Equipment

Selection of the available equipment


AFM-IR

UV-Vis microscope

XRD-Raman-GC

Spectroscopy

Fluorescence Spectroscopy

Fourier-Transform Infrared Spectroscopy/Near-Infrared Spectroscopy

Raman Spectroscopy

(lasers: 532 nm, 638 nm, 785 nm) (Horiba, Renishaw, Kaiser, Avantes)

Scanning Offset Raman Spectroscopy

UV-Vis-NIR Spectroscopy

Microscopy, Micro-/Nano-Spectroscopy

AFM – IR

AFM – Raman

Fluorescence Microscopy

UV-Vis Microscopy

Vis Microscopy

Operando/In-situ/Multiple Approach Spectroscopy

FTO UV-Vis – Raman – GC

React – IR

UV-Vis – IR – MS

UV – Vis – Raman – autoclave

UV-Vis – Raman –  GC

UV – Vis – Raman – pilot plant

Window reactor

XRD – Raman – GC

Atomic Force Microscopy

AFM (Bruker, multimode)

AFM with autoclave

AFM with glovebox

X-ray

X-ray diffraction D2

X-ray diffraction D8

In-situ Cells

Fluorescence

IR

IR-CO/NO

IR-DRIFT

IR-pyridine

(other probe molecules also possible)

Raman

Specac HTHP cell

UV-Vis -IR

UV-Vis (Linkam)

 

Catalyst Characterization Methods

Chemisorption

Physisorption

Temperature programmed desorption

Tepmerature programmed oxidation

Temperature programmed reduction

Access to various facilities

Electron Paramagnetic Resonance Spectroscopy

Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy

Scanning Electron Microscopy

Synchrotron access

The Weckhuysen group makes use of publicly accessible synchrotrons upon the acceptance of beamtime proposals. Established research relationships with a.o.:

Advanced Light Source (ALS), Berkeley, CA, USA

Canadian Light Source (CLS), Saskatoon, Canada

Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron (DESY), Hamburg, Germany

European Synchrotron Radiation Facility (ESRF), Grenoble, France

Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Lightsource (SSRL), Menlo Park, CA, USA

Swiss Light Source (SLS), Villigen, Switzerland

Transmission Electron Microscopy