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
  • Erica Clinton, Master student
  • Mateusz Wojtas, Master student
  • Martin Monnet, Master student

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
  • Chauhan P, Georgi M, Herranz J, Müller G, Diercks JS, Eychmüller A, et al.
    Impact of surface composition changes on the CO2-reduction performance of Au-Cu aerogels
    Langmuir. 2024; 40: 12288-12300. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.langmuir.4c01511
    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
    DORA PSI
  • Duburg JC, Chen B, Holdcroft S, Schmidt TJ, Gubler L
    Design of polybenzimidazolium membranes for use in vanadium redox flow batteries
    Journal of Materials Chemistry A. 2024; 12(11): 6387-6398. https://doi.org/10.1039/d3ta07212f
    DORA PSI
  • Dörenkamp T, Sabharwal M, Marone F, Büchi FN, Schmidt TJ, Eller J
    Investigation of dynamic water cluster and droplet interactions in polymer electrolyte fuel cells using operando X-ray tomographic microscopy
    Journal of the Electrochemical Society. 2024; 171(9): 094505 (9 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1149/1945-7111/ad749f
    DORA PSI
  • 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
    DORA PSI
  • 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
    DORA PSI
  • Fikry M, García-Padilla Á, Herranz J, Khavlyuk P, Eychmüller A, Schmidt TJ
    A comprehensive analysis of the overpotential losses in polymer electrolyte fuel cells
    ACS Catalysis. 2024; 14(3): 1903-1913. https://doi.org/10.1021/acscatal.3c04797
    DORA PSI
  • Fikry M, Weiß N, Bozzetti M, Ünsal S, Georgi M, Khavlyuk P, et al.
    Up-scaled preparation of Pt-Ni aerogel catalyst layers for polymer electrolyte fuel cell cathodes
    ACS Applied Energy Materials. 2024; 7(3): 896-905. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsaem.3c01930
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  • Hampson E, Duburg JC, Casella J, Schmidt TJ, Gubler L
    A simple approach to balancing conductivity and capacity fade in vanadium redox flow batteries by the tunable pretreatment of polybenzimidazole membranes
    Chemical Engineering Journal. 2024; 485: 149930 (11 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cej.2024.149930
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  • Heinritz A, Leidinger P, Buhk B, Herranz J, Schmidt TJ
    A high-potential trapped state upon H2-starvation of a platinum electrode in aqueous electrolyte
    Journal of the Electrochemical Society. 2024; 171(1): 014503 (3 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1149/1945-7111/ad170c
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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. 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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  • Liu W, Lee J, Schmidt TJ, Boillat P
    Quantitative observation of water phase transition in gas diffusion layers utilizing advanced in situ differential scanning calorimetry
    Journal of Power Sources. 2024; 602: 234268 (10 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpowsour.2024.234268
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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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  • Saveleva VA, Herranz J, Schmidt TJ
    Quantifying the kinetic parameters of fuel cell reactions
    In: Alonso-Vante N, Di Noto V, eds. Electrocatalysis for membrane fuel cells. Methods, modeling, and applications. Weinheim: WILEY-VCH GmbH; 2024:111-147. https://doi.org/10.1002/9783527830572.ch4
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  • Schuller A, Schmidt TJ, Eller J
    Non-invasive measurement of impedance spectra distribution in polymer electrolyte fuel cells
    Journal of the Electrochemical Society. 2024; 171(3): 034517 (7 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1149/1945-7111/ad2ba8
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  • Winter E, Briccola M, Schmidt TJ, Trabesinger S
    Enabling LiNO3 in carbonate electrolytes by flame-retardant electrolyte additive as a cosolvent for enhanced performance of lithium metal batteries
    Applied Research. 2024; 3(1): e202200096 (11 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1002/appl.202200096
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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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  • Berger A, Chen Y-C, Gatzemeier J, Schmidt TJ, Büchi FN, Gasteiger HA
    Analysis of the MPL/GDL interface: impact of MPL intrusion into the GDL substrate
    Journal of the Electrochemical Society. 2023; 170(9): 094509 (20 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1149/1945-7111/acfa26
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  • Chauhan P, Herranz J, Winzely M, Georgi M, Khavlyuk P, Eychmüller A, et al.
    Interfacial pH and product selectivity measurements during CO2 reduction on a rotating ring-disk electrode
    Journal of Physical Chemistry C. 2023; 127(33): 16453-16463. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcc.3c04233
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  • Chen Y-C, Dörenkamp T, Csoklich C, Berger A, Marone F, Eller J, et al.
    On the water transport mechanism through the microporous layers of operando polymer electrolyte fuel cells probed directly by X-ray tomographic microscopy
    Energy Advances. 2023; 2(9): 1447-1463. https://doi.org/10.1039/d3ya00189j
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  • Diercks JS, Herranz J, Ebner K, Diklić N, Georgi M, Chauhan P, et al.
    Spectroscopy vs. electrochemistry: catalyst layer thickness effects on operando/in situ measurements
    Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 2023; 62(16): e202216633 (7 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.202216633
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  • Diklić N, Beard A, Herranz J, Heinritz A, Cen T, Garbe S, et al.
