Speaker
Description
A new In Situ Spectroscopy beamline (X07DB) has been recently established at the Swiss Light Source (SLS). The beamline is now open to the user community via proposal access, offering studies of solid-gas and solid-liquid interfaces using ambient-pressure X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy. Two experimental endstations are available, capable of studying "real" catalysts such as polycrystalline/powder samples under catalytically relevant conditions, as well as model systems represented by well-defined single crystals prepared under UHV conditions. The unique capability of the beamline is the ability to perform electrochemical studies. Besides our current experimental capabilities, I will present the ongoing in-house research, instrumental development, and plans towards the scheduled upgrade of the SLS 2.0.
