Direct observations of liquid water formation at nano- and micro-scale in platinum group metal-free electrodes by operando X-ray computed tomography

Normile, Stanley J.; Sabarirajan, Dinesh C.; Calzada, Osvaldo; De Andrade, Vincent; Xiao, Xianghui; Mandal, Pratiti; Parkinson, Dilworth Y.; Serov, Alexey; Atanassov, Plamen; Zenyuk, Iryna V.

doi:10.1016/j.mtener.2018.05.011

Title: Direct observations of liquid water formation at nano- and micro-scale in platinum group metal-free electrodes by operando X-ray computed tomography

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; Sabarirajan, Dinesh C.; Calzada, Osvaldo; De Andrade, Vincent; Xiao, Xianghui;

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; Serov, Alexey; Atanassov, Plamen; Zenyuk, Iryna V.

Publication Date:: 2018-09-01

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

OSTI Identifier:: 1548242

Grant/Contract Number:: AC02-05CH11231; AC02-06CH11357

Resource Type:: Publisher's Accepted Manuscript

Journal Name:: Materials Today Energy

Additional Journal Information:: Journal Name: Materials Today Energy Journal Volume: 9 Journal Issue: C; Journal ID: ISSN 2468-6069

Publisher:: Elsevier

Country of Publication:: United Kingdom

Language:: English

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                    Normile, Stanley J., Sabarirajan, Dinesh C., Calzada, Osvaldo, De Andrade, Vincent, Xiao, Xianghui, Mandal, Pratiti, Parkinson, Dilworth Y., Serov, Alexey, Atanassov, Plamen, and Zenyuk, Iryna V. Direct observations of liquid water formation at nano- and micro-scale in platinum group metal-free electrodes by operando X-ray computed tomography.  United Kingdom: N. p., 2018. 
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                    Normile, Stanley J., Sabarirajan, Dinesh C., Calzada, Osvaldo, De Andrade, Vincent, Xiao, Xianghui, Mandal, Pratiti, Parkinson, Dilworth Y., Serov, Alexey, Atanassov, Plamen, & Zenyuk, Iryna V. Direct observations of liquid water formation at nano- and micro-scale in platinum group metal-free electrodes by operando X-ray computed tomography.  United Kingdom.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mtener.2018.05.011

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                    Normile, Stanley J., Sabarirajan, Dinesh C., Calzada, Osvaldo, De Andrade, Vincent, Xiao, Xianghui, Mandal, Pratiti, Parkinson, Dilworth Y., Serov, Alexey, Atanassov, Plamen, and Zenyuk, Iryna V. Sat .  
"Direct observations of liquid water formation at nano- and micro-scale in platinum group metal-free electrodes by operando X-ray computed tomography".  United Kingdom.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mtener.2018.05.011.

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@article{osti_1548242,

  title        = {Direct observations of liquid water formation at nano- and micro-scale in platinum group metal-free electrodes by operando X-ray computed tomography},

  author       = {Normile, Stanley J. and Sabarirajan, Dinesh C. and Calzada, Osvaldo and De Andrade, Vincent and Xiao, Xianghui and Mandal, Pratiti and Parkinson, Dilworth Y. and Serov, Alexey and Atanassov, Plamen and Zenyuk, Iryna V.},

  abstractNote = {},

  doi          = {10.1016/j.mtener.2018.05.011},

  journal      = {Materials Today Energy},

  number       = C,

  volume       = 9,

  place        = {United Kingdom},

  year         = {2018},

  month        = {9}

}

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