    Breaking down the performance losses in O2-evolution stability tests of IrO2-based electrocatalysts
    Journal of the Electrochemical Society. 2023; 170(7): 074503 (13 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1149/1945-7111/ace741
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  • Diklić N, Clark AH, Herranz J, Aegerter D, Diercks JS, Beard A, et al.
    Surface Ir+5 formation as a universal prerequisite for O2 evolution on Ir oxides
    ACS Catalysis. 2023; 13(16): 11069-11079. https://doi.org/10.1021/acscatal.3c01448
    DORA PSI
  • 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
    DORA PSI
  • Liu W, Lee J, Manzi-Orezzoli V, Ntalis M, Schmidt TJ, Boillat P
    Effects of hydrophobicity treatment of gas diffusion layers on ice crystallization in polymer electrolyte fuel cells
    ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces. 2023; 15(14): 17779-17790. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.2c22155
    DORA PSI
  • Striednig M, Mularczyk A, Liu W, Scheuble D, Cochet M, Boillat P, et al.
    Evaporative cooling for polymer electrolyte fuel cells - an operando analysis at technical single cell level
    Journal of Power Sources. 2023; 556: 232419 (10 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpowsour.2022.232419
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  • Wang C, Herranz J, Hübner R, Schmidt TJ, Eychmüller A
    Element distributions in bimetallic aerogels
    Accounts of Chemical Research. 2023; 56(3): 237-247. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.accounts.2c00491
    DORA PSI
  • Winter E, Schmidt TJ, Trabesinger S
    Potentiostatic lithium plating as a fast method for electrolyte evaluation in lithium metal batteries
    Electrochimica Acta. 2023; 439: 141547 (13 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.electacta.2022.141547
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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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  • de Wild T, Wurm J, Becker P, Günther D, Nauser T, Schmidt TJ, et al.
    A nature-inspired antioxidant strategy based on porphyrin for aromatic hydrocarbon containing fuel cell membranes**
    ChemSusChem. 2023; 16(21): e202300775 (13 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1002/cssc.202300775
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  • de Wild T, Nemeth T, Becker P, Günther D, Nauser T, Schmidt TJ, et al.
    Repair of aromatic hydrocarbon-based membranes tested under accelerated fuel cell conditions
    Journal of Power Sources. 2023; 560: 232525 (13 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpowsour.2022.232525
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  • Ünsal S, Bozzetti M, Chen YC, Girod R, Berger A, Diercks JS, et al.
    Catalyst aggregate size effect on the mass transport properties of non-noble metal catalyst layers for PEMFC cathodes
    Journal of the Electrochemical Society. 2023; 170(7): 074502 (12 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1149/1945-7111/ace289
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  • Ünsal S, Girod R, Appel C, Karpov D, Mermoux M, Maillard F, et al.
    Decoupling the contributions of different instability mechanisms to the PEMFC performance decay of non-noble metal O2-reduction catalysts
    Journal of the American Chemical Society. 2023; 145(14): 7845-7858. https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.2c12751
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  • Ünsal S, Schmidt TJ, Herranz J
    Effect of aggregate size and film quality on the electrochemical properties of non-noble metal catalysts in rotating ring disk electrode measurements
    Electrochimica Acta. 2023; 445: 142024 (9 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.electacta.2023.142024
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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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  • Chauhan P, Hiekel K, Diercks JS, Herranz J, Saveleva VA, Khavlyuk P, et al.
    Electrochemical surface area wuantification, CO2 reduction performance, and stability studies of unsupported three-dimensional Au aerogels versus carbon-supported Au nanoparticles
    ACS Materials Au. 2022; 2(3): 278-292. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsmaterialsau.1c00067
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  • Chen Y-C, Karageorgiou C, Eller J, Schmidt TJ, Büchi FN
    Determination of the porosity and its heterogeneity of fuel cell microporous layers by X-ray tomographic microscopy
    Journal of Power Sources. 2022; 539: 231612 (14 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpowsour.2022.231612
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  • Csoklich C, Sabharwal M, Schmidt TJ, Büchi FN
    Does the thermal conductivity of gas diffusion layer matter in polymer electrolyte fuel cells?
    Journal of Power Sources. 2022; 540: 231539 (11 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpowsour.2022.231539
    DORA PSI
  • Csoklich C, Schmidt TJ, Büchi FN
    High performance gas diffusion layers with added deterministic structures
    Energy and Environmental Science. 2022; 15(3): 1293-1306. https://doi.org/10.1039/d1ee03246a
    DORA PSI
  • Diercks JS, Georgi M, Herranz J, Diklić N, Chauhan P, Clark AH, et al.
    CO2 electroreduction on unsupported PdPt aerogels: effects of alloying and surface composition on product selectivity
    ACS Applied Energy Materials. 2022; 5(7): 8460-8471. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsaem.2c00987
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  • Diercks JS, Herranz J, Georgi M, Diklić N, Chauhan P, Ebner K, et al.
