Electrocatalysis and Interfaces Group

Our motto: A place where diversity lives, and sustainable energy is what it gives

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The Electrocatalysis and Interfaces Group was established at PSI in 2012 and is now under the joint leadership of Prof. Thomas J. Schmidt and PD Dr. Emiliana Fabbri.

Our research activities focus on understanding the mechanisms of various electrochemical energy conversion reactions at solid-liquid interfaces. We aim to apply this fundamental understanding to the design of novel electrocatalysts for the oxygen reduction reaction (ORR), oxygen evolution reaction (OER), hydrogen evolution/oxidation reaction (HER/HOR), CO2 reduction reaction (CORR), and urea electrosynthesis.

To optimize the rate, selectivity, energy efficiency and stability of these electrochemical reactions, appropriate catalysts must be designed and optimized. Our research studies include the synthesis of nanostructured materials, precise electrochemical characterization, and investigation of the physicochemical properties of the electrocatalysts under operating conditions using advanced X-ray-based operando spectroscopy. The most promising electrocatalysts developed by our group are often tested at the single cell level in (co)electrolyzers or fuel cells.
 

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Through collaborative understanding, discovery, and creation, we will empower a future where science tackles society's greatest challenges and inspires a diverse generation of innovators.

 

Understand, Discover,  and Create

  • We strongly support the role of science in the development of society. Our research goals push the boundaries of science to create new values to address the major challenges facing our society: sustainable energy, climate changes and circular economy.
  • We transfer fundamental discoveries into practical technologies.
  • We enable our scientific excellence through collaboration.

 

Inspire and Educate

  • We aim to provide a stimulating environment and an open learning space.
  • An inclusive working environment and safe working conditions are essential for the professional development of our group members.
  • We strive for: gender equality, high diversity (cultural, educational, gender), constructive team interaction, methodical & logical thinking, self-motivated team members and a supportive team environment.
We harness the power of cutting-edge electrocatalysis research to unlock a clean and sustainable energy future by efficient electrochemical processes.

 

  • Pushing the boundaries of science through cutting-edge research on electrochemical energy conversion reactions, we strive for a sustainable society based on a clean and environmentally friendly energy system.
  • Our goal is to understand reaction mechanisms, catalyst property/activity relationships, and design principles for various electrochemical reactions in order to develop better performing, longer lasting electrocatalysts.
  • We aim to bridge the gap between fundamental science and application, ranging from model systems to device implementation (single cell MEAs).
From model systems to device implementation.

 

  • Focus on technologies of future relevance.
  • Material concept to device implementation TRL 1 – 2.
  • Exploiting the possibilities of PSI’s large facilities.
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  • Emiliana Fabbri, co-group leader
  • Thomas J. Schmidt, co-group leader
  • Marija Zoric, scientist
  • Natasha Hales, PhD
  • Jinzhen Huang, postdoc
  • Jiyun Kwen, PhD
  • Julia Linke, PhD
  • Kenneth Crossley, PhD
  • Maximilian Winzely, PhD
  • Tim Welmers, PhD
  • Juliana Bruneli Falqueto, postdoc
  • Adam Clark, visiting scientist
  • Chopra Cheshta, guest PhD student
  • Erica Clinton, PhD student
  • Mateusz Wojtas, PhD student
  • Alina Schmidt, Internship 

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2024 Winter group activity
2024 Winter group activity

For a complete list of  publications visit https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8627-6926 (E. Fabbri) and https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1636-367X (T.J. Schmidt).

