CA (United States)

The interfaces between electrode and electrolyte play a vital role in various electrochemical systems. However, the understanding of such embedded interfaces and interfacial processes is still limited partly because of the short of proper characterizations tools, especially in-situ/operando techniques. Previously, substantial effort has been devoted in the development of in-situ/operando techniques to investigate the solid/liquid interfaces. One successful approach is the combination of in-situ liquid cells and soft x-ray absorption spectroscopy (sXAS). Here, we showcased several recent examples using such liquid-cell-based in-situ/operando sXAS method to study different aspects of the electrode/electrolyte interface under reaction conditions, including the adsorption and deposition of solute species on electrode surface, morphological and chemical changes of electrode surface, and potential-dependent orientations of interfacial solvent molecules. These examples demonstrated capability of such in-situ/operando sXAS techniques in providing element- and chemical-sensitive interfacial information. This in-situ/operando sXAS technique also opens the way to the investigation of various solid/liquid interfaces in other important heterogeneous reactions.

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Research Organization:: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)

Grant/Contract Number:: AC02-05CH11231

OSTI ID:: 1415974

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1550534
OSTI ID: 22889468

Journal Information:: Journal of Electron Spectroscopy and Related Phenomena, Journal Name: Journal of Electron Spectroscopy and Related Phenomena Journal Issue: C Vol. 221; ISSN 0368-2048

Publisher:: ElsevierCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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