    Interplay between surface-adsorbed CO and bulk Pd hydride under CO2-electroreduction conditions
    ACS Catalysis. 2022; 12(17): 10727-10741. https://doi.org/10.1021/acscatal.2c02660
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  • Diklić N, Clark AH, Herranz J, Diercks JS, Aegerter D, Nachtegaal M, et al.
    Potential pitfalls in the operando XAS study of oxygen evolution electrocatalysts
    ACS Energy Letters. 2022; 7(5): 1735-1740. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsenergylett.2c00727
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  • Ebner K, Clark AH, Saveleva VA, Smolentsev G, Chen J, Ni L, et al.
    Time-resolved potential-induced changes in Fe/N/C-catalysts studied by in situ modulation excitation X-ray absorption spectroscopy
    Advanced Energy Materials. 2022; 12(14): 2103699 (14 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1002/aenm.202103699
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  • Mourouga G, Chery D, Baudrin E, Randriamahazaka H, Schmidt TJ, Schumacher JO
    Estimation of activity coefficients for aqueous organic redox flow batteries: theoretical basis and equations
    iScience. 2022; 25(9): 104901 (26 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.isci.2022.104901
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  • Pribyl-Kranewitter B, Beard A, Gîjiu CL, Dinculescu D, Schmidt TJ
    Influence of low-temperature electrolyser design on economic and environmental potential of CO and HCOOH production: a techno-economic assessment
    Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews. 2022; 154: 111807 (18 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rser.2021.111807
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  • Schuller A, Schmidt TJ, Eller J
    Finite element model based determination of local membrane conductivity of polymer electrolyte fuel cells
    Journal of the Electrochemical Society. 2022; 169(4): 044525 (7 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1149/1945-7111/ac6390
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  • Schuller A, Schmidt TJ, Eller J
    Non-invasive measurement of humidity distribution in polymer electrolyte fuel cells (PEFCs): part I. In situ proof of concept
    Journal of the Electrochemical Society. 2022; 169(7): 074504 (8 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1149/1945-7111/ac7a62
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  • Schuller A, Schmidt TJ, Eller J
    Noninvasive measurement of humidity distribution in polymer electrolyte fuel cells (PEFCs). Part II: operando analysis of a fuel cell stack
    Journal of the Electrochemical Society. 2022; 169(12): 124512 (10 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1149/1945-7111/aca0e3
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  • Striednig M, Cochet M, Boillat P, Schmidt TJ, Büchi FN
    A model based investigation of evaporative cooling for polymer electrolyte fuel cells - stack level analysis
    Journal of Power Sources. 2022; 517: 230706 (11 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpowsour.2021.230706
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  • Striednig M, Schmidt TJ, Büchi FN
    A model based investigation of evaporative cooling for polymer electrolyte fuel cells - system level analysis
    Journal of Power Sources. 2022; 542: 231720 (11 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpowsour.2022.231720
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  • Winter E, Schmidt TJ, Trabesinger S
    Identifying pitfalls in lithium metal battery characterization
    Batteries and Supercaps. 2022; 5(1): e202100145 (13 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1002/batt.202100145
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  • Xu H, Bührer M, Marone F, Schmidt TJ, Büchi FN, Eller J
    Effects of gas diffusion layer substrates on PEFC water management: part II. In situ liquid water removal via evaporation
    Journal of the Electrochemical Society. 2022; 169(10): 104503 (13 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1149/1945-7111/ac94a2
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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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  • Chen Y-C, Berger A, De Angelis S, Schuler T, Bozzetti M, Eller J, et al.
    A method for spatial quantification of water in microporous layers of polymer electrolyte fuel cells by X-ray tomographic microscopy
    ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces. 2021; 13(14): 16227-16237. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.0c22358
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  • Csoklich C, Steim R, Marone F, Schmidt TJ, Büchi FN
    Gas diffusion layers with deterministic structure for high performance polymer electrolyte fuel cells
    ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces. 2021; 13(8): 9908-9918. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.0c20896
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  • Csoklich C, Xu H, Marone F, Schmidt TJ, Büchi FN
    Laser structured gas diffusion layers for improved water transport and fuel cell performance
    ACS Applied Energy Materials. 2021; 4(11): 12808-12818. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsaem.1c02454
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  • De Angelis S, Schuler T, Charalambous MA, Marone F, Schmidt TJ, Büchi FN
    Unraveling two-phase transport in porous transport layer materials for polymer electrolyte water electrolysis
    Journal of Materials Chemistry A. 2021; 9(38): 22102-22113. https://doi.org/10.1039/d1ta03379d
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  • Diercks JS, Pribyl-Kranewitter B, Herranz J, Chauhan P, Faisnel A, Schmidt TJ
    An online gas chromatography cell setup for accurate CO2-electroreduction product quantification
    Journal of the Electrochemical Society. 2021; 168(6): 064504 (11 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1149/1945-7111/ac0363
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  • Duburg JC, Azizi K, Primdahl S, Hjuler HA, Zanzola E, Schmidt TJ, et al.
    Composite polybenzimidazole membrane with high capacity retention for vanadium redox flow batteries
    Molecules. 2021; 26(6): 1679 (15 pp.). https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules26061679
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  • Ebner K, Ni L, Saveleva VA, Le Monnier BP, Clark AH, Krumeich F, et al.
