Unravelling the electrochemical double layer by direct probing of the solid/liquid interface

Nature Communications

Volumn 7, Issue , 2016, Pages

  Favaro, Marco ^a   Jeong, Beomgyun ^a,b   Ross, Philip N ^a   Yano, Junko ^a   Hussain, Zahid ^a   Liu, Zhi ^a,c,d   Crumlin, Ethan J ^a  

^a LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST)   (South Korea)

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

^d SHANGHAITECH UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROLYTE; SOLVENT;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ELECTRIC FIELD; ELECTROCHEMICAL METHOD; ELECTROLYTE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; INTERFACE; LAYER; LIQUID; NUMERICAL MODEL; POLARIZATION; SOLID; SOLVENT; THEORETICAL STUDY;

ARTICLE; CYCLIC POTENTIOMETRY; ELECTRIC FIELD; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTROCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; ELECTRODE; GAS; LIQUID; POLARIZATION; SOLID; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 84984994777     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms12695     Document Type: Article

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