Publications by Robin Pierre Alain Girod

Interior Morphology and Pore Structure in High Surface Area Carbon Catalyst Supports

Vasiliki Tileli, Robin Pierre Alain Girod

In proton exchange membrane fuel cells, the interior porosity of the standard high surface area carbon (HSC) supports anchors and shields catalysts, offering benefits in performance and durability. Yet, these carbons also add mass transport resistance. Thi ...

WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH2025

Catalyst Aggregate Size Effect on the Mass Transport Properties of Non-Noble Metal Catalyst Layers for PEMFC Cathodes

Yen-Chun Chen, Vasiliki Tileli, Robin Pierre Alain Girod, Michele Bozzetti, Secil Unsal

Non-noble metal catalysts (NNMCs) are regarded as a promising alternative to the costly Pt-based materials required to catalyze the oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) in proton exchange membrane fuel cell (PEMFC) cathodes. However, the large diversity of NNMC ...

ELECTROCHEMICAL SOC INC2023

Insights into Electrocatalyst Transformations Studied in Real Time with Electrochemical Liquid-Phase Transmission Electron Microscopy

Vasiliki Tileli, Tzu-Hsien Shen, Robin Pierre Alain Girod

The value of operando and in situ characterization methodologies for understanding electrochemical systems under operation can be inferred from the upsurge of studies that have reported mechanistic insights into electrocatalytic processes based on such mea ...

Amer Chemical Soc2023

Three-dimensional nanoimaging of fuel cell catalyst layers

Vasiliki Tileli, Robin Pierre Alain Girod, Timon Lazaridis

Catalyst layers in proton exchange membrane fuel cells consist of platinum-group-metal nanocatalysts supported on carbon aggregates, forming a porous structure through which an ionomer network percolates. The local structural character of these heterogeneo ...

NATURE PORTFOLIO2023

Decoupling the Contributions of Different Instability Mechanisms to the PEMFC Performance Decay of Non-noble Metal O2-Reduction Catalysts

Vasiliki Tileli, Robin Pierre Alain Girod, Secil Unsal

Non-noble metal catalysts (NNMCs) hold the potential to replace the expensive Pt-based materials currently used to speed up the oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) in proton exchange membrane fuel cell (PEMFC) cathodes, but they feature poor durability that in ...

AMER CHEMICAL SOC2023

Considerations of Liquid-Phase Transmission Electron Microscopy Applied to Heterogeneous Electrocatalysis

Vasiliki Tileli, Tzu-Hsien Shen, Robin Pierre Alain Girod, Jan Vávra

Liquid-phase transmission electron microscopy (LPTEM) is an essential tool for studying the dynamics of materials interactions at the nanoscale, in and/or with their operational environment. Microfabricated SiNx membrane cells further allow the integration ...

ELECTROCHEMICAL SOC INC2023

Multidimensional Electron Imaging of Catalyst Layer Materials

Robin Pierre Alain Girod

The proton exchange membrane fuel cell (PEMFC) is an important technology for clean power generation in a decarbonized hydrogen system and is notably envisioned for applications in heavy-duty transportation. However, for cost and performance competitivenes ...

EPFL2023

On the role of pore constrictions in gas diffusion electrodes

Yen-Chun Chen, Vasiliki Tileli, Robin Pierre Alain Girod, Michele Bozzetti

Water management by gas diffusion electrodes is a fundamental aspect of the performance of electrochemical cells. Herein, we introduce the characteristic constrictions size as a descriptor for microporous layers (MPL). This parameter is calculated by volum ...

Royal Society of Chemistry2022

Charge/discharge cycling of Li1+x(Ni0.6Co0.2Mn0.2)(1-x)O-2 primary particles performed in a liquid microcell for transmission electron microscopy studies (vol 2, 034007, 2020)

Jing Hou, Vasiliki Tileli, Tzu-Hsien Shen, Robin Pierre Alain Girod

2021

Lithium-Gold Reference Electrode for Potential Stability DuringIn SituElectron Microscopy Studies of Lithium-Ion Batteries

Nikolaos Nianias, Jing Hou, Vasiliki Tileli, Jialiang Fan, Tzu-Hsien Shen, Robin Pierre Alain Girod

Electrochemical liquid-phase transmission electron microscopy (TEM) is showing excellent promise in fundamental studies of energy-related processes including lithium-ion battery (LIB) cycling. A key requirement to accurately interpret the measurements and ...

2020

Charge/discharge cycling of Li1+x(Ni0.6Co0.2Mn0.2)1−xO2 primary particles performed in a liquid microcell for transmission electron microscopy studies

Jing Hou, Vasiliki Tileli, Tzu-Hsien Shen, Robin Pierre Alain Girod

Ni-rich layered oxides are promising positive electrodes for fulfillment of government and industry targets for lithium-ion-battery-operated electric mobility purposes. Apart from ongoing research focusing on their design and material production, advanced ...

2020

Electrochemical Behavior of Carbon Electrodes for In Situ Redox Studies in a Transmission Electron Microscope

Nikolaos Nianias, Vasiliki Tileli, Robin Pierre Alain Girod

Electrochemical liquid cell transmission electron microscopy (TEM) is a unique technique for probing nanocatalyst behavior during operation for a range of different electrocatalytic processes, including hydrogen evolution reaction (HER), oxygen evolution r ...

CAMBRIDGE UNIV PRESS2019