    57Fe-enrichment effect on the composition and performance of Fe-based O2-reduction electrocatalysts
    Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics. 2021; 23(15): 9147-9157. https://doi.org/10.1039/d1cp00707f
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  • Garbe S, Samulesson E, Schmidt TJ, Gubler L
    Comparison of Pt-doped membranes for gas crossover suppression in polymer electrolyte water electrolysis
    Journal of the Electrochemical Society. 2021; 168(10): 104502 (8 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1149/1945-7111/ac2925
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  • Garbe S, Futter J, Schmidt TJ, Gubler L
    Insight into elevated temperature and thin membrane application for high efficiency in polymer electrolyte water electrolysis
    Electrochimica Acta. 2021; 377: 138046 (12 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.electacta.2021.138046
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  • Garbe S, Futter J, Agarwal A, Tarik M, Mularczyk AA, Schmidt TJ, et al.
    Understanding degradation effects of elevated temperature operating conditions in polymer electrolyte water electrolyzers
    Journal of the Electrochemical Society. 2021; 168(4): 044515 (13 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1149/1945-7111/abf4ae
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  • Heinritz A, Binninger T, Patru A, Schmidt TJ
    Asymmetric Butler-Volmer kinetics of the electrochemical Ce(III)/Ce(IV) redox couple on polycrystalline Au electrodes in sulfuric acid and the dissociation field effect
    ACS Catalysis. 2021; 11: 8140-8154. https://doi.org/10.1021/acscatal.0c04587
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  • Iwase K, Ebner K, Diercks JS, Saveleva VA, Ünsal S, Krumeich F, et al.
    Effect of cobalt speciation and the graphitization of the carbon matrix on the CO2 electroreduction activity of Co/N-doped carbon materials
    ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces. 2021; 13(13): 15122-15131. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.0c21920
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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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    Correlation between oxygen vacancies and oxygen evolution reaction activity for a model electrode: PrBaCo2O5+δ
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    Operando liquid pressure determination in polymer electrolyte fuel cells
    ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces. 2021; 13(29): 34003-34011. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.1c04560
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  • Mularczyk A, Michalski A, Striednig M, Herrendörfer R, Schmidt TJ, Büchi FN, et al.
    Mass transport limitations ofwater evaporation in polymer electrolyte fuel cell gas diffusion layers
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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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  • Pribyl-Kranewitter B, Beard A, Schuler T, Diklić N, Schmidt TJ
    Investigation and optimisation of operating conditions for low- temperature CO2 reduction to CO in a forward-bias bipolar- membrane electrolyser
    Journal of the Electrochemical Society. 2021; 168(4): 043506 (14 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1149/1945-7111/abf063
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  • Saveleva VA, Ebner K, Ni L, Smolentsev G, Klose D, Zitolo A, et al.
    Potential‐induced spin changes in Fe/N/C electrocatalysts assessed by in situ X‐ray emission spectroscopy
    Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 2021; 60: 11707-11712. https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.202016951
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  • Xu H, Bührer M, Marone F, Schmidt TJ, Büchi FN, Eller J
    Effects of gas diffusion layer substrates on PEFC water management: Part I. Operando liquid water saturation and gas diffusion properties
    Journal of the Electrochemical Society. 2021; 168(7): 074505 (14 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1149/1945-7111/ac1035
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  • Zlobinski M, Schuler T, Büchi FN, Schmidt TJ, Boillat P
    Elucidation of fluid streamlining in multi-layered porous transport layers for polymer electrolyte water electrolyzers by operando neutron radiography
    Journal of the Electrochemical Society. 2021; 168(1): 014505 (9 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1149/1945-7111/abcf19
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  • de Wild T, Nemeth T, Nolte TM, Schmidt TJ, Nauser T, Gubler L
    Possible repair mechanism for hydrocarbon-based-ionomers following damage by radical attack
    Journal of the Electrochemical Society. 2021; 168(5): 054514 (12 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1149/1945-7111/abf9be
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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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  • Babic U, Tarik M, Schmidt TJ, Gubler L
    Understanding the effects of material properties and operating conditions on component aging in polymer electrolyte water electrolyzers
    Journal of Power Sources. 2020; 451: 227778 (8 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpowsour.2020.227778
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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
    DORA PSI
  • Halter J, Bevilacqua N, Zeis R, Schmidt TJ, Büchi FN
    The impact of the catalyst layer structure on phosphoric acid migration in HT-PEFC – An operando X-ray tomographic microscopy study
    Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry. 2020; 859: 113832 (7 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jelechem.2020.113832
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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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  • Manzi-Orezzoli V, Siegwart M, Scheuble D, Chen Y-C, Schmidt TJ, Boillat P
    Impact of the microporous layer on gas diffusion layers with patterned wettability I: material design and characterization
    Journal of the Electrochemical Society. 2020; 167(6): 064516 (11 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1149/1945-7111/ab828f
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  • Manzi-Orezzoli V, Siegwart M, Scheuble D, Schmidt TJ, Boillat P
    Impact of the microporous layer on gas diffusion layers with patterned wettability II: operando performance and water distribution analysis by neutron imaging
    Journal of the Electrochemical Society. 2020; 167(6): 064521 (12 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1149/1945-7111/ab8290
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  • Manzi-Orezzoli V, Siegwart M, Cochet M, Schmidt TJ, Boillat P
    Improved water management for PEFC with interdigitated flow fields using modified gas diffusion layers
    Journal of the Electrochemical Society. 2020; 167(5): 054503 (8 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1149/2.0062005JES
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  • Mularczyk A, Lin Q, Blunt MJ, Lamibrac A, Marone F, Schmidt TJ, et al.
