Research Publications

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2025

61. “On the Morphological Evolution with Cycling of a Ball-Milled Si Slag-Based Electrode for Li-Ion Batteries” Heitz, A., Vanpeene, V., Quemere, S., Herkendaal, N., Doullard, T., Martens, I., Mirolo, M., Roue, L., Batteries, 11(4), 151
DOI: 10.3390/batteries11040151

2024

60. “Operando Investigation of Zr Doping in NMC811 Cathode for High Energy Density Lithium Ion Batteries” Colalongo, M., Ali, B., Vostrov, N., Ronovský, M., Mirolo, M., Vinci, V., Atzori, C., Martens, I., Kúš, P., Sartori, A., Yao, L., Jiang, H., Schulli, T.U., Drnec, J., Kankaanpää, T., Kallio, T., ChemSusChem, e202401796
DOI: 10.1002/cssc.202401796

59. “Strain-Engineered Ir Shell Enhances Activity and Stability of Ir-Ru Catalysts for Water Electrolysis: An Operando Wide-Angle X-Ray Scattering Study” Hrbek, T., Kúš, P., Drnec, J., Mirolo, M., Nedumkulam, H., Martens, I., Nováková, J., Skála, T., Matolínová, I., Advanced Energy Materials, 2403738, DOI: 10.1002/aenm.202403738

58. “Scaling Up on Source Control: Swift North and Next Phase of Suboxic Zones in the Elk Valley” Mann, V., Doka, A., Martens, I., Robertson, J., Thorson, L., Proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Acid Rock Drainage, Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum, 887. 2024 ICARD Proceedings

57. “Lessons from the Field: Executing a Full-Scale Source Control Trial at Cedar North Suboxic Zone” Mann, V., Mullally, C., Martens, I., Schapansky, K., Birkham, T., Proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Acid Rock Drainage, Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum, 900. 2024 ICARD Proceedings

56. “From Concepts to Construction: Assessing the Options for Full-Scale Source Control Applications in Mine Rock Stockpiles” Mann, V., Martens, I., Schapansky, K., Robertson, J., Birkham, T., Proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Acid Rock Drainage, Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum, 887.
2024 ICARD Proceedings

55. “Imaging inter-and intra-particle features in crystalline cathode materials for Li-ion batteries using nano-focused beam techniques at 4th generation synchrotron sources” Colalongo, M., Vostrov, N., Martens, I., Zatterin, E., Richard, M.I., Cadiou, F., Jacquet, Q., Drnec, J., Leake, S.,J., Kallio, T., Zhu, X., Lyonnard, S., Schulli, T., Microstructures, 4, 2024044
DOI: 10.20517/microstructures.2024.19

54. “Comprehensive Study of Zr-Doped Ni-Rich Cathode Materials Upon Lithiation and Co-Precipitation Synthesis Steps” Colalongo, M., Ali, B., Martens, I., Mirolo, M., Laakso, E., Atzori, C., Confalonieri, G., Kus, P., Kobets, A., Kong, X., Schulli, T.U., Drnec, J., Kankaanpää, T., Kallio, T., ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 16, 22, 28683–28693
DOI: 10.1021/acsami.4c05058

53. “High-Voltage Spinel Cathode Materials: Navigating the Structural Evolution for Lithium-Ion Batteries” Zhu, X., Huang, A., Martens, I., Vostrov, N., Sun, Y., Richard, M.I., Schülli, T.U., Wang, L., Advanced Materials, 36 (30), 2403482
DOI: 10.1002/adma.202403482

52. “Monitoring the Morphological Changes of Skeleton-PtCo Electrocatalyst during PEMFC Start-Up/Shut-Down probed by in situ WAXS and SAXS” Janssen, M., Drnec, J., Martens, I., Quinson, J., Pittkowski, R., Park, D., Weber, P., Arenz, M., Oezaslan, M., ChemSusChem, e2024003, DOI: 10.1002/cssc.202400303