  • Aegerter D, Fabbri E, Borlaf M, Yüzbasi NS, Diklić N, Clark AH, et al.
    Delving into Fe-content effects on surface reconstruction of Ba0.50Sr0.50Co1−xFexO3−δ for the oxygen evolution reaction
    Journal of Materials Chemistry A. 2024; 12(9): 5156-5169. https://doi.org/10.1039/d3ta06156f
    DORA PSI
  • Beall CE, Fabbri E, Clark AH, Meier V, Yüzbasi NS, Graule T, et al.
    Designing bifunctional perovskite catalysts for the oxygen reduction and evolution reactions
    EES Catalysis. 2024; 2(2): 1152-1163. https://doi.org/10.1039/d4ey00084f
    DORA PSI
  • Beall CE, Fabbri E, Clark AH, Meier V, Yüzbasi NS, Sjølin BH, et al.
    Time-resolved oxidation state changes are key to elucidating the bifunctionality of perovskite catalysts for oxygen evolution and reduction
    Energy and Environmental Materials. 2024; 7(5): e12737 (9 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1002/eem2.12737
    DORA PSI
  • Clark AH, Schmidt TJ, Fabbri E
    Best practices for operando hard X-ray absorption spectroscopy
    Nature Sustainability. 2024; 7: 688-691. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41893-024-01322-w
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  • Fabbri E, Schmidt TJ
    Operando X-ray absorption spectroscopy as a powerful tool for uncovering property-activity relationships for oxygen evolution transition metal oxide catalysts
    Chimia. 2024; 78(5): 320-325. https://doi.org/10.2533/chimia.2024.320
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  • Falqueto JB, Hales N, Schimidt TJ, Fabbri E
    Recent advances in nickel-based perovskite oxides for the electrocatalytic oxygen evolution reaction in alkaline electrolytes
    ACS Materials Letters. 2024: 5227-5241. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsmaterialslett.4c01471
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  • Huang J, Hales N, Clark AH, Yüzbasi NS, Borca CN, Huthwelker T, et al.
    Operando tracking the interactions between CoOx and CeO2 during oxygen evolution reaction
    Advanced Energy Materials. 2024; 14(11): 2303529 (10 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1002/aenm.202303529
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  • Huang J, Clark AH, Hales N, Borca CN, Huthwelker T, Skoupy R, et al.
    Spectroscopic investigations of complex electronic interactions by elemental doping and material compositing of cobalt oxide for enhanced oxygen evolution reaction activity
    Advanced Functional Materials. 2024; 34(44): 2405384 (9 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1002/adfm.202405384
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  • Huang J, Borca CN, Huthwelker T, Yüzbasi NS, Baster D, El Kazzi M, et al.
    Surface oxidation/spin state determines oxygen evolution reaction activity of cobalt-based catalysts in acidic environment
    Nature Communications. 2024; 15(1): 3067 (9 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-47409-y
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  • Marelli E, Lyu J, Morin M, Leménager M, Shang T, Yüzbasi NS, et al.
    Cobalt-free layered perovskites RBaCuFeO5+δ (R = 4f lanthanide) as electrocatalysts for the oxygen evolution reaction
    EES Catalysis. 2024; 1(2): 335-350. https://doi.org/10.1039/D3EY00142C
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  • Zoric MR, Fabbri E, Herranz J, Schmidt TJ
    In situ and operando spectroscopic techniques for electrochemical energy storage and conversion applications
    Journal of Physical Chemistry C. 2024; 128(45): 19055-19070. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcc.4c05526
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  • Aegerter D, Fabbri E, Yüzbasi NS, Diklić N, Clark AH, Nachtegaal M, et al.
    Co1-xFexOy oxygen evolution nanocatalysts: on the way to resolve (electro)chemically triggered surface-bulk discrepancy
    ACS Catalysis. 2023; 13: 15899-15909. https://doi.org/10.1021/acscatal.3c04138
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  • Beall CE, Fabbri E, Clark AH, Yüzbasi NS, Graule T, Schmidt TJ
    Influence of carbon on the dynamic changes in Co oxidation state of Ba0.5Sr0.5Co0.8Fe0.2O3-δ perovskite catalyst during the oxygen reduction and evolution reactions
    EcoMat. 2023; 5(7): e12353 (9 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1002/eom2.12353
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  • Hales N, Schmidt TJ, Fabbri E
    Reversible and irreversible transformations of Ni-based electrocatalysts during the oxygen evolution reaction
    Current Opinion in Electrochemistry. 2023; 38: 101231 (9 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.coelec.2023.101231