    Droplet and percolation network interactions in a fuel cell gas diffusion layer
    Journal of the Electrochemical Society. 2020; 167(8): 084506 (8 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1149/1945-7111/ab8c85
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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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  • 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. 2020; 10(2): 1903216 (12 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1002/aenm.201903216
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  • Schuler T, Kimura T, Schmidt TJ, Büchi FN
    Towards a generic understanding of oxygen evolution reaction kinetics in polymer electrolyte water electrolysis
    Energy and Environmental Science. 2020; 13(7): 2153-2166. https://doi.org/10.1039/d0ee00673d
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  • Siegwart M, Manzi-Orezzoli V, Valsecchi J, Harti RP, Kagias M, Strobl M, et al.
    Operando visualization of water distribution in gas diffusion media of PEFCs with an optimized neutron grating interferometer
    Journal of the Electrochemical Society. 2020; 167(6): 064509 (14 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1149/1945-7111/ab7d92
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  • Siegwart M, Huang F, Cochet M, Schmidt TJ, Zhang J, Boillat P
    Spatially resolved analysis of freezing during isothermal PEFC cold starts with time-of-flight neutron imaging
    Journal of the Electrochemical Society. 2020; 167(6): 064510 (18 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1149/1945-7111/ab7d91
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  • Xu H, Bührer M, Marone F, Schmidt TJ, Büchi FN, Eller J
    Optimal image denoising for in situ X-ray tomographic microscopy of liquid water in gas diffusion layers of polymer electrolyte fuel cells
    Journal of the Electrochemical Society. 2020; 167(10): 104505 (10 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1149/1945-7111/ab9820
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  • Zlobinski M, Babic U, Fikry M, Gubler L, Schmidt TJ, Boillat P
    Dynamic neutron imaging and modeling of cationic impurities in polymer electrolyte water electrolyzer
    Journal of the Electrochemical Society. 2020; 167(14): 144509 (10 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1149/1945-7111/abc83b
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  • Zlobinski M, Schuler T, Büchi FN, Schmidt TJ, Boillat P
    Transient and steady state two-phase flow in anodic porous transport layer of proton exchange membrane water electrolyzer
    Journal of the Electrochemical Society. 2020; 167(8): 084509 (9 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1149/1945-7111/ab8c89
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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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • Oldenburg FJ, Ouarga A, Schmidt TJ, Gubler L
    Accelerated stress test method for the assessment of membrane lifetime in vanadium redox flow batteries
    ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces. 2019; 11(51): 47917-47928. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.9b15736
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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; 20(22): 3120-3127. 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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  • 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-Orezzoli V, 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(2): F149-F157. https://doi.org/10.1149/2.1011902jes
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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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  • Babic U, Schmidt TJ, Gubler L
    Communication - contribution of catalyst layer proton transport resistance to voltage loss in polymer electrolyte water electrolyzers
    Journal of the Electrochemical Society. 2018; 165(15): J3016-J3018. https://doi.org/10.1149/2.0031815jes
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  • Binninger T, Pribyl B, Pătru A, Ruettimann P, Bjelić S, Schmidt TJ
    Multivariate calibration method for mass spectrometry of interfering gases such as mixtures of CO, N2, and CO2
    Journal of Mass Spectrometry. 2018; 53(12): 1214-1221. https://doi.org/10.1002/jms.4299
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  • Chattot R, Le Bacq O, Beermann V, Kühl S, Herranz J, Henning S, et al.
    Surface distortion as a unifying concept and descriptor in oxygen reduction reaction electrocatalysis
    Nature Materials. 2018; 17(9): 827-833. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41563-018-0133-2
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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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  • Halter J, Marone F, Schmidt TJ, Büchi FN
    Breaking through the cracks: on the mechanism of phosphoric acid migration in high temperature polymer electrolyte fuel cells
    Journal of the Electrochemical Society. 2018; 165(14): F1176-F1183. https://doi.org/10.1149/2.0501814jes
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  • Halter J, Thomas S, Kær SK, Schmidt TJ, Büchi FN
    The influence of phosphoric acid migration on the performance of high temperature polymer electrolyte fuel cells
    Journal of Power Sources. 2018; 399: 151-156. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpowsour.2018.07.090
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  • Henning S, Shimizu R, Herranz J, Kühn L, Eychmüller A, Uchida M, et al.
