| AVS 66th International Symposium & Exhibition | |
| Chemical Analysis and Imaging Interfaces Focus Topic | Thursday Sessions |
| Session CA+2D+AS+BI+NS-ThM |
| Session: | Chemical Analysis and Imaging of Liquid/Vapor/Solid Interfaces II |
| Presenter: | Jinghua Guo, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory |
| Authors: | Y.-S. Liu, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory X. Feng, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory J.-H. Guo, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory |
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In-situ/operando soft x-ray spectroscopy offers unique characterization in many important energy materials of energy conversion, energy storage and catalysis in regards to the functionality, complexity of material architecture, chemistry and interactions among constituents within.
It has been found that the microstructure and composition of materials as well as the microstructure evolution process have a great influence on performances in a variety of fields, e.g., energy conversion and energy storage materials, chemical and catalytic processes. In-situ/operando x-ray spectra characterization technique offers an opportunity to uncover the phase conversion, chemical environment of elements and other critical information of solid/liquid interfaces in real time. We will present soft x-ray spectroscopy characterization techniques, e.g. soft x-ray absorption spectroscopy (XAS) and resonant inelastic soft x-ray scattering (RIXS), and the development of in situ/operando capabilities for the characterization of interfacial phenomena in energy materials and devices.
A number of the experimental studies, which revealed the catalytic and electrochemical reactions in real time, will be presented, e.g. solid (metal film)/liquid (water) electrochemical interface, Mg-ion batteries, and Li-S batteries [1-5]. The experimental results demonstrate that in-situ/operando soft x-ray spectroscopy characterization provides the unique information for understanding the real reaction mechanism.
References:
1. "Mg deposition observed by in situ electrochemical Mg K-edge X-ray absorption spectroscopy", T. S. Arthur, P.-A. Glans, M. Matsui, R. Zhang, B. Ma, J.-H. Guo, Electrochem. Commun. 24, 43 (2012)
2. "The structure of interfacial water on gold electrodes studied by x-ray absorption spectroscopy", J. J. Velasco-Velez, C. H. Wu, T. A. Pascal, L. F. Wan, J.-H. Guo, D. Prendergast and M. Salmeron, Science 346, 831 (2014)
3. "Nucleophilic substitution between polysulfides and binders unexpectedly stabilizing lithium sulfur battery", M. Ling, L. Zhang, T. Zheng, J. Feng, J.-H. Guo, L. Mai, G. Liu, Nano Energy 38, 82 (2017).
4. "Interfacial insights from operando sXAS/TEM for magnesium metal deposition with borohydride electrolytes", T. Arthur, P.-A. Glans, N. Singh, O. Tutusaus, K. Nie, Y.-S. Liu, F. Mizuno, J.-H. Guo, D. H. Alsem, N. Salmon, R. Mohtadi, Chem. Mater. 29, 7183 (2017).
"Revealing the Electrochemical Charging Mechanism of Nanosized Li2S by in Situ and Operando X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy", L. Zhang, D. Sun, J. Feng, E. Cairns, J.-H. Guo, Nano Lett. 17, 5084 (2017).