Conspectus Water splitting is intensively studied for sustainable and effective energy
storage in green/alternative energy harvesting–storage–release cycles. In this work, we …

Despite significant advancements in materials design for renewable energy devices, the
fundamental understanding of the underlying processes in many materials remains limited …

We present results obtained with a new soft X-ray spectrometer based on transition-edge
sensors (TESs) composed of Mo/Cu bilayers coupled to bismuth absorbers. This …

Fast charging and high-power delivering batteries are highly demanded in mobile
electronics, electric vehicles and grid energy storage, but there are full of challenges. The …

X-ray phase contrast nanotomography enables imaging of a wide range of samples with
high spatial resolution in 3D. Near-field holography, as one of the major phase contrast …

With the intense and coherent x-ray pulses available from free-electron lasers, the possibility
to transfer non-linear spectroscopic methods from the laser lab to the x-ray world arises …

X-ray free-electron lasers (XFELs) are paving the way towards new experiments in many
scientific fields, such as ultrafast science, nonlinear spectroscopy, and coherent imaging …

Moving towards significantly smaller nanostructures, direct structuring techniques such as
electron beam lithography approach fundamental limitations in feature size and aspect …

Materials with insulator-metal transitions promise advanced functionalities for future
information technology. Patterning on the microscale is key for miniaturized functional …

The design and first results of a high-transmission soft X-ray spectrometer operated at the X-
SPEC double-undulator beamline of the KIT Light Source are presented. As a unique …