Methods

Catalysis on Oxides group

Synthesys

Synthesis

• Automated laboratory reactor system (Mettler-Toledo Labmax®),
  see for example: Abstract online   ... ››
• Analytic autoclaves (Premex Reactor AG),
  see for example: Abstract online   ... ››
• MULTWAVE PRO 50Hz (Anton Paar Germany GmbH) for microwave-assisted synthesis
• Malvern Zetasizer Nano System for determination of particle size distributions and zeta potentials of suspensions,
  see for example: Article online   ... ››
• Rotating furnaces for thermal treatment under controlled flow of variable gas mixtures, for detailed description of a rotating oven, see for example: Thesis Thomas Cotter, 2011  ... ››

Molecular spectroscopy

• Raman spectrometer TriVista TR557 (S&I Spectroscopy & Imaging GmbH) equipped with a confocal Raman microscope, lasers sources: 785, 633, 532, 488, 457, 442, 355, 325, 266 nm, Linkam CCR-1000 reactor stage for in-situ studies coupled with a micro GC (Agilent) and a mass spectrometer OmniStar (Pfeiffer Vacuum),
  see for example: Abstract online   ... ››
• FITR spectrometers (Cary 680 (Agilent), Varian-670 FTIR spectrometer, Spectrum 100 (Perkin Elmer)) equipped with MCT detectors and in-situ cells for measurements in transmission, diffuse reflectance and ATR,
  see for example: Article online   ... ››
• UV-vis-NIR spectrometer Cary 5000 (Agilent) and Lambda 650 UV-vis spectrometer (Perkin Elmer) equipped with Harrick DR accessories (HVC-VUV-4) for in-situ studies,
  see for example: Abstract online   ... ››
• Photoluminescence spectrometer LS-55 (Perkin Elmer) equipped with a red-sensitive photomultiplier R928 from Hamamatsu Photonics that allows the detection of emissions in the range between 200 and 900 nm and a sample pretreatment and gas dosing system,
  see for example: Abstract online   ... ››

Test reactors

• Single-tube, cascade, and parallel (ILS) fixed-bed reactors for gas phase oxidation equipped with GC-MS, GC (Agilent), on-line gas analyzer (X-Stream, Emerson/Rosemount), and MS OmniStar™ (Pfeiffer Vacuum),
  for application of a parallel reactor see for example:
  Abstract online   ... ››
  
  for application of temperature-programmed reaction and SSITKA experiments see for example:
  Article online   ... ››
• Single and parallel reactors for hydrogenation reactions at high pressures,
  see for example: Abstract online   ... ››