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  • Hua D, Huang J, Fabbri E, Rafique M, Song B
    Development of anion exchange membrane water electrolysis and the associated challenges: a review
    ChemElectroChem. 2023; 10(1): e202200999 (15 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1002/celc.202200999
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  • Marasi M, Duranti L, Luisetto I, Fabbri E, Licoccia S, Di Bartolomeo E
    Ru-doped lanthanum ferrite as a stable and versatile electrode for reversible symmetric solid oxide cells (r-SSOCs)
    Journal of Power Sources. 2023; 555: 232399 (11 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpowsour.2022.232399
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  • Yoshimune W, Falqueto JB, Clark AH, Yüzbasi NS, Graule T, Baster D, et al.
    The role of phosphate functionalization on the oxygen evolution reaction activity of cobalt‐based oxides at different pH values
    Small Structures. 2023; 4(12): 2300106 (10 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1002/sstr.202300106
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  • Boucly A, Artiglia L, Fabbri E, Palagin D, Aegerter D, Pergolesi D, et al.
    Direct evidence of cobalt oxyhydroxide formation on a La0.2Sr0.8CoO3 perovskite water splitting catalyst
    Journal of Materials Chemistry A. 2022; 10(5): 2434-2444. https://doi.org/10.1039/D1TA04957G
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  • Beall CE, Fabbri E, Schmidt TJ
    Perovskite oxide based electrodes for the oxygen reduction and evolution reactions: the underlying mechanism
    ACS Catalysis. 2021; 11(5): 3094-3114. https://doi.org/10.1021/acscatal.0c04473
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  • Kim B-J, Fabbri E, Borlaf M, Abbott DF, Castelli IE, Nachtegaal M, et al.
    Oxygen evolution reaction activity and underlying mechanism of perovskite electrocatalysts at different pH
    Materials Advances. 2021; 2(1): 345-355. https://doi.org/10.1039/D0MA00661K
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  • Linke J, Rohrbach T, Ranocchiari M, Schmidt TJ, Fabbri E
    Enlightening the journey of metal-organic framework (derived) catalysts during the oxygen evolution reaction in alkaline media via operando X-ray absorption spectroscopy
    Current Opinion in Electrochemistry. 2021; 30: 100845 (7 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.coelec.2021.100845
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  • Marelli E, Gazquez J, Poghosyan E, Müller E, Gawryluk DJ, Pomjakushina E, et al.
    Correlation between oxygen vacancies and oxygen evolution reaction activity for a model electrode: PrBaCo2O5+δ
    Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 2021; 60(26): 14609-14619. https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.202103151
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  • Pittkowski RK, Abbott DF, Nebel R, Divanis S, Fabbri E, Castelli IE, et al.
    Synergistic effects in oxygen evolution activity of mixed iridium-ruthenium pyrochlores
    Electrochimica Acta. 2021; 366: 137327 (11 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.electacta.2020.137327
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  • Aegerter D, Borlaf M, Fabbri E, Clark AH, Nachtegaal M, Graule T, et al.
    Tuning the Co oxidation state in Ba0.5Sr0.5Co0.8Fe0.2O3-δ by flame spray synthesis towards high oxygen evolution reaction activity
    Catalysts. 2020; 10(9): 984 (16 pp.). https://doi.org/10.3390/catal10090984
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  • Boucly A, Fabbri E, Artiglia L, Cheng X, Pergolesi D, Ammann M, et al.
    Surface segregation acts as surface engineering for the oxygen evolution reaction on perovskite oxides in alkaline media
    Chemistry of Materials. 2020; 32(12): 5256-5263. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.chemmater.0c01396
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  • Herranz J, Pătru A, Fabbri E, Schmidt TJ
    Co-electrolysis of CO2 and H2O: from electrode reactions to cell-level development
    Current Opinion in Electrochemistry. 2020; 23: 89-95. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.coelec.2020.05.004
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  • Novotny Z, Aegerter D, Comini N, Tobler B, Artiglia L, Maier U, et al.
    Probing the solid-liquid interface with tender x rays: a new ambient-pressure x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy endstation at the Swiss Light Source
    Review of Scientific Instruments. 2020; 91(2): 023103 (10 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5128600
