SSRL will be implementing a dedicated quick scanning monochromator for X-ray absorption spectroscopy (QEXAFS) on BL10-2 in the fall of 2021, making it the first such monochromator on a wiggler beamline. This exciting capability will open up new scientific opportunities in many areas of chemistry and catalysis. This workshop will bring together experts in the field and help define new opportunities especially in kinetics and dynamics of catalytic processes.

The session presentations will be broadcast through a Zoom webinar which can be accessed by the 'Join Broadcast' button that will be accessible on this page at the start of the 7:15 am session.

Organizers: 

Simon Bare, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory/SSRL

Adam Hoffman, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory/SSRL

Oliver Mueller, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory/SSRL

Agenda:

07:15 – 07:30 AM Introduction  Simon, Adam and Oliver- SLAC/SSRL

07:30 – 08:00 AM ROCK, the SOLEIL’s Quick-EXAFS beamline: ms time resolution, multivariate analysis and hyperspectral imaging for operando characterizations  Valérie Brios- Soleil University

08:00 – 08:30 AM Time-resolved XAS studies of catalysts and nanomaterials at P64  Vadim Murzim- University of Wuppertal / Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron (DESY)

08:30 – 09:00 AM Continuous and fast scanning XAS capabilities at SSRL  Oliver Mueller- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory

09:00 – 09:30 AM Quick-XAS to Understand Structure Sensitivity in Catalysis  Charlotte Vogt- Weizmann Institute for Science

09:30 – 09:45 AM BREAK

09:45 – 10:15 AM Recent developments in QEXAFS: data processing and fluorescence detection  Adam Hugh Clark- Paul Scherrer Institute

10:15 – 10:45 AM What can we learn from time resolved studies of the step-wise and direct conversion of methane to methanol by copper hosted in zeolites from operando Quick XAS  Mark Newton- ETH Zurich

10:45 – 11:00 AM BREAK

11:00 - 11:30 AM Tracking the active site in heterogeneous catalysis for energy storage and emission control using operando (Q)EXAFS: Status, potential, future needs  Jan-Dierk Grunwaldt- Karlsruhe Institute of Technology

11:30 – 12:00 PM QEXAFS for (electro-) catalysis at SLS: Quo Vadis?  Maarten Nachtegaal- Paul Scherrer Institute

12:00 – 12:30 PM Discussion with all participants