Design and applications of a home-built in situ FT-Raman spectroscopic cell.
In the field of heterogeneous catalysis, in situ spectroscopy is one of the topics with growing interest. The characterization of a catalyst under working conditions is essential to identify the catalytic active site and to study the relation between the surface structure of a catalyst and its catalytic performance. For the first time, the design of an in situ spectroscopic cell for FT-Raman is presented and its performance is demonstrated by monitoring the thermal conversion of as synthesized mesoporous titanium and by characterizing the molecular surface structure of the vanadium oxides grafted on MCM-48 after exposure to a probe molecule. The results in both cases indicate that the in situ FT-Raman cell is a promising technique for characterizing the molecular surface structure of catalyst materials.
Laboratory of Adsorption and Catalysis, Department of Chemistry, University of Antwerpen, Universiteitsplein 1, 2610 Wilrijk, Belgium.
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Mathieu
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Baltes
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Cassiers
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Meynen
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Cool
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P
Van Der Voort
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BM
Weckhuysen
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Schoonheydt
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Vansant
D002384:Catalysis; D004867:Equipment Design; D000431:Ethanol / Q000737:chemistry; D015394:Molecular Structure; D049329:Nanostructures; D010084:Oxidation-Reduction; D013055:Spectrophotometry, Infrared / Q000295:instrumentation*; D013059:Spectrum Analysis, Raman / Q000295:instrumentation*; D013696:Temperature; D014025:Titanium / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism; D014639:Vanadium / Q000737:chemistry
D014639:Vanadium; C009495:titanium dioxide; D000431:Ethanol; D014025:Titanium