Spatial and temporal exploration of heterogeneous catalysts with synchrotron radiation

F Meirer, BM Weckhuysen - Nature Reviews Materials, 2018 - nature.com
Solid catalysts are the workhorses that convert feedstock molecules into fuels, chemicals
and materials. Solid catalysts are highly complex, porous, multi-elemental and often …

Synchrotron techniques for in situ catalytic studies: capabilities, challenges, and opportunities

AI Frenkel, JA Rodriguez, JG Chen - Acs Catalysis, 2012 - ACS Publications
Most industrial catalysts are complex materials that usually operate at elevated pressures
and temperatures. Pressure, materials, instrument, and complexity gaps are obstacles …

Chemical imaging of catalytic solids with synchrotron radiation

AM Beale, SDM Jacques… - Chemical Society Reviews, 2010 - pubs.rsc.org
Heterogeneous catalysis is a term normally used to describe a group of catalytic processes,
yet it could equally be employed to describe the catalytic solid itself. A better understanding …

Synchrotron-radiation spectroscopic identification towards diverse local environments of single-atom catalysts

S Qiao, Q He, P Zhang, Y Zhou, S Chen… - Journal of Materials …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Single-atom catalysts (SACs) that can achieve maximum atom utilization and provide well-
defined active sites in energy conversion reactions have attracted much attention in the past …

Visualizing catalytic dynamics processes via synchrotron radiation multitechniques

D Cao, W Xu, S Chen, C Liu, B Sheng… - Advanced …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The importance of catalysts today as workhorses in most modern industrial fields cannot be
downplayed. As a result, rational design and engineering of targeted catalysts have …

Combining synchrotron-based X-ray techniques with vibrational spectroscopies for the in situ study of heterogeneous catalysts: a view from a bridge

MA Newton, W van Beek - Chemical Society Reviews, 2010 - pubs.rsc.org
The advantages, challenges, and future possibilities for combining synchrotron-based X-ray
techniques with vibrational spectroscopies are considered in this critical review. Particular …

Hard and soft X-ray microscopy and tomography in catalysis: bridging the different time and length scales

JD Grunwaldt, CG Schroer - Chemical Society Reviews, 2010 - pubs.rsc.org
X-Ray microscopic techniques are excellent and presently emerging techniques for
chemical imaging of heterogeneous catalysts. Spatially resolved studies in heterogeneous …

Advanced X-ray absorption and emission spectroscopy: in situ catalytic studies

J Singh, C Lamberti, JA van Bokhoven - Chemical Society Reviews, 2010 - pubs.rsc.org
Knowledge of the structure of catalysts is essential to understand their behavior, which
further facilitates development of an active, selective, and stable catalyst. Determining the …

Heterogeneities of individual catalyst particles in space and time as monitored by spectroscopy

ILC Buurmans, BM Weckhuysen - Nature chemistry, 2012 - nature.com
Recent years have witnessed the introduction of spatiotemporal spectroscopy for the
characterization of catalysts at work at previously unattainable resolution and sensitivity …

In situ and operando electron microscopy in heterogeneous catalysis—insights into multi-scale chemical dynamics

SW Chee, T Lunkenbein, R Schlögl… - Journal of Physics …, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
This review features state-of-the-art in situ and operando electron microscopy (EM) studies
of heterogeneous catalysts in gas and liquid environments during reaction. Heterogeneous …