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Publications 2019
Abbott DF, Pittkowski RK, Macounová K, Nebel R, Marelli E, Fabbri E, et al. Design and synthesis of Ir/Ru pyrochlore catalysts for the oxygen evolution reaction based on their bulk thermodynamic properties ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces. 2019; 11(41): 37748-37760. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.9b13220 DORA PSI
Babic U, Zlobinski M, Schmidt TJ, Boillat P, Gubler L CO2-assisted regeneration of a polymer electrolyte water electrolyzer contaminated with metal ion impurities Journal of the Electrochemical Society. 2019; 166(10): F610-F619. https://doi.org/10.1149/2.0851910jes DORA PSI
Babic U, Nilsson E, Pătru A, Schmidt TJ, Gubler L Proton transport in catalyst layers of a polymer electrolyte water electrolyzer: effect of the anode catalyst loading Journal of the Electrochemical Society. 2019; 166(4): F214-F220. https://doi.org/10.1149/2.0341904jes DORA PSI
Billaud J, Sheptyakov D, Sallard S, Leanza D, Talianker M, Grinblat J, et al. Li/Fe substitution in Li-rich Ni, Co, Mn oxides for enhanced electrochemical performance as cathode materials Journal of Materials Chemistry A. 2019; 7(25): 15215-15224. https://doi.org/10.1039/C9TA00399A DORA PSI
Bührer M, Stampanoni M, Rochet X, Büchi F, Eller J, Marone F High-numerical-aperture macroscope optics for time-resolved experiments Journal of Synchrotron Radiation. 2019; 26: 1161-1172. https://doi.org/10.1107/S1600577519004119 DORA PSI
Carminati C, Boillat P, Schmid F, Vontobel P, Hovind J, Morgano M, et al. Implementation and assessment of the black body bias correction in quantitative neutron imaging PLoS One. 2019; 14(1): e0210300 (24 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0210300 DORA PSI
Cheng X, Kim B-J, Fabbri E, Schmidt TJ Co/Fe oxyhydroxides supported on perovskite oxides as oxygen evolution reaction catalyst systems ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces. 2019; 11(38): 34787-34795. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.9b04456 DORA PSI
Cho JIS, Neville TP, Trogadas P, Meyer Q, Wu Y, Ziesche R, et al. Visualization of liquid water in a lung-inspired flow-field based polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cell via neutron radiography Energy. 2019; 170: 14-21. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.energy.2018.12.143 DORA PSI
Conder J, Vaulot C, Marino C, Villevieille C, Ghimbeu CM Chitin and chitosan - structurally related precursors of dissimilar hard carbons for Na-ion battery ACS Applied Energy Materials. 2019; 2(7): 4841-4852. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsaem.9b00545 DORA PSI
Conder J, Villevieille C How reliable is the Na metal as a counter electrode in Na-ion half cells? Chemical Communications. 2019; 55(9): 1275-1278. https://doi.org/10.1039/c8cc07852a DORA PSI
Ebner K, Herranz J, Saveleva VA, Kim B-J, Henning S, Demicheli M, et al. Fe-based O2-reduction catalysts synthesized using Na2CO3as a pore-inducing agent ACS Applied Energy Materials. 2019; 2(2): 1469-1479. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsaem.8b02036 DORA PSI
Erbach S, Pribyl B, Klages M, Spitthoff L, Borah K, Epple S, et al. Influence of operating conditions on permeation of CO2 through the membrane in an automotive PEMFC system International Journal of Hydrogen Energy. 2019; 44(25): 12760-12771. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhydene.2018.10.033 DORA PSI
Garbe S, Babic U, Nilsson E, Schmidt TJ, Gubler L Communication—Pt-doped thin membranes for gas crossover suppression in polymer electrolyte water electrolysis Journal of the Electrochemical Society. 2019; 166(13): F873-F875. https://doi.org/10.1149/2.0111913jes DORA PSI