    Unsupported Pt3Ni aerogels as corrosion resistant PEFC anode catalysts under gross fuel starvation conditions
    Journal of the Electrochemical Society. 2018; 165(6): F3001-F3006. https://doi.org/10.1149/2.0531802jes
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  • Ishikawa H, Henning S, Herranz J, Eychmüller A, Uchida M, Schmidt TJ
    Tomographic analysis and modeling of polymer electrolyte fuel cell unsupported catalyst layers
    Journal of the Electrochemical Society. 2018; 165(2): F7-F16. https://doi.org/10.1149/2.0371802jes
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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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  • Nagy G, Sproll V, Gasser U, Schmidt TJ, Gubler L, Balog S
    Scaling the graft length and graft density of irradiation-grafted copolymers
    Macromolecular Chemistry and Physics. 2018; 219(21): 1800311. https://doi.org/10.1002/macp.201800311
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  • Oldenburg FJ, Bon M, Perego D, Polino D, Laino T, Gubler L, et al.
    Revealing the role of phosphoric acid in all-vanadium redox flow batteries with DFT calculations and in situ analysis
    Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics. 2018; 20(36): 23664-23673. https://doi.org/10.1039/c8cp04517h
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  • Povia M, Herranz J, Binninger T, Nachtegaal M, Diaz A, Kohlbrecher J, et al.
    Combining SAXS and XAS to study the operando degradation of carbon-supported Pt-nanoparticle fuel cell catalysts
    ACS Catalysis. 2018; 8(8): 7000-7015. https://doi.org/10.1021/acscatal.8b01321
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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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  • Sproll V, Schmidt TJ, Gubler L
    Effect of glycidyl methacrylate (GMA) incorporation on water uptake and conductivity of proton exchange membranes
    Radiation Physics and Chemistry. 2018; 144: 276-279. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.radphyschem.2017.08.025
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  • Suermann M, Schmidt TJ, Büchi FN
    Comparing the kinetic activation energy of the oxygen evolution and reduction reactions
    Electrochimica Acta. 2018; 281: 466-471. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.electacta.2018.05.150
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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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  • Babic U, Suermann M, Büchi FN, Gubler L, Schmidt TJ
    Review—identifying critical gaps for polymer electrolyte water electrolysis development
    Journal of the Electrochemical Society. 2017; 164(4): F387-F399. https://doi.org/10.1149/2.1441704jes
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  • Binninger T, Schmidt TJ, Kramer D
    Capacitive electronic metal-support interactions: outer surface charging of supported catalyst particles
    Physical Review B. 2017; 96(16): 165405 (11 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.96.165405
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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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  • Cai B, Henning S, Herranz J, Schmidt TJ, Eychmüller A
    Nanostructuring noble metals as unsupported electrocatalysts for polymer electrolyte fuel cells
    Advanced Energy Materials. 2017; 7(23): 1700548 (16 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1002/aenm.201700548
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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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  • Forner-Cuenca A, Manzi-Orezzoli V, Kristiansen PM, Gubler L, Schmidt TJ, Boillat P
    Mask-assisted electron radiation grafting for localized through-volume modification of porous substrates: influence of electron energy on spatial resolution
    Radiation Physics and Chemistry. 2017; 135: 133-141. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.radphyschem.2017.01.036
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  • Henning S, Herranz J, Ishikawa H, Kim BJ, Abbott D, Kühn L, et al.
    Durability of unsupported Pt-Ni aerogels in PEFC cathodes
    Journal of the Electrochemical Society. 2017; 164(12): F1136-F1141. https://doi.org/10.1149/2.0131712jes
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  • Henning S, Kühn L, Herranz J, Nachtegaal M, Hübner R, Werheid M, et al.
    Effect of acid washing on the oxygen reduction reaction activity of Pt-Cu aerogel catalysts
    Electrochimica Acta. 2017; 233: 210-217. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.electacta.2017.03.019
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  • Henning S, Ishikawa H, Kühn L, Herranz J, Müller E, Eychmüller A, et al.
    Unsupported Pt-Ni aerogels with enhanced high current performance and durability in fuel cell cathodes
    Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 2017; 56(36): 10707-10710. https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.201704253
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  • Karim W, Tschupp SA, Herranz J, Schmidt TJ, Ekinci Y, van Bokhoven JA
    State-of-the-art nanofabrication in catalysis
    Chimia. 2017; 71(4): 160-169. https://doi.org/10.2533/chimia.2017.160
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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, Rojek T, Schmidt TJ, Gubler L
    Amphoteric ion-exchange membranes with significantly improved vanadium barrier properties for all-vanadium redox flow batteries
    ChemSusChem. 2017; 10(13): 2767-2777. https://doi.org/10.1002/cssc.201700610
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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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  • Nibel O, Bon M, Agiorgousis ML, Laino T, Gubler L, Schmidt TJ
    Unraveling the interaction mechanism between amidoxime groups and vanadium ions at various pH conditions
    Journal of Physical Chemistry C. 2017; 121(12): 6436-6445. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcc.6b12540
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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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  • Oezaslan M, Herrmann A-K, Werheid M, Frenkel AI, Nachtegaal M, Dosche C, et al.
