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<p>Qiubo Zhang, Postdoctoral Researcher, Materials Science Division, prepares a Liquid Polymer Cell at a lab at the National Center for Electron Microscopy (NCEM), at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab), 05/17/2024, as part of research into new types of In-situ Electrochemical Liquid Cell TEM experiments. The development of advanced polymer electrochemical liquid cells for transmission electron microscopy allows direct monitoring of the atomic dynamics of electrified solid–liquid interfaces during copper-catalysed CO2 electroreduction reactions.</p>
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New Technology Provides Electrifying Insights into How Catalysts Work at the Atomic Level

A team led by Berkeley Lab has invented a technique to study electrochemical processes at the atomic level with unprecedented resolution. They have already used it to discover a surprising phenomena in a popular catalyst material and plan to apply their technology to studying a wide variety of electrochemical systems including batteries, fuel cells, and solar fuel generators. The insights could lead to more efficient and durable devices.