Goktas M, Bolli C, Buchheim J, Berg EJ, Novák P, Bonilla F, et al. Stable and unstable diglyme-based electrolytes for batteries with sodium or graphite as electrode ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces. 2019; 11(36): 32844-32855. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.9b06760 DORA PSI
Halter J, Gloor T, Amoroso B, Schmidt TJ, Büchi FN Wetting properties of porous high temperature polymer electrolyte fuel cells materials with phosphoric acid Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics. 2019; 21(24): 13126-13134. https://doi.org/10.1039/C9CP02149C DORA PSI
Haydous F, Si W, Guzenko VA, Waag F, Pomjakushina E, El Kazzi M, et al. Improved photoelectrochemical water splitting of CaNbO2N photoanodes by CoPi photodeposition and durface passivation Journal of Physical Chemistry C. 2019; 123(2): 1059-1068. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcc.8b09629 DORA PSI
He M, Fic K, Frąckowiak E, Novák P, Berg EJ Towards more durable electrochemical capacitors by elucidating the ageing mechanisms under different testing procedures ChemElectroChem. 2019; 6(2): 566-573. https://doi.org/10.1002/celc.201801146 DORA PSI
Jacquet Q, Iadecola A, Saubanère M, Li H, Berg EJ, Rousse G, et al. Charge transfer band gap as an indicator of hysteresis in Li-disordered rock salt cathodes for Li-ion batteries Journal of the American Chemical Society. 2019; 141(29): 11452-11464. https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.8b11413 DORA PSI
Jeschull F, Surace Y, Zürcher S, Spahr ME, Novák P, Trabesinger S Electrochemistry and morphology of graphite negative electrodes containing silicon as capacity-enhancing electrode additive Electrochimica Acta. 2019; 320: 134602 (12 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.electacta.2019.134602 DORA PSI
Jeschull F, Scott F, Trabesinger S Interactions of silicon nanoparticles with carboxymethyl cellulose and carboxylic acids in negative electrodes of lithium-ion batteries Journal of Power Sources. 2019; 431: 63-74. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpowsour.2019.05.036 DORA PSI
Kim B-J, Fabbri E, Castelli IE, Borlaf M, Graule T, Nachtegaal M, et al. Fe-doping in double perovskite PrBaCo2(1-x)Fe2xO6-δ: insights into structural and electronic effects to enhance oxygen evolution catalyst stability Catalysts. 2019; 9(3): 263 (17 pp.). https://doi.org/10.3390/catal9030263 DORA PSI
Kim BJ, Fabbri E, Abbott DF, Cheng X, Clark AH, Nachtegaal M, et al. Functional role of Fe-doping in Co-based perovskite oxide catalysts for oxygen evolution reaction Journal of the American Chemical Society. 2019; 141(13): 5231-5240. https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.8b12101 DORA PSI
Kitz PG, Lacey MJ, Novák P, Berg EJ Operando EQCM-D with simultaneous in situ EIS: new insights into interphase formation in Li ion batteries Analytical Chemistry. 2019; 91(3): 2296-2303. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.analchem.8b04924 DORA PSI
Leanza D, Vaz CAF, Melinte G, Mu X, Novák P, El Kazzi M Revealing the dual surface reactions on a HE-NCM Li-Ion battery cathode and their impact on the surface chemistry of the counter electrode ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces. 2019; 11(6): 6054-6065. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.8b19511 DORA PSI
Leanza D, Mirolo M, F. Vaz CA, Novák P, El Kazzi M Surface degradation and chemical electrolyte oxidation induced by the oxygen released from layered oxide cathodes in Li−ion batteries Batteries and Supercaps. 2019; 2: 482-492. https://doi.org/10.1002/batt.201800126 DORA PSI