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  • 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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  • 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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  • Ferri D, Pergolesi D, Fabbri E
    Energy conversion processes with perovskite-type materials
    Chimia. 2019; 73(11): 913-921. https://doi.org/10.2533/chimia.2019.913
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  • 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
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  • 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
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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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  • Abbott DF, Fabbri E, Borlaf M, Bozza F, Schäublin R, Nachtegaal M, et al.
    Operando X-ray absorption investigations into the role of Fe in the electrochemical stability and oxygen evolution activity of Ni1−xFexOy nanoparticles
    Journal of Materials Chemistry A. 2018; 6(47): 24534-24549. https://doi.org/10.1039/C8TA09336A
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  • Bi L, Fabbri E, Traversa E
    Solid oxide fuel cells with proton-conducting La0.99Ca0.01NbO4 electrolyte
    Electrochimica Acta. 2018; 260: 748-754. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.electacta.2017.12.030
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  • Cheng X, Fabbri E, Yamashita Y, Castelli IE, Kim B, Uchida M, et al.
    Oxygen evolution reaction on perovskites: a multieffect descriptor study combining experimental and theoretical methods
    ACS Catalysis. 2018; 8(10): 9567-9578. https://doi.org/10.1021/acscatal.8b02022
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  • Fabbri E, Schmidt TJ
    Oxygen evolution reaction - the enigma in water electrolysis
    ACS Catalysis. 2018; 8(10): 9765-9774. https://doi.org/10.1021/acscatal.8b02712
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  • Kim B-J, Cheng X, Abbott DF, Fabbri E, Bozza F, Graule T, et al.
    Highly active nanoperovskite catalysts for oxygen evolution reaction: insights into activity and stability of Ba0.5Sr0.5Co0.8Fe0.2O2+δ and PrBaCO2O5+δ
    Advanced Functional Materials. 2018; 28(45): 1804355 (10 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1002/adfm.201804355
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  • Mohamed R, Binninger T, Kooyman PJ, Hoell A, Fabbri E, Patru A, et al.
    Facile deposition of Pt nanoparticles on Sb-doped SnO2 support with outstanding active surface area for the oxygen reduction reaction
    Catalysis Science and Technology. 2018; 8(10): 2672-2685. https://doi.org/10.1039/c7cy02591b
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  • Pergolesi D, Gilardi E, Fabbri E, Roddatis V, Harrington GF, Lippert T, et al.
    Interface effects on the ionic conductivity of doped ceria-yttria-stabilized zirconia heterostructures
    ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces. 2018; 10(16): 14160-14169. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.8b01903
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  • Rabis A, Binninger T, Fabbri E, Schmidt TJ
    Impact of support physicochemical properties on the CO oxidation and the oxygen reduction reaction activity of Pt/SnO2 electrocatalysts
    Journal of Physical Chemistry C. 2018; 122(9): 4739-4746. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcc.7b09976
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  • Rabis A, Prokscha T, Fabbri E, Salman Z, Schmidt T, Suter A
    Investigation of hydrogen-like muonium states in Nb-doped SnO2 films
    In: Koda A, ed. Proceedings of the 14th international conference on muon spin rotation, relaxation and resonance (μSR2017). Vol. 21. JPS conference proceedings. Tokyo: Physical Society of Japan; 2018:011033 (6 pp.). https://doi.org/10.7566/JPSCP.21.011033
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  • Taylor SM, Pătru A, Perego D, Fabbri E, Schmidt TJ
    Influence of carbon material properties on activity and stability of the negative electrode in vanadium redox flow batteries: a model electrode study
    ACS Applied Energy Materials. 2018; 1(3): 1166-1174. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsaem.7b00273
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  • Abbott DF, Meier M, Meseck GR, Fabbri E, Seeger S, Schmidt TJ
    Silicone nanofilament-supported mixed nickel-metal oxides for alkaline water electrolysis
    Journal of the Electrochemical Society. 2017; 164(4): F203-F208. https://doi.org/10.1149/2.0201704jes
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  • Binninger T, Mohamed R, Patru A, Waltar K, Gericke E, Tuaev X, et al.