    Structural analysis and electrochemical properties of bimetallic palladium–platinum aerogels prepared by a two-step gelation process
    ChemCatChem. 2017; 9(5): 798-808. https://doi.org/10.1002/cctc.201600667
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  • Oldenburg FJ, Schmidt TJ, Gubler L
    Tackling capacity fading in vanadium flow batteries with amphoteric membranes
    Journal of Power Sources. 2017; 368: 68-72. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpowsour.2017.09.051
    DORA PSI
  • Sproll V, Handl M, Hiesgen R, Friedrich KA, Schmidt TJ, Gubler L
    Membrane architecture with ion-conducting channels through swift heavy ion induced graft copolymerization
    Journal of Materials Chemistry A. 2017; 5(47): 24826-24835. https://doi.org/10.1039/c7ta07323b
    DORA PSI
  • Suermann M, Kiupel T, Schmidt TJ, Büchi FN
    Electrochemical hydrogen compression: efficient pressurization concept derived from an energetic evaluation
    Journal of the Electrochemical Society. 2017; 164(12): F1187-F1195. https://doi.org/10.1149/2.1361712jes
    DORA PSI
  • Suermann M, Pătru A, Schmidt TJ, Büchi FN
    High pressure polymer electrolyte water electrolysis: test bench development and electrochemical analysis
    International Journal of Hydrogen Energy. 2017; 42(17): 12076-12086. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhydene.2017.01.224
    DORA PSI
  • Suermann M, Takanohashi K, Lamibrac A, Schmidt TJ, Büchi FN
    Influence of operating conditions and material properties on the mass transport losses of polymer electrolyte water electrolysis
    Journal of the Electrochemical Society. 2017; 164(9): F973-F980. https://doi.org/10.1149/2.13517109jes
    DORA PSI
  • 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
    DORA PSI
  • Tschupp SA, Temmel SE, Salguero NP, Herranz J, Schmidt TJ
    Numerical partitioning model for the Koutecký-Levich analysis of electrochemical flow cells with a combined Channel/Wall-Jet geometry
    Journal of the Electrochemical Society. 2017; 164(11): E3448-E3456. https://doi.org/10.1149/2.0441711jes
    DORA PSI
  • Xu H, Bührer M, Marone F, Schmidt TJ, Büchi FN, Eller J
    Fighting the noise: towards the limits of subsecond X-ray tomographic microscopy of PEFC
    In: Jones DJ, Buechi F, Swider-Lyons KE, Pintauro PN, Uchida H, Schmidt TJ, et al., eds. Vol. 80. ECS transactions. Pennington, NJ: The Electrochemical Society; 2017:395-402. https://doi.org/10.1149/08008.0395ecst
    DORA PSI
  • 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
    DORA PSI
  • Albert A, Lochner T, Schmidt TJ, Gubler L
    Stability and degradation mechanisms of radiation-grafted polymer electrolyte membranes for water electrolysis
    ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces. 2016; 8(24): 15297-15306. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.6b03050
    DORA PSI
  • Biesdorf J, Forner-Cuenca A, Siegwart M, Schmidt TJ, Boillat P
    Statistical analysis of isothermal cold starts of PEFCs: impact of gas diffusion layer properties
    Journal of the Electrochemical Society. 2016; 163(10): F1258-F1266. https://doi.org/10.1149/2.1071610jes
    DORA PSI
  • 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
    DORA PSI
  • Eberhardt SH, Marone F, Stampanoni M, Büchi FN, Schmidt TJ
    Operando X-ray tomographic microscopy imaging of HT-PEFC: a comparative study of phosphoric acid electrolyte migration
    Journal of the Electrochemical Society. 2016; 163(8): F842-F847. https://doi.org/10.1149/2.0801608jes
    DORA PSI
  • Engl T, Gubler L, Schmidt TJ
    Fuel electrode carbon corrosion in high temperature polymer electrolyte fuel cells - crucial or irrelevant?
    Energy Technology. 2016; 4(1): 65-74. https://doi.org/10.1002/ente.201500217
    DORA PSI
  • Forner-Cuenca A, Biesdorf J, Lamibrac A, Manzi-Orezzoli V, Büchi FN, Gubler L, et al.
    Advanced water management in PEFCs: diffusion layers with patterned wettability. II. measurement of capillary pressure characteristic with neutron and synchrotron imaging
    Journal of the Electrochemical Society. 2016; 163(9): F1038-F1048. https://doi.org/10.1149/2.0511609jes
    DORA PSI
  • Forner-Cuenca A, Biesdorf J, Manzi-Orezzoli V, Gubler L, Schmidt TJ, Boillat P
    Advanced water management in PEFCs: diffusion layers with patterned wettability. III. operando characterization with neutron imaging
    In: Savinell RF, ed. Vol. 163. Journal of the electrochemical society. sine loco: ECS; 2016:F1389-F1398. https://doi.org/10.1149/2.0891613jes
    DORA PSI
  • Forner-Cuenca A, Manzi-Orezzoli V, Biesdorf J, El Kazzi M, Streich D, Gubler L, et al.