Manzi-Orezzoli V, Mularczyk A, Trtik P, Halter J, Eller J, Schmidt TJ, et al. Coating distribution analysis on gas diffusion layers for polymer electrolyte fuel cells by neutron and X-ray high-resolution tomography ACS Omega. 2019; 4(17): 17236-17243. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsomega.9b01763 DORA PSI
Maxim F, Contescu C, Boillat P, Niceno B, Karalis K, Testino A, et al. Visualization of supercritical water pseudo-boiling at Widom line crossover Nature Communications. 2019; 10: 4114 (11 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-12117-5 DORA PSI
Nagai Y, Eller J, Hatanaka T, Yamaguchi S, Kato S, Kato A, et al. Improving water management in fuel cells through microporous layer modifications: fast operando tomographic imaging of liquid water Journal of Power Sources. 2019; 435: 226809 (11 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpowsour.2019.226809 DORA PSI
Nguyen TD, Whitehead A, Wai N, Ong SJH, Scherer GG, Xu ZJ Equilibrium and dynamic absorption of electrolyte species in cation/anion exchange membranes of vanadium redox flow batteries ChemSusChem. 2019; 12(5): 1076-1083. https://doi.org/10.1002/cssc.201802522 DORA PSI
Oldenburg FJ, Ouarga A, Schmidt TJ, Gubler L Accelerated stress test method for the assessment of membrane lifetime in vanadium redox flow batteries ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces. 2019; 11(51): 47917-47928. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.9b15736 DORA PSI
Oldenburg FJ, Nilsson E, Schmidt TJ, Gubler L Tackling capacity fading in vanadium redox flow batteries with amphoteric polybenzimidazole/nafion bilayer membranes ChemSusChem. 2019; 12(12): 2620-2627. https://doi.org/10.1002/cssc.201900546 DORA PSI
Permyakova AA, Herranz J, El Kazzi M, Diercks JS, Povia M, Mangani LR, et al. On the oxidation state of Cu2O upon electrochemical CO2 reduction: an XPS study ChemPhysChem. 2019; 20(22): 3120-3127. https://doi.org/10.1002/cphc.201900468 DORA PSI
Povia M, Abbott DF, Herranz J, Heinritz A, Lebedev D, Kim B-J, et al. Operando X-ray characterization of high surface area iridium oxides to decouple their activity losses for the oxygen evolution reaction Energy and Environmental Science. 2019; 12(10): 3038-3052. https://doi.org/10.1039/C9EE01018A DORA PSI
Pătru A, Binninger T, Pribyl B, Schmidt TJ Design principles of bipolar electrochemical co-electrolysis cells for efficient reduction of carbon dioxide from gas phase at low temperature Journal of the Electrochemical Society. 2019; 166(2): F34-F43. https://doi.org/10.1149/2.1221816jes DORA PSI
Safi MA, Mantzaras J, Prasianakis NI, Lamibrac A, Büchi FN A pore-level direct numerical investigation of water evaporation characteristics under air and hydrogen in the gas diffusion layers of polymer electrolyte fuel cells International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer. 2019; 129: 1250-1262. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2018.10.042 DORA PSI
Sanyal U, Song Y, Singh N, Fulton JL, Herranz J, Jentys A, et al. Structure sensitivity in hydrogenation reactions on Pt/C in aqueous‐phase ChemCatChem. 2019; 11(1): 575-582. https://doi.org/10.1002/cctc.201801344 DORA PSI
Saveleva VA, Savinova ER Insights into electrocatalysis from ambient pressure photoelectron spectroscopy Current Opinion in Electrochemistry. 2019; 17: 79-89. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.coelec.2019.03.016 DORA PSI
Schmidt TS, Beuse M, Zhang X, Steffen B, Schneider SF, Pena-Bello A, et al. Additional emissions and cost from storing electricity in stationary battery systems Environmental Science and Technology. 2019; 53(7): 3379-3390. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.8b05313 DORA PSI
