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Title: Advancing Spectrokinetics in Heterogeneous Catalysis: From Bulk to Surface Species and Beyond
This work proves the feasibility of utilizing steady state and transient in situ/operando spectroscopy to extract mechanistic information that reduces and leads to robust kinetic models. It also opens new avenues to explore kinetics and mechanisms with charge transfer data in heterogeneous catalysis.  more » « less
Award ID(s):
2219872
PAR ID:
10611633
Author(s) / Creator(s):
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Publisher / Repository:
https://aiche.confex.com/aiche/nams25/meetingapp.cgi/Paper/705817
Date Published:
Format(s):
Medium: X
Location:
Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Sponsoring Org:
National Science Foundation
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