In situ/operando soft x-ray spectroscopy of chemical interfaces in gas and liquid environments

Yang, Feipeng; Feng, Xuefei; Liu, Yi-Sheng; Glans, Per-Anders; Guo, Jinghua

doi:10.1557/s43577-021-00155-8

In situ/operando soft x-ray spectroscopy of chemical interfaces in gas and liquid environments

Journal Article · Mon Aug 09 00:00:00 EDT 2021 · MRS Bulletin

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1557/s43577-021-00155-8· OSTI ID:1838434

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Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)

Many energy storage and energy conversion systems are based on the complexity of material architecture, chemistry, and interfacial interactions. To understand and thus ultimately control the energy applications calls for in situ/operando characterization tools. Over the years, in situ/operando soft x-ray spectroscopy has been developed for the studies of gas molecules, molecular liquids, catalytic, and electrochemical reactions. Soft x-ray spectroscopy offers electronic structure characterization of materials in energy conversion, energy storage, and catalysis regarding functionality, complexity of material architecture, and chemical interactions. It has been shown how to use the powerful in situ/operando soft x-ray spectroscopy characterization techniques of interfacial phenomena and how to reveal the mechanism of charge transfer and chemical transformation of solid/gas and solid/liquid interfaces of energy storage and catalytic materials in a realistic environment. It has been demonstrated how to overcome the challenge that soft x-rays cannot easily peek into the high-pressure catalytic or liquid electrochemical reactions. Finally, the unique design of in situ/operando soft x-ray spectroscopy instrumentation and fabrication principle and examples of experiments are presented.

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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:: 1838434

Journal Information:: MRS Bulletin, Journal Name: MRS Bulletin Journal Issue: 8 Vol. 46; ISSN 0883-7694

Publisher:: Materials Research SocietyCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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