Schneider SF, Bauer C, Novák P, Berg EJ A modeling framework to assess specific energy, costs and environmental impacts of Li-ion and Na-ion batteries Sustainable Energy and Fuels. 2019; 3(11): 3061-3070. https://doi.org/10.1039/C9SE00427K DORA PSI
Schuler T, Schmidt TJ, Büchi FN Polymer electrolyte water electrolysis: correlating performance and porous transport layer structure: part II. Electrochemical performance analysis Journal of the Electrochemical Society. 2019; 166(10): F555-F565. https://doi.org/10.1149/2.1241908jes DORA PSI
Schuler T, De Bruycker R, Schmidt TJ, Büchi FN Polymer electrolyte water electrolysis: correlating porous transport layer structural properties and performance: part I. Tomographic analysis of morphology and topology Journal of the Electrochemical Society. 2019; 166(4): F270-F281. https://doi.org/10.1149/2.0561904jes DORA PSI
Si W, Haydous F, Babic U, Pergolesi D, Lippert T Suppressed charge recombination in hematite photoanode via protonation and annealing ACS Applied Energy Materials. 2019; 2(8): 5438-5445. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsaem.9b00420 DORA PSI
Siegwart M, Woracek R, Márquez Damián JI, Tremsin AS, Manzi-Orezzoli V, Strobl M, et al. Distinction between super-cooled water and ice with high duty cycle time-of-flight neutron imaging Review of Scientific Instruments. 2019; 90(10): 103705 (15 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5110288 DORA PSI
Siegwart M, Harti RP, Manzi-Orezzoli V, Valsecchi J, Strobl M, Grünzweig C, et al. Selective visualization of water in fuel cell gas diffusion layers with neutron dark-field imaging Journal of the Electrochemical Society. 2019; 166(2): F149-F157. https://doi.org/10.1149/2.1011902jes DORA PSI
Somerville JW, Sobkowiak A, Tapia-Ruiz N, Billaud J, Lozano JG, House RA, et al. Nature of the "Z"-phase in layered Na-ion battery cathodes Energy and Environmental Science. 2019; 12(7): 2223-2232. https://doi.org/10.1039/c8ee02991a DORA PSI
Surace Y, Jeschull F, Schott T, Zürcher S, Spahr ME, Trabesinger S Improving the cycling stability of SnO2-graphite electrodes ACS Applied Energy Materials. 2019; 2(10): 7364-7374. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsaem.9b01344 DORA PSI
Tsai EHR, Billaud J, F. Sanchez D, Ihli J, Odstrčil M, Holler M, et al. Correlated X-ray 3D ptychography and diffraction microscopy visualize links between morphology and crystal structure of lithium-rich cathode materials iScience. 2019; 11: 356-365. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.isci.2018.12.028 DORA PSI
Valsecchi J, Harti RP, Raventós M, Siegwart MD, Morgano M, Boillat P, et al. Visualization and quantification of inhomogeneous and anisotropic magnetic fields by polarized neutron grating interferometry Nature Communications. 2019; 10(1): 3788 (9 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-11590-2 DORA PSI
Wu X, Billaud J, Jerjen I, Marone F, Ishihara Y, Adachi M, et al. Operando visualization of morphological dynamics in all‐solid‐state batteries Advanced Energy Materials. 2019; 9(34): 1901547 (10 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1002/aenm.201901547 DORA PSI
Xu H, Marone F, Nagashima S, Nguyen H, Kishita K, Büchi FN, et al. Exploring sub-second and sub-micron X-ray tomographic imaging of liquid water in PEFC gas diffusion layers In: Swider-Lyons K, Uchida H, Büchi FN, Mustain WE, Pivovar BS, Pintauro PN, et al., eds. Polymer electrolyte fuel cells & electrolyzers 19 (PEFC&E-19). Vol. 92. ECS transactions. Pennington, NJ: The Electrochemical Society; 2019:11-21. https://doi.org/10.1149/09208.0011ecst DORA PSI
