Su₂nCat-CO₂ project receives beamtime at the MAX IV Synchrotron

03. – 17. March 2025
Lund, Schweden

The SINATRA junior research group Su₂nCat-CO₂ had its first beamtime at the HIPPIE beamline at MAX IV – one of the world’s leading synchrotron research centers. This enabled the junior research group’s current research about the (photo)activation of greenhouse gases to be carried out much more realistically. The HIIPPIE beamline made it possible to study the chemistry of various greenhouse gases on defective oxide (photo)catalysts under conditions close to ambient pressure, i.e. in the range of a few mbar, instead of only in ultra-high vacuum, as is the case in a conventional laboratory.

Immediately after the time at the HIPPIE beamline, the team was also able to carry out experiments at the FlexPES beamline of the MAX IV. The focus here was on novel Ti-based photocatalysts which are being developed in the junior research group. These were characterized using high-resolution XPS and NEXAFS. Building on previous measurements, the radiation time at the FlexPES provided new insights into the effects of different synthesis substrates and the introduction of defects into the nanomaterials.

The junior research group Su₂nCat-CO₂ would like to thank Filip Hallböök from the group of Dr. Sara Blomberg (Lund University) as well as Sergi Campos Jara and Martin Hedevang from the group of Prof. Jeppe Vang Lauritsen (Aarhus University) for their valuable support on the two beamlines.