TY  - JOUR
AU  - Jooss, Christian
AU  - Seibt, Michael
AU  - Wenderoth, Martin
AU  - Bünermann, Oliver
AU  - Bunjes, Ole
AU  - Domröse, Till
AU  - Eckel, Christian
AU  - Falorsi, Francesca
AU  - Flathmann, Christoph
AU  - de Azagra, Monica Kolek Martinez
AU  - Krüger, Matthias
AU  - Lindner, Jonas
AU  - Meyer, Tobias
AU  - Ropers, Claus
AU  - Ross, Ulrich
AU  - Rossnagel, Kai
AU  - Lalithambika, Sreeju Sreekantan Nair
AU  - Techert, Simone
AU  - Traeger, Georg A.
AU  - Volkert, Cynthia
AU  - Weitz, R. Thomas
AU  - Wodtke, Alec M.
TI  - Advancing Energy Materials by In Situ Atomic Scale Methods
JO  - Advanced energy materials
VL  - 1
SN  - 1614-6832
CY  - Weinheim
PB  - Wiley-VCH
M1  - PUBDB-2025-00675
SP  - 2404280
PY  - 2025
AB  - Despite significant advancements in materials design for renewable energy devices, the fundamental understanding of the underlying processes in many materials remains limited, particularly in complex, inhomogeneous systems and interfaces. In such cases, in situ studies with high spatial and energy resolution are essential for uncovering new insights into excitation, dissipation, and conversion processes. Recent progress in in situ atomic scale methods has greatly enhanced the understanding of energy materials. Here, key advances are reviewed, including in situ, environmental and ultra-fast transmission electron microscopy, scanning probe techniques, single-photon-resolved infrared spectroscopy, velocity-resolved molecular kinetics, and in situ grazing-incidence X-ray spectroscopy. These techniques enable the study of energy conversion with spatial resolution from nanometers down to individual atoms, energy resolution down to meV, and single-quantum detection. Especially they enable access to processes that involve multiple degrees of freedom, strong coupling, or spatial inhomogeneities. They have driven a qualitative leap in the fundamental understanding of energy conversion processes, opening new avenues for improving existing materials and designing novel clean and efficient energy materials in photovoltaics, friction, and surface chemistry and (photo-)electrochemistry.
LB  - PUB:(DE-HGF)16
UR  - <Go to ISI:>//WOS:001470281000013
DO  - DOI:10.1002/aenm.202404280
UR  - https://bib-pubdb1.desy.de/record/623250
ER  -