    Stabilization of Pt nanoparticles due to electrochemical transistor switching of oxide support conductivity
    Chemistry of Materials. 2017; 29(7): 2831-2843. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.chemmater.6b04851
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  • Cheng X, Fabbri E, Kim B, Nachtegaal M, Schmidt TJ
    Effect of ball milling on the electrocatalytic activity of Ba0.5Sr0.5Co0.8Fe0.2O3 towards the oxygen evolution reaction
    Journal of Materials Chemistry A. 2017; 5(25): 13130-13137. https://doi.org/10.1039/c7ta00794a
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  • Fabbri E, Abbott DF, Nachtegaal M, Schmidt TJ
    Operando X-ray absorption spectroscopy: a powerful tool toward water splitting catalyst development
    Current Opinion in Electrochemistry. 2017; 5(1): 20-26. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.coelec.2017.08.009
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  • Fabbri E, Rabis A, Chino Y, Uchida M, Schmidt TJ
    Boosting Pt oxygen reduction reaction activity by tuning the tin oxide support
    Electrochemistry Communications. 2017; 83: 90-95. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.elecom.2017.09.006
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  • Fabbri E, Nachtegaal M, Binninger T, Cheng X, Kim B-J, Durst J, et al.
    Dynamic surface self-reconstruction is the key of highly active perovskite nano-electrocatalysts for water splitting
    Nature Materials. 2017; 16(9): 925-931. https://doi.org/10.1038/nmat4938
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  • Gilardi E, Fabbri E, Bi L, Rupp JLM, Lippert T, Pergolesi D, et al.
    Effect of dopant-host ionic radii mismatch on acceptor-doped barium zirconate microstructure and proton conductivity
    Journal of Physical Chemistry C. 2017; 121(18): 9739-9747. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcc.7b02163
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  • Kim B-J, Abbott DF, Cheng X, Fabbri E, Nachtegaal M, Bozza F, et al.
    Unraveling thermodynamics, stability, and oxygen evolution activity of strontium ruthenium perovskite oxide
    ACS Catalysis. 2017; 7(5): 3245-3256. https://doi.org/10.1021/acscatal.6b03171
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  • Lebedev D, Povia M, Waltar K, Abdala PM, Castelli IE, Fabbri E, et al.
    Highly active and stable iridium pyrochlores for oxygen evolution reaction
    Chemistry of Materials. 2017; 29(12): 5182-5191. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.chemmater.7b00766
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  • Nibel O, Taylor SM, Pǎtru A, Fabbri E, Gubler L, Schmidt TJ
    Performance of different carbon electrode materials: insights into stability and degradation under real vanadium redox flow battery operating conditions
    Journal of the Electrochemical Society. 2017; 164(7): A1608-A1615. https://doi.org/10.1149/2.1081707jes
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  • Oakton E, Lebedev D, Povia M, Abbott DF, Fabbri E, Fedorov A, et al.
    IrO2-TiO2: a high-surface-area, active, and stable electrocatalyst for the oxygen evolution reaction
    ACS Catalysis. 2017; 7(4): 2346-2352. https://doi.org/10.1021/acscatal.6b03246
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  • Pichler M, Si W, Haydous F, Téllez H, Druce J, Fabbri E, et al.
    LaTiOxNy thin film model systems for photocatalytic water splitting: physicochemical evolution of the solid–liquid interface and the role of the crystallographic orientation
    Advanced Functional Materials. 2017; 27(20): 1605690 (18 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1002/adfm.201605690
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  • Taylor SM, Pătru A, Fabbri E, Schmidt TJ
    Influence of surface oxygen groups on V(II) oxidation reaction kinetics
    Electrochemistry Communications. 2017; 75: 13-16. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.elecom.2016.12.003
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  • Abbott DF, Lebedev D, Waltar K, Povia M, Nachtegaal M, Fabbri E, et al.
    Iridium oxide for the oxygen evolution reaction: correlation between particle size, morphology, and the surface hydroxo layer from operando XAS
    Chemistry of Materials. 2016; 28(18): 6591-6604. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.chemmater.6b02625
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  • Binninger T, Fabbri E, Patru A, Garganourakis M, Han J, Abbott DF, et al.
    Electrochemical flow-cell setup for in situ X-ray investigations. I. Cell for SAXS and XAS at synchrotron facilities
    Journal of the Electrochemical Society. 2016; 163(10): H906-H912. https://doi.org/10.1149/2.0201610jes