51. “In Situ and Operando X-ray Scattering Methods in Electrochemistry and Electrocatalysis” Magnussen, O.M., Drnec, J., Qiu, C., Martens, I., Huang, J.J., Chattot, R., A Singer, A. Chemical Reviews, 124, 3, 629–721
DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.3c00331

2023

50. “Mapping the total lithium inventory of Li-ion batteries” Dawkins, J., Martens, I., Danis, A., Chhin, D., Mirolo, M., Drnec, J., Schougaard, S.B., Mauzeroll, J., Joule, 7 (12), 2783, DOI:10.1016/j.joule.2023.11.003

49. “Charge Dynamics Induced by Lithiation Heterogeneity in Silicon-Graphite Composite Anodes” Berhaut, C., Mirolo, M., Dominguez, D.Z., Martens, I., Pouget, S., Herlin-Boime, N., Chandesris, M., Tardif, S., Drnec, J., Lyonnard, S. Advanced Energy Materials, 13, 44, 2301874
DOI: 10.1002/aenm.202301874

48. “Metal-oxide phase transition of platinum nanocatalyst below fuel cell open-circuit voltage” , Campos-Roldàn, C., Gasmi, A., Ennaji, M., Stodel, M., Martens, I., Filhol, J.S., Blanchard, P.V., Cavaliere, S., Jones, D., Drnec, J., Chattot, R.C. Nature Communications, 12, 936,
DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-55299-3

47. “Plastic deformation of LiNi0.5Mn1.5O4 single crystals due to domain orientation dynamics” Vostrov, N., Martens, I., Colalongo, M., Zatterin, E., Leake, S., Zhu, X., Wang, L., Richard, M.I., Schulli, T.S. Advanced Energy Materials, in press, DOI: 10.1002/aenm.202404933

46. “Interfacial alloying between lead halide perovskite crystals and hybrid glasses” Hou, J., Li, X., Huang, W., Krajnc, A., Yang, A., Shukla, A., Lee, J., Ghasemi, M., Martens, I., Chan, B., Appadoo, D., Chen, P., Wen, X., Steele, J.A., Sun, Q., Mali, G., Lin, R., Bedford, N., Chen, V., Cheetham, A.K., Tizei, L., Collins, S., Wang, L.
Nature Communications, 14 (1), 7612 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-43247-6

45. “Assessing Utilization Boundaries for Pt-based Catalysts in an Operating PEMFC” Ronovský, M., Pan, L., Klingenhof, M., Martens, I., Chattot, R., Fusek, L., Kúš, P., Mirolo, M., Dionigi, F., Burdett, GH., Sharman, J., Strasser, P., Bonastre, A.M., Drnec, J. ACS Applied Energy Materials, 6, 17, 8660, DOI: 10.1021/acsaem.3c01243

44. “Taking Bragg Coherent Diffraction Imaging to Higher Energies at Fourth Generation Synchrotrons: Nanoscale Characterization” Richard, M.I., Martens, I., Dupraz, M., Drnec, J., Honkimäki, V., Chatelier, C., Atlan, C., Mirolo, M., Levi, M., Rabkin, E., Eymery, J., Naidu, A., Schülli, T.U., Leake, S.J.
ACS Applied Nano Materials, 6, 12, 10246 DOI: 10.1021/acsanm.3c01145

43. “Imaging voids and defects inside Li-ion cathode LiNi0.6Mn0.2Co0.2O2 single crystals” Martens, I., Vanpeene, V., Vostrov, N., Leake, S., Zatterin, E., Auvergniot, J., Drnec, J., Richard, M.I., Villanova, J., Schulli, T.U. Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 15, 51, 59319 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.3c10509

42. “Quantifying Degradation Mechanisms in a High-Performance Parallel Hybrid Lithium-Ion Supercapacitor Induced by Long Term Cycling at High Current Rates” Vanpeene, V., Martens, I., Benayad, A., Mirolo, M., Daniel, L., Genies, S., Maletin, Y., Stryzhakova, N., Zelinskyi, S., Chernukhin, S., Drnec, J., Villanova J.
Journal of the Electrochemical Society, 170, 060517, DOI: 10.1149/1945-7111/acd8fe

