The Mn-oxide/Nb:SrTiO3 photoelectrode for oxygen evolution reaction was investigated by in situ Mn K-edge XAFS spectroscopy under UV irradiation. The oxidization of the Mn oxide was observed via photoexcited carrier transfer, which results in the positive potential shift of the Mn oxide cocatalyst toward oxygen evolution reaction.

EXAFS measurements in the corrosion deposits were performed on Bell Labs-UIUC beamline X16C at the NSLS at Brookhaven National Laboratory in grazing incidence fluorescence mode at room temperature. EXAFS in the reference Cu and Pb metal foils, malachite, cerussite and hydrocerussite were measured in transmission. Sagittally focused second crystal in the double crystal Si (111) monochromator all...

Owing to its element specific and short-range nature, core-level X-ray absorption spectroscopy (XAS) is now routinely used to elucidate the local structural, vibrational, and other physical properties of complex, aperiodic materials. XAS encompasses both extended X-ray absorption fine structure (EXAFS) and X-ray absorption near edge spectra (XANES) [1, 2], where the terms refer, respectively, t...

This study describes the first example of the investigation of electronic, geometric, and catalytic properties of Pd subnano metal clusters of Pd(4), Pd(8), and Pd(16) stabilized by poly(propylene imine) (PPI) dendrimers using XAFS and IR analyses. The relations among these properties are also discussed.

The comparative X-ray absