X-ray spectroscopy of energy materials under in situ/operando conditions

Journal of Electron Spectroscopy and Related Phenomena

Volumn 200, Issue , 2015, Pages 264-273

  Crumlin, Ethan J ^a   Liu, Zhi ^b,c   Bluhm, Hendrik ^a   Yang, Wanli ^a   Guo, Jinghua ^a   Hussain, Zahid ^a  

^a LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b SHANGHAI INSTITUTE OF MICROSYSTEM AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c SHANGHAITECH UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Energy science; In situ; Operando; X ray spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

PHASE INTERFACES; X RAY SPECTROSCOPY;

AMBIENT-PRESSURE X-RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPIES; CELL CONFIGURATIONS; ENERGY MATERIALS; ENERGY SCIENCE; OPERANDO; SOLID/GAS INTERFACE; SOLID/LIQUID INTERFACES; SPECTROSCOPIC TECHNIQUE;

X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 84942294402     PISSN: 03682048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.elspec.2015.06.008     Document Type: Article

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