High Throughput Operando Studies using Fourier Transform Infrared Imaging and Raman Spectroscopy
A prototype operando high throughput (OHT) reactor designed and built for catalyst screening and characterization combines Fourier transform infrared (FT-IR) imaging and Raman spectroscopy in operando conditions. Using a focal plane array (FPA) detector (HgCdTe FPA, 128×128 pixels, and 1,610 Hz frame rate) for the FT-IR imaging system, the catalyst activity and selectivity of all parallel reaction channels can be simultaneously followed. Each image dataset possesses16,384 IR spectra with a spectral range of 800 to 4000 cm-1 with an 8 cm-1 resolution. Depending on the signal-to-noise ratio, 2 to 20 seconds are needed to generate a full image of all reaction channels from a dataset. Results on reactant conversion and product selectivity are obtained from FT-IR spectral analysis. Six novel Raman probes, one for each reaction channel, were specially designed and house built at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), to simultaneously collect Raman spectra of the catalysts and possible reaction intermediates on the catalyst surface under operando conditions. As a model system, methanol partial oxidation reaction on silica-supported molybdenum oxide (MoO3/SiO2) catalysts has been studied under different reaction conditions to demonstrate the performance of the OHT reactor.
- Research Organization:
- Pacific Northwest National Lab. (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States). Environmental Molecular Sciences Lab. (EMSL)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC05-76RL01830
- OSTI ID:
- 947908
- Report Number(s):
- PNNL-SA-60652; RSINAK; 21610; 25401; TRN: US200905%%304
- Journal Information:
- Review of Scientific Instruments, 79:074101, Vol. 79; ISSN 0034-6748
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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