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

Abstract

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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  1. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
  2. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States); University of Santa Cruz, CA (United States)
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Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)
OSTI Identifier:
1415974
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OSTI ID: 1550534
Grant/Contract Number:  
AC02-05CH11231
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Journal of Electron Spectroscopy and Related Phenomena
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 221; Journal Issue: C; Journal ID: ISSN 0368-2048
Publisher:
Elsevier
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
37 INORGANIC, ORGANIC, PHYSICAL, AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY; solid/liquid interface; electrochemical double layer; soft x-ray absorption spectroscopy; liquid cell

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Ye, Yifan, Wu, Cheng Hao, Zhang, Liang, Liu, Yi-Sheng, Glans-Suzuki, Per-Anders, and Guo, Jinghua. Using soft x-ray absorption spectroscopy to characterize electrode/electrolyte interfaces in-situ and operando. United States: N. p., 2017. Web. doi:10.1016/j.elspec.2017.05.002.
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Ye, Yifan, Wu, Cheng Hao, Zhang, Liang, Liu, Yi-Sheng, Glans-Suzuki, Per-Anders, & Guo, Jinghua. Using soft x-ray absorption spectroscopy to characterize electrode/electrolyte interfaces in-situ and operando. United States. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.elspec.2017.05.002
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Ye, Yifan, Wu, Cheng Hao, Zhang, Liang, Liu, Yi-Sheng, Glans-Suzuki, Per-Anders, and Guo, Jinghua. Tue . "Using soft x-ray absorption spectroscopy to characterize electrode/electrolyte interfaces in-situ and operando". United States. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.elspec.2017.05.002. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1415974.
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@article{osti_1415974,
title = {Using soft x-ray absorption spectroscopy to characterize electrode/electrolyte interfaces in-situ and operando},
author = {Ye, Yifan and Wu, Cheng Hao and Zhang, Liang and Liu, Yi-Sheng and Glans-Suzuki, Per-Anders and Guo, Jinghua},
abstractNote = {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.},
doi = {10.1016/j.elspec.2017.05.002},
journal = {Journal of Electron Spectroscopy and Related Phenomena},
number = C,
volume = 221,
place = {United States},
year = {Tue May 02 00:00:00 EDT 2017},
month = {Tue May 02 00:00:00 EDT 2017}
}
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