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
