Fitch, SamuelMoehl, GillesMeddings, NinaFop, SachaSoule, SamanthaLee, Tien-LinKazemian, MajidGarcia-Araez, NuriaHector, Andrew L.2023-08-292023-08-292023-08-23Fitch, S, Moehl, G, Meddings, N, Fop, S, Soule, S, Lee, T-L, Kazemian, M, Garcia-Araez, N & Hector, A L 2023, 'A combined electrochemical, XPS and STXM study of lithium nitride as a protective coating for lithium-metal and lithium-sulfur batteries', ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, vol. 15, no. 33, pp. 39198-39210. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.3c048971944-8244ORCID: /0000-0003-4168-6363/work/141722048https://hdl.handle.net/2164/21575Financial support from EPSRC through the Faraday Institution LiSTAR programme (EP/S003053/1, grant FIRG014) and an early career fellowship to N.G.A. (EP/N024303/1) are gratefully acknowledged. The authors also gratefully acknowledge support from Diamond for beam time at the I08 (SP1860 and SP20639) and I09 (S122619) beamlines. Conventional X-ray photoelectron (XPS) data collection was performed at the EPSRC National Facility for XPS (“HarwellXPS”), operated by Cardiff University and UCL, under contract no. PR16195. We also acknowledge Dr. Mark Isaacs for helpful scientific discussions regarding the XPS measurements.1310222188engSubstantive connection via eligible employment contractlithium metal anodeprotective coatingartificial SEIlithium-sulfur batterypolysulfidesXPSSTXMoperando optical microscopyQD ChemistryEngineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC)EP/S003053/1FIRG014EP/N024303/1PR16195Supplementary InformationSupplementary DataQDJournal article10.1021/acsami.3c048971533