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As in other areas of materials science, advances in batteries and fuel cells depend on our understanding and control of processes at the atomic and molecular level. In the past, a major impediment to achieving such an understanding and control for electrochemical systems was that the structure of the electrode/electrolyte interface had eluded experimental verification. This has been a particular hindrance to investigators because other aspects of electrochemical processes such as the overall reaction rate (the electrical current) and the driving force for the reaction (the electrode potential) can be controlled with great accuracy. Fortunately, techniques capable of probing the liquid/solid interface to aid in elucidating electrochemical phenomena are emerging rapidly. There are excellent recent reviews of these new optical(1,2) X-ray,(3,4) and scanning tunneling microscopy techniques.(5) The opportunity now exists to utilize advanced instrumentation to define detailed features, participating chemical species, and interfacial structure with a precision heretofore not possible. The field stands at much the same position as investigation of the gas-solid interface stood 25 years ago. Progress in understanding the gas/solid interface has been coupled with the availability of surface analytical techniques such as X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) and low-energy electron diffraction (LEED). Analogous techniques are now available for the solid/liquid interface.
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McBreen, J. (1992). XAS Techniques for Investigation of Materials for Energy Conversion and Storage. In: Murphy, O.J., Srinivasan, S., Conway, B.E. (eds) Electrochemistry in Transition. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-9576-2_37
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