Operando Local pH Measurement within Gas Diffusion Electrodes Performing Electrochemical Carbon Dioxide Reduction

Welch, Alex J.; Fenwick, Aidan Q.; Böhme, Annette; Chen, Hsiang-Yun; Sullivan, Ian; Li, Xueqian; DuChene, Joseph S.; Xiang, Chengxiang; Atwater, Harry A.

doi:10.1021/acs.jpcc.1c06265

Operando Local pH Measurement within Gas Diffusion Electrodes Performing Electrochemical Carbon Dioxide Reduction

Journal Article · 17 September 2021 · Journal of Physical Chemistry. C

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcc.1c06265· OSTI ID:1853747

^[1]; Fenwick, Aidan Q. ^[2]; Böhme, Annette ^[1]; ^[3]; ^[4]; Li, Xueqian ^[1]; ^[5]; ^[4]; ^[1]

Department of Applied Physics and Material Science, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, United States; Liquid Sunlight Alliance, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, United States
Department of Chemistry, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, United States; Liquid Sunlight Alliance, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, United States
Department of Chemistry, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, United States
Liquid Sunlight Alliance, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, United States
Department of Chemistry, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Massachusetts 01003, United States

Not provided.

Research Organization:: California Institute of Technology (CalTech), Pasadena, CA (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC)

DOE Contract Number:: SC0021266

OSTI ID:: 1853747

Journal Information:: Journal of Physical Chemistry. C, Vol. 125, Issue 38; ISSN 1932-7447

Publisher:: American Chemical Society

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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