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  • Herranz J, Durst J, Fabbri E, Patru A, Cheng X, Permyakova AA, et al.
    Interfacial effects on the catalysis of the hydrogen evolution, oxygen evolution and CO2-reduction reactions for (co-)electrolyzer development
    Nano Energy. 2016; 29: 4-28. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nanoen.2016.01.027
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  • Taylor S, Fabbri E, Levecque P, Schmidt TJ, Conrad O
    The effect of platinum loading and surface morphology on oxygen reduction activity
    Electrocatalysis. 2016; 7(4): 287-296. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12678-016-0304-3
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  • Taylor SM, Pătru A, Streich D, El Kazzi M, Fabbri E, Schmidt TJ
    Vanadium (V) reduction reaction on modified glassy carbon electrodes - role of oxygen functionalities and microstructure
    Carbon. 2016; 109: 472-478. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.carbon.2016.08.044
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  • Temmel SE, Fabbri E, Pergolesi D, Lippert T, Schmidt TJ
    Investigating the role of strain toward the oxygen reduction activity on model thin film Pt catalysts
    ACS Catalysis. 2016; 6(11): 7566-7576. https://doi.org/10.1021/acscatal.6b01836
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  • Temmel SE, Fabbri E, Pergolesi D, Lippert T, Schmidt TJ
    Tuning the surface electrochemistry by strained epitaxial Pt thin film model electrodes prepared by pulsed laser deposition
    Advanced Materials Interfaces. 2016; 3(16): 1600222 (10 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1002/admi.201600222
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  • Tillier J, Binninger T, Garganourakis M, Patru A, Fabbri E, Schmidt TJ, et al.
    Electrochemical flow-cell setup for in situ X-ray investigation. II. Cell for SAXS on a multi-purpose laboratory diffractometer
    Journal of the Electrochemical Society. 2016; 163(10): H913-H920. https://doi.org/10.1149/2.0211610jes
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  • Binninger T, Garganourakis M, Han J, Patru A, Fabbri E, Sereda O, et al.
    Particle-support interferences in small-angle X-ray scattering from supported-catalyst materials
    Physical Review Applied. 2015; 3(2): 024012 (6 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevApplied.3.024012
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  • Binninger T, Mohamed R, Waltar K, Fabbri E, Levecque P, Kötz R, et al.
    Thermodynamic explanation of the universal correlation between oxygen evolution activity and corrosion of oxide catalysts
    Scientific Reports. 2015; 5: 12167 (7 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1038/srep12167
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  • Cheng X, Fabbri E, Nachtegaal M, Castelli IE, El Kazzi M, Haumont R, et al.
    Oxygen evolution reaction on La1-xSrxCoO3 perovskites: a combined experimental and theoretical study of their structural, electronic, and electrochemical properties
    Chemistry of Materials. 2015; 27(22): 7662-7672. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.chemmater.5b03138
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  • Fabbri E, Cheng X, Schmidt TJ
    Highly active Ba0.5Sr0.5Co0.8Fe0.2O3-σ single material electrode towards the oxygen evolution reaction for alkaline water splitting applications
    In: Gasteiger HA, Weber AZ, Ramani VK, Fuller TF, Mantz RA, Uchida H, et al., eds. ECS meeting. Vol. 69. ECS transactions. Pennington, New Jersey: Electrochemical Society; 2015:869-875. https://doi.org/10.1149/06917.0869ecst
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  • Fabbri E, Nachtegaal M, Cheng X, Schmidt TJ
    Superior Bifunctional Electrocatalytic Activity of Ba0.5Sr0.5Co0.8Fe0.2O3-δ/Carbon Composite Electrodes: Insight into the Local Electronic Structure
    Advanced Energy Materials. 2015; 5(17): 1402033 (5 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1002/aenm.201402033
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  • Meseck GR, Fabbri E, Schmidt TJ, Seeger S
    Silicone nanofilament supported nickel oxide: a new concept for oxygen evolution catalysts in water electrolyzers
    Advanced Materials Interfaces. 2015; 2(12): 1500216 (5 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1002/admi.201500216
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  • Mohamed R, Cheng X, Fabbri E, Levecque P, Kötz R, Conrad O, et al.
    Electrocatalysis of perovskites: the influence of carbon on the oxygen evolution activity
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