- Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques
- X-ray Spectroscopy and Fluorescence Analysis
- CO2 Reduction Techniques and Catalysts
- Gas Sensing Nanomaterials and Sensors
- TiO2 Photocatalysis and Solar Cells
- Diamond and Carbon-based Materials Research
- Advanced X-ray Imaging Techniques
- Machine Learning in Materials Science
Menlo School
2023
SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
2023
We present a dedicated end-station for solution phase high repetition rate (MHz) picosecond hard x-ray spectroscopy at beamline 15-2 of the Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Lightsource. A high-power ultrafast ytterbium-doped fiber laser is used to photoexcite samples 640 kHz, while data acquisition operates 1.28 MHz storage ring recording in an alternating on-off mode. The time-resolved measurements are enabled via gating detectors with 20 mA/70 ps camshaft bunch SPEAR3, mode available during...
Photocatalysis is a promising concept for the direct conversion of solar energy into fuels and chemicals. The design, experimental protocol, performance multimodal versatile flow reactor characterization powdered immobilized photocatalysts are herein presented. Ultimately, this instrument enables rigorous evaluation photocatalysis metrics. apparatus quantifies transient gas-phase reaction products via online real-time gas analyzer mass spectrometry (RTGA-MS). For H2, most challenging gas,...