41. “Anodic and cathodic platinum dissolution processes involve different oxide species” Fuchs, T., Briega-Martos, V.. Drnec, J., Stubb, N., Martens, I., Calle-Vallejo, F., Harrington, D.A., Cherevko, S., Magnussen, O.M. Angewandte Chemie, 62, (34) e202304293, DOI: 10.1002/anie.202304293

40. “Imaging the strain evolution of a platinum nanoparticle under electrochemical control” Atlan, C., Chatelier, C., Dupraz, M., Martens, I., Viola, A., Li, N., Gao, L., Leake, S.J., Schülli, T.U., Eymery, J., Maillard, F., Richard, M.I., Nature Materials, 22, 754, DOI: 10.1038/s41563-023-01528-x

2022

39. “Revisiting phase transformation mechanisms in LiNi0.5Mn1.5O4 high voltage cathodes with operando microdiffraction” Martens, I., Vostrov, N., Mirolo, M., Colalongo, M., Kus, P., Richard, M.I., Wang, L., Zhu, W., Schulli, T.U., Drnec, J. ACS Materials Letters, 4, 12, 2528, DOI: 10.1021/acsmaterialslett.2c00787

38. “Defects and nanostrain gradients control phase transition mechanisms in single crystal high-voltage lithium spinel” Martens, I., Vostrov, N., Mirolo, M., Leake, S., Zattern, E., Zhu, X., Wang, L., Drnec, J., Richard, M.I., Schulli, T.U., Nature Communications, 14, 6975, DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-42285-4

37. “Break-In Bad: On the Conditioning of Fuel Cell Nanoalloy Catalysts” Chattot, R., , Roiron, C., Kumar, K., Martin, V., Roldan, C., Mirolo, M., Martens, I., Castanheira, L., Viola, A., Bacabe, A., Cavaliere, S., Blanchard, P.Y., Dubau, L., Maillard, F., Drnec, J. ACS Catalysis, 12, 24, 15675, DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.2c04495

36. “Beware of cyclic voltammetry! Measurement artefact in accelerated stress test of fuel cell cathode revealed by operando X-ray diffraction” Chattot, R., Mirolo, M., Martens, I., Kumar, K., Martin, V., Gasmi, A., Dubau, L., Maillard, F., Castanheira, L., Drnec, J. Journal of Power Sources, 555, 232345, DOI: 10.1016/j.jpowsour.2022.232345

35. “Selenium nanowire formation by reacting selenate with magnetite" Poulain, A.; Fernandez-Martinez, A.; Grenèche, J.M.; Prieur, D.; Scheinost, A.; Menguy, N.; Bureau, S.; Magnin, V.; Findling, N.; Drnec, J.; Martens, I.; Mirolo, M.; Charlet, L. Environmental Science & Technology, 56, 20, 14817 DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.1c08377

34. “CO2 Conversion at High Current Densities: Stabilization of Bi (III) Containing Electrocatalysts under CO2 Gas Flow Conditions” Montiel, I.Z., Dutta, A., Kiran, K., Rieder, A., Iarchuk, A., Vesztergom, S., Mirolo, M., Martens, I., Drnec, J., Broekmann, P. ACS Catalysis, 12, 10872. DOI:10.1021/acscatal.2c02549

33. “Optimization of Extended-Surface PtNi Nanowire Oxygen Reduction Electrocatalysts Produced via Atomic Layer Deposition” Zaccarine, S, Alia, S.M., McNeary, W., Chattot, R., Dzara, M.J., Martens, I., Mauger, S.A., Weimer, A.W., Drnec, J., Pivovar, B.S., Pylypenko, S. ACS Applied Energy Materials, 5, 4, 4587. DOI:10.1021/acsaem.2c00016

32. “Emerging chemical heterogeneities in a commercial 18650 Li-ion battery during early cycling revealed by synchrotron X-ray diffraction tomography” Matras, D., Dong, H., Mirolo, M., Martens, I., Drnec, J., Darr, J.A., Quinn, P.A., Jacques, S.D.M., Beale, A.M., Vamvakeros, A., Journal of Power Sources, 539, 231589, DOI:10.1016/j.jpowsour.2022.231589

