“…The absorption spectrum is divided into the X-ray Absorption Near-Edge Structure (XANES) region and the Extended X-ray Absorption Fine Structure (EXAFS) region; the former examines the oxidation state, coordination number, electronic configuration and site symmetry, whereas the latter provides information on average interatomic distances. Raman spectroscopy is also used to explore the variation in the local structure and oxidation state, as well as the thermal stability of electrode surfaces or electrode-electrolyte interfaces during charge-discharge and heat treatment (Dokko et al, 2002;Hardwick et al, 2008;Membreno et al, 2013;Stancovski and Badilescu, 2013;Wu et al, 2013); FTIR is another effective tool for studying the surface and evolution of electrodeelectrolyte interfaces under cell operating conditions (Aurbach and Chusid, 1997;Chusid et al, 2001;Cheng et al, 2007;Ye et al, 2016). In addition to these spectroscopic techniques, operando SEM (Miller et al, 2013;Hovington et al, 2014;Marceau et al, 2016) and TEM (Liu, S. et al, 2014;Janish and Carter, 2015;Wang, 2015;Chen et al, 2016a;Xu et al, 2016) show the evolution of direct images of cycling electrode at the micro-and nano-scales.…”