    Advanced water management in PEFCs: diffusion layers with patterned wettability: I. Synthetic routes, wettability tuning and thermal stability
    Journal of the Electrochemical Society. 2016; 163(8): F788-F801. https://doi.org/10.1149/2.0271608jes
    DORA PSI
  • Henning S, Kühn L, Herranz J, Durst J, Binninger T, Nachtegaal M, et al.
    Pt-Ni aerogels as unsupported electrocatalysts for the oxygen reduction reaction
    Journal of the Electrochemical Society. 2016; 163(9): F998-F1003. https://doi.org/10.1149/2.0251609jes
    DORA PSI
  • 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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  • Kühn L, Herrmann A-K, Rutkowski B, Oezaslan M, Nachtegaal M, Klose M, et al.
    Alloying behavior of self-assembled noble metal nanoparticles
    Chemistry: A European Journal. 2016; 22(38): 13446-13450. https://doi.org/10.1002/chem.201602487
    DORA PSI
  • Nibel O, Schmidt TJ, Gubler L
    Bifunctional ion-conducting polymer electrolyte for the vanadium redox flow battery with high selectivity
    Journal of the Electrochemical Society. 2016; 163(13): A2562-A2570. https://doi.org/10.1149/2.0441613jes
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  • Oakton E, Lebedev D, Fedorov A, Krumeich F, Tillier J, Sereda O, et al.
    A simple one-pot Adams method route to conductive high surface area IrO2-TiO2 materials
    New Journal of Chemistry. 2016; 40(2): 1834-1838. https://doi.org/10.1039/c5nj02400e
    DORA PSI
  • Oezaslan M, Liu W, Nachtegaal M, Frenkel AI, Rutkowski B, Werheid M, et al.
    Homogeneity and elemental distribution in self-assembled bimetallic Pd-Pt aerogels prepared by a spontaneous one-step gelation process
    Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics. 2016; 18(30): 20640-20650. https://doi.org/10.1039/c6cp03527b
    DORA PSI
  • Pətru A, Rabis A, Temmel SE, Kotz R, Schmidt TJ
    Pt/IrO2-TiO2 cathode catalyst for low temperature polymer electrolyte fuel cell - Application in MEAs, performance and stability issues
    Catalysis Today. 2016; 262: 161-169. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cattod.2015.09.009
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  • Seweryn J, Biesdorf J, Schmidt TJ, Boillat P
    Communication—neutron radiography of the water/gas distribution in the porous layers of an operating electrolyser
    Journal of the Electrochemical Society. 2016; 163(11): F3009-F3011. https://doi.org/10.1149/2.0641607jes
    DORA PSI
  • Sproll V, Schmidt TJ, Gubler L
    Grafting design: a strategy to increase the performance of radiation-grafted membranes
    Polymer International. 2016; 65(2): 174-180. https://doi.org/10.1002/pi.5041
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  • Sproll V, Nagy G, Gasser U, Embs JP, Obiols-Rabasa M, Schmidt TJ, et al.
    Radiation grafted ion-conducting membranes: the influence of variations in base film nanostructure
    Macromolecules. 2016; 49(11): 4253-4264. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.macromol.6b00180
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  • Sproll V, Nagy G, Gasser U, Balog S, Gustavsson S, Schmidt TJ, et al.
    Structure-property correlations of ion-containing polymers for fuel cell applications
    Radiation Physics and Chemistry. 2016; 118: 120-123. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.radphyschem.2015.01.036
    DORA PSI
  • Suermann M, Schmidt TJ, Büchi FN
    Cell performance determining parameters in high pressure water electrolysis
    Electrochimica Acta. 2016; 211: 989-997. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.electacta.2016.06.120
    DORA PSI
  • 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, Tschupp SA, Schmidt TJ
    A highly flexible electrochemical flow cell designed for the use of model electrode materials on non-conventional substrates
    Review of Scientific Instruments. 2016; 87(4): 045115 (7 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4947459
    DORA PSI
  • 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
    DORA PSI
  • 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
    DORA PSI
  • 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
    DORA PSI
  • Aili D, Vassiliev A, Jensen JO, Schmidt TJ, Li Q
    Methyl phosphate formation as a major degradation mode of direct methanol fuel cells with phosphoric acid based electrolytes
    Journal of Power Sources. 2015; 279: 517-521. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpowsour.2015.01.010
    DORA PSI
  • Albert A, Barnett AO, Thomassen MS, Schmidt TJ, Gubler L
    Radiation-grafted polymer electrolyte membranes for water electrolysis cells: evaluation of key membrane properties
    ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces. 2015; 7(40): 22203-22212. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.5b04618
    DORA PSI
  • Biesdorf J, Forner-Cuenca A, Schmidt TJ, Boillat P
    Impact of hydrophobic coating on mass transport losses in PEFCs
    Journal of the Electrochemical Society. 2015; 162(10): F1243-F1252. https://doi.org/10.1149/2.0861510jes
    DORA PSI
  • Biesdorf J, Stahl P, Siegwart M, Schmidt TJ, Boillat P
    When size matters: active area dependence of PEFC cold start capability
    Journal of the Electrochemical Society. 2015; 162(10): F1231-F1235. https://doi.org/10.1149/2.0871510jes
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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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