Publications

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
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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
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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
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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
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Bolli C, Guéguen A, Mendez MA, Berg EJ
Operando monitoring of F^–formation in lithium ion batteries
Chemistry of Materials. 2019; 31(4): 1258-1267. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.chemmater.8b03810
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Gubler L
Membranes and separators for redox flow batteries
Current Opinion in Electrochemistry. 2019; 18: 31-36. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.coelec.2019.08.007
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Kim B-J, Fabbri E, Castelli IE, Borlaf M, Graule T, Nachtegaal M, et al.
Fe-doping in double perovskite PrBaCo_2(1-x)Fe_2xO_6-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
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Kim B-J, 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: 5231-5240. https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.8b12101
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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. https://doi.org/10.1002/cphc.201900468
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Schuler T, Ciccone JM, Krentscher B, Marone F, Peter C, Schmidt TJ, et al.
Hierarchically structured porous transport layers for polymer electrolyte water electrolysis
Advanced Energy Materials. 2019. https://doi.org/10.1002/aenm.201903216
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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
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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
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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
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Siegwart M, Harti RP, Manzi O, 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: F149. https://doi.org/10.1149/2.1011902jes
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Wu Y, Meyer Q, Liu F, Rasha L, Cho JIS, Neville TP, et al.
Investigation of water generation and accumulation in polymer electrolyte fuel cells using hydro-electrochemical impedance imaging
Journal of Power Sources. 2019; 414: 272-277. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpowsour.2019.01.003
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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
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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
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