31. “Tracking the Catalyst Layer Depth-Dependent Electrochemical Degradation of a Bimodal Pt C Fuel Cell Catalyst: A Combined Operando Small- and Wide-Angle X-Ray Scattering Study” Schroder, J., Pittkowski, R.K., Martens, I., Chattot, R., Drnec, J., Quinson, J., Kirkensgaard, J., Arenz, M. ACS Catalysis, 12, 3, 2077 DOI:10.1021/acscatal.1c04365

30. “Decoupling catalyst aggregation, ripening, and coalescence processes inside operating fuel cells” Martens, I., Chattot, R., Drnec, J. Journal of Power Sources 521, 230851 DOI:10.1016/j.jpowsour.2021.230851

29. “Impact of Carbon N-Doping and Pyridinic-N Content on the Fuel Cell Performance and Durability of Carbon-Supported Pt Nanoparticle Catalysts” Hornberger, E., Merzdorf, T., Schmies, H., Hübner, J., Klingenhof, M., Gernert, U., Kroschel, M., Anke, B., Lerch, M., Schmidt, J., Thomas, A., Chattot, R., Martens, I., Drnec, J., Strasser, P. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 14, 16, 18420, DOI: 10.1021/acsami.2c00762

2021

28. “Liquid-phase sintering of lead halide perovskites and metal-organic framework glasses” Hou, J., Chen, P., Shukla, A., Krajnc, A., Wang, T., Li, X., Tizei, R., Chan, B., Johnstone, D., Lin, R., Schulli, T., Martens, I., Appadoo, D., Wang, M., Wei, T., Lo, S., Lu, M., Li, S., Namdas, E., Malo, G., Cheetham, An., Collins, S., Chen, V., Wang, L., Bennett, T., Science, 374, 6567, 621, DOI: 10.1126/science.abf4460

27. “The Capping Agent Is the Key: Structural Alterations of Ag NPs during CO2 Electrolysis Probed in a Zero-Gap Gas-Flow Configuration” Liu, M., Kong, Y., Hu, H., Kovács, N., Sun, C., Montiel, I., Jesús Gálvez Vázqueza, M., Hou, Y., Mirolo M., Martens I., Drnec J., Vesztergom, S., Broekmann, P., Journal of Catalysis, 404, 371, DOI: 10.1016/j.jcat.2021.10.016

26. “Electrochemical Strain Dynamics in Noble Metal Nanocatalysts” Chattot, R., Martens, I., Mirolo, M., Ronovsky, M., Russello, F., Isern, H., Braesch, G., Hornberger, E., Strasser, P., Sibert, E., Chatenet, M., Honkimäki, V., Drnec, J., J. Am. Chem. Soc., 143, 41, 17068, DOI: 10.1021/jacs.1c06780

25. “Imaging Heterogeneous Electrocatalyst Stability and Decoupling Degradation Mechanisms in Operating Hydrogen Fuel Cells” Martens, I., Vamvakeros, A., Martinez, N., Chattot, R., Pusa, J., Blanco, M.V., Fisher, E.A., Asset, T., Escribano, S., Micoud, F., Starr, T., Coelho, A., Honkimaki, V., Bizzotto, D., Wilkinson, D.P., Jacques, S.D.M., Maillard, F., Dubau, L., Lyonnard, S., Morin, A., Drnec, J., ACS Energy Letters, 6, 8, 2742, DOI: 10.1021/acsenergylett.1c00718

24. “Towards comprehensive understanding of proton-exchange membrane fuel cells using high energy X-rays” Martens, I., Chattot, R., Wiegmann, T., Fuchs, T., Magnussen, O.M., Dubau, L., Maillard, F., Drnec, J., J. Phys Energy, 3 031003, DOI: 10.1088/2515-7655/abf43d

23. “Morphology and mechanism of highly selective Cu(II) oxide nanosheet catalysts for carbon dioxide electroreduction” Wang, X., Klingan, K., Klingenhof, M., Möller, T., Ferreira de Araújo, J., Martens, I., , Bagger, A., Jiang, S., Rossmeisl, J., Dau H., Strasser, P. Nature Communications, 12, 794 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-021-20961-7

2020

22. “Thermal Stability of Thiolated DNA SAMs in Buffer: Revealing the Influence of Surface Crystallography and DNA Coverage via In Situ Combinatorial Surface Analysis” Ma, T.; Martens, I.; Bizzotto, D. Langmuir 36 (48), 14495 DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.0c01828

21. “DLSR: a solution to the parallax artefact in X-ray diffraction computed tomography data” Vamvakeros, A.; Coelho, A.; Matras, D.; Dong, H.; Odarchenko, Y.; Price, S. W. T. ; Butler, K. T.; Gutowski, O.; Dippel, A.-C.; Zimmermann, M.; Martens, I.; Drnec, J.; Beale A. M.; Jacques, S. D. M. J. Appl. Cryst. 53 DOI: 10.1107/S1600576720013576

20. “Energy and Environmental Science at ESRF” Longo, A.; Sahle, Ch. J.; Glatzel, P.; Giacobbe, C.; Rack, A.; Mathon, O.; Lomachenko, K.A.; Segura-Ruiz, J.; Villanova, J.; Castillo-Michel, H.; Vanpeene, V.; Tucoulou, R.; Schülli, T.U.; Martens, I.; Drnec, J. Synchrotron Radiation News 33 (5), 40 DOI: 10.1080/08940886.2020.1812357

19. “Building Practical Descriptors for Defect Engineering of Electrocatalytic Materials”, Chattot, R. , Bordet, P., Martens, I., Drnec, J., Dubau, L., Maillard, F.
ACS Catalysis, 10 (16), 9046, DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.0c02144

18. “CO2 Electrolysis - Complementary operando XRD, XAS and Raman Spectroscopy Study on the Stability of CuxO Foam Catalysts” Dutta, A. Rahaman, M., Hecker, B., Drnec, J., Kirana, K., Montiel, I., Weber, D., López, A., Martens, I., Broekmann, P., Oezaslan M. Journal of Catalysis, 389, 592, DOI: 10.1016/j.jcat.2020.06.024

17. “Imaging Reactivity of the Pt–Ionomer Interface in Fuel Cell Catalyst Layers” Martens, I., Melo, L.G.A., West, M., Wilkinson, D.P., Bizzotto, D., Hitchcock, A.P.
ACS Catalysis, 10 (15), 8285, DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.0c01594

16. “Measuring and Controlling the Local Environment of Surface-Bound DNA in Self-Assembled Monolayers on Gold When Prepared Using Potential-Assisted Deposition” Leung, K., Martens, I., Yu, H. , Bizzotto, D. Langmuir, 36, 24, 6837, DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.9b03970

2019

15. “Disclosing Pt-Bimetallic Alloy Nanoparticle Surface Lattice Distortion with Electrochemical Probes” Chattot, R.; Martens, I.; Scohy, M.; Herranz, J.; Drnec, J.; Maillard, F.; Dubau, L. ACS Energy Letters, 5, 1, 162, DOI: 10.1021/acsenergylett.9b02287

14. “Probing the Dynamics of Platinum Surface Oxides in Fuel Cell Catalyst Layers using In Situ X-ray Diffraction” Martens, I.; Chattot, R.; Rasola, M.; Blanco, M.V.; Honkimaki, V.; Bizzotto, D.; Wilkinson, D.P.; Drnec, J. ACS Applied Energy Materials, 2, 11, 7772 DOI: 10.1021/acsaem.9b00982

13. ”X-ray transparent proton-exchange membrane fuel cell design for in situ wide and small angle scattering tomography” Martens, I.; Vamvakeros, A.; Chattot, R.; Blanco, M.V.; Rasola, M.; Pusa, J.; Jacques, S.; Bizzotto, D.; Wilkinson, D.P.; Ruffmann, B.; Heidemann S.; Honkimäki, V.; Drnec, J. Journal of Power Sources, 437, 226906, DOI: 10.1016/j.jpowsour.2019.226906

12. ”Electrodeposition of reduced graphene oxide onto gold electrodes: Creating thin electrochemically active and optically transparent overlayers” Li, Y.; Martens, I.; Cheung, K.C.; Bizzotto, D. Electrochimica Acta, 319, 649. DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2019.07.004

11. ”Characterization of X-ray Damage to Perfluorosulfonic Acid Using Correlative Microscopy” Martens, I.; Melo, L.G.; Wilkinson, D.P.; Bizzotto, D.; Hitchcock, A.P. J. Phys. Chem. C., 123 (26) 16023. DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.9b03924

10. “Disentangling the Degradation Pathways of Highly Defective PtNi/C Nanostructures – An Operando Wide and Small Angle X-Ray Scattering Study” Asset, T.; Gommes, C.J.; Drnec, J.; Bordet, P.; Chattot, R.; Martens, I.; Nelayah, J.; Job, N.; Maillard, F.; Dubau, L. ACS Catalysis, 9 (1) 160 DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.8b02665

2018

9. “Direct Mapping of Heterogeneous Surface Coverage in DNA-Functionalized Gold Surfaces with Correlated Electron and Fluorescence Microscopy” Martens, I.; Fisher, L.; Bizzotto, D. Langmuir. 34 (7) 2425. DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.7b03766

2016

8. “Controlling Nanoparticle Interconnectivity in Thin-Film Platinum Catalyst Layers” Martens, I.; Pinaud, B. A.; Baxter, L.; Wilkinson, D. P.; Bizzotto, D. J. Phys. Chem. C. 120 (38) 21364. DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.6b04952

7. “Electron Plasmas Cooled by Cyclotron-Cavity Resonance” Povilus, A. P.; Detal, N. D.; Evans, L. T.; Evetts, N.; Fajans, J.; Hardy, W. N.; Hunter, E. D.; Martens, I.; Robicheaux, F.; Shanman, S.; So, C.; Wang, X.; Wurtele, J. S. Physical Review Letters. 117 (17) 175001. DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.117.175001

6. “Open Microwave Cavity for Use in a Purcell Enhancement Cooling Scheme” Evetts, N.; Martens, I.; Bizzotto, D.; Longuevergne, D.; Hardy, W. N. Rev. Sci. Instrum. 87 (10) 104702. DOI: 10 .1063/1.4963856

5. “Gold Nanorod Arrays: Excitation of Transverse Plasmon Modes and Surface-Enhanced Raman Applications” Mirza, J.; Martens, I.; Grüßer, M.; Bizzotto, D.; Schuster, R.; Lipkowski, J. J. Phys. Chem. C. 120 (29) 16246. DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.6b02742

4. “Adsorption of a Carboxylated Silane on Gold: Characterization for Its Rational Use in Hybrid Glass/Gold Substrates” Yang, C. W. T.; Martens, I.; Gyenge, E. L.; Turner, R. F. B.; Bizzotto, D. J. Phys. Chem. C. 120 (5) 2675. DOI:10.1021/acs.jpcc.5b09915

3. “Larger pores via shorter pillars in flexible layer coordination networks” Vaidhyanathan, R.; Martens, I.; Lin, J.-B.; Iremonger, S. S.; Shimizu, G. K. H. Can. J. Chem. 94 (4) 449. DOI: 10.1139/cjc-2015-0391

2014

2. “Synthesis and characterization of diverse Pt nanostructures in nafion” Ingle, N. J. C.; Sode, A.; Martens, I.; Gyenge, E.; Wilkinson, D. P.; Bizzotto, D. Langmuir. 30 (7) 1871. DOI: 10.1021/la403399y

2011

1. “Phosphonate monoesters as carboxylate-like linkers for metal organic frameworks” Iremonger, S. S.; Liang, J.; Vaidhyanathan, R.; Martens, I.; Shimizu, G. K. H.; Daff, T. D.; Aghaji, M. Z.; Yeganegi, S.; Woo, T. K. JACS. 133 (50) 20048. DOI: 10.1021/ja207606u