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X-ray absorption spectroscopy under industrial conditions
2025-02-28 10:00 - 11:00 (Europe/Paris)
Zoom webinar | Replay on Youtube
Aram Bugaev
Paul Scherrer Institute (PSI)
X-ray absorption spectroscopy (XAS) is a well-recognized technique for investigating the atomic and electronic structure of functional materials. This is especially important for catalysis, essential for a significant portion of industrial-scale chemical reactions, where understanding the structure of active catalytic sites and their evolution during operation and degradation is crucial. XAS provides element-specific insights into the local atomic and electronic environment under realistic reaction conditions. This talk will present an overview of state-of-the-art synchrotron- and laboratory-based XAS techniques, along with dedicated operando reactors designed to study materials under high pressures and temperatures in various aggregation states. Special emphasis will be placed on the recent successful experiments conducted within ReMade@ARI.
