Heterogeneous Catalysts in Reactive Environments

Heterogeneous catalysis plays a key role in various energy conversion processes. To determine how catalytic activity is related to energy efficiency and selectivity it is crucial to understand the structure and chemistry of the surfaces of catalysts under reaction conditions. Characterization of catalysts under reaction conditions has been challenging due to the limited access to techniques operational at high temperatures and pressures. Recent devleopments in instrumentation of ambient pressure photoelectron spectroscopy, high pressure STM, environmental TEM, variable pressure AFM, and other methods of operando studies have provided techniques to investigate the chemistries of heterogeneous catalysts under reaction conditions.


Heterogeneous Catalysts in Reactive Environments provides an introduction into the techniques used for in-situ and operando studies of catalysts. The book also explores the new chemistries of important catalytic reactions in energy conversion and environmental sustainability revealed through in-situ or operando studies.


Written by leading experts in the field, the book is the first to systematically describe the techniques of in-situ and operando studies for postgraduate, academic and industrial researchers interested in heterogeneous catalysis, surface characterisation and in-situ characterisation.