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Volume 8 Issue 3, March 2024

The interface between an electrode and electrolyte is crucial for electrochemical devices. Charged and neutral species interact in this region, which can lead to compositional and structural changes of the electrode, in turn altering the interface itself. Further to this, an electrochemical system’s reaction efficiency and selectivity, and overall physical stability can degrade over time. Understanding how electrochemical interfaces behave before, during, and after operation is therefore critical. This Review discusses a range of complementary techniques to study this interface as shown on the cover where incident irradiation of different wavelengths interrogate a golden surface. See Pastor et al.

Image: Ernest Pastor & F. Pelayo García de Arquer. Cover design: Carl Conway

Volume 8 Issue 3

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