AVS 59th Annual International Symposium and Exhibition
    In Situ Microscopy and Spectroscopy Focus Topic Tuesday Sessions

Session IS+AS+SS+EN-TuM
In Situ Spectroscopic Studies of Catalysis and Gas-Solid Reactions

Tuesday, October 30, 2012, 8:00 am, Room 007
Moderator: B. Roldan Cuenya, University of Central Florida


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8:00am IS+AS+SS+EN-TuM1 Invited Paper
Ambient Pressure XPS for Alternative Energy Research and Environmental Science
H. Bluhm, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
8:40am IS+AS+SS+EN-TuM3
In Situ Soft X-ray Photon-in/Photon-out Spectroscopy of Photo-electrochemical Reactions of Hematite in Water Splitting
J.H. Guo, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, A. Braun, Empa, Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology, K. Sivula, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Switzerland, D. Bora, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, J.F. Zhu, L. Zhang, University of Science and Technology of China, M. Grätzel, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Switzerland, E.C. Constable, University of Basel, Swtizerland
9:00am IS+AS+SS+EN-TuM4
XANES and Ambient Pressure XPS (APXPS) Study: Investigations of the Local Structure and Final-State Effect in Partially Reduced SnOx Nanoislands on Pt(111)
S. Axnanda, Z. Liu, B. Mao, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
9:20am IS+AS+SS+EN-TuM5
Epitaxial Strontium Substituted Lanthanum Cobalt Oxides Investigated using In Situ Ambient Pressure X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy Near Operating Conditions Under Applied Potentials
E. Crumlin, E. Mutoro, Massachusetts Institute of Tech., Z. Liu, Lawrence Berkeley National Lab, M.D. Biegalski, Oak Ridge National Lab, W.T. Hong, Massachusetts Institute of Tech., H.M. Christen, Oak Ridge National Lab, H. Bluhm, Lawrence Berkeley National Lab, Y. Shao-Horn, Massachusetts Institute of Tech.
9:40am IS+AS+SS+EN-TuM6
Probing Nitrogen and Metal Speciation in Non-Platinum Electrocatalysts by Ambient Pressure X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopies and DFT Calculations
K. Artyushkova, B. Halevi, A. Serov, The University of New Mexico, B. Kiefer, New Mexico State University, P. Atanassov, The University of New Mexico
10:40am IS+AS+SS+EN-TuM9
Resolving Growth of Palladium Nanocatalysts Using In Situ FT-IR, XAS and PDF under Practical Atomic Layer Deposition Conditions
Y. Lei, J. Lu, B. Liu, H. Zhao, J. Greeley, P. Chupas, J. Miller, J.W. Elam, Argonne National Laboratory
11:00am IS+AS+SS+EN-TuM10 Invited Paper
Catalyst Characterization using In Situ XAS and XPS: From Nanoparticles Synthesis to Evolution of Structural/Electronic Properties under Reaction Conditions
A.M. Karim, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
11:40am IS+AS+SS+EN-TuM12
In Situ Study of the Oxidation of CO over Ir(111)
J. Knudsen, Lund University, Sweden, Y. Monya, Keio University, Japan, J. Schnadt, M.A. Arman, E. Grånäs, Lund University, Sweden, H. Kondoh, Keio University, Japan, J.N. Andersen, Lund University, Sweden