Rob Weatherup and new ERC grant for special operando project

Congratulations to Prof Rob Weatherup on the award of an ERC Consolidator grant for his OPERATE project. 

Read more on our website: materialsoutreach.web.ox.ac.uk/article/rob-weatherup-an...

#Operando #ERCCoG

Researchers explore how transition metal chalcogenides (TMCs) dynamically reconstruct during the oxygen evolution reaction (OER).
Operando XAS, Raman & TEM reveal real-time phase evolution and active-site formation.
🔗 rdcu.be/eLOcF
#Hydrogen #Electrocatalysis #OER #Operando #CleanEnergy

Local crystallization inside the polymer electrolyte for lithium metal batteries observed by operando nanofocus WAXS - Nature Communications Polymer electrolytes are promising candidates as separators in lithium metal batteries. Here, authors reveal the existence of local lithium-based crystallites inside the polymer electrolyte in a lithium symmetric cell. A combination of unique operando wide-angle X-ray scattering with a nano-sized beam and complementary spectroscopic techniques identifies these crystallites as lithium carbonate, lithium hydroxide, and even metallic lithium. It is shown that these crystallites lower the ionic conductivity and the transference number.

F. Apfelbeck et al. in Nature Communications @NatureComms: "Local #crystallization inside the #polymer #electrolyte for #lithium #metal #batteries observed by #operando #nanofocus #WAXS":

Nat Commun 16, 8958 (2025)

doi.org/10.1038/s414...

Operando Day Welcome to the PSI Operando Day webpage! "Operando" refers to the characterization of functional materials under reaction conditions, with simultaneous measurement of their performance. PSI has many g...

👇Event alert + last chance to register for the #OperandoDay on 24 September at PSI.

📅 Register by 12 September: indico.psi.ch/event/17800/
📜 Agenda: same link

Thanks to our affiliated board member Maarten Nachtegaal and his team at PSI for the organization.

#Operando
@psich.bsky.social

I’m a #rando who cruises the #discover feed and likes/replies with sarcastic agreement, dad puns and positivity. Nothing more. Nothing less. It’s my modus operandi.

#modus #OpeRando

It’s always a challenge to push boundaries and think outside the “conventional” box. Thanks to the hard work and determination of everyone involved that made this work possible! 👏 🌿 #STM #OER #NiFeOx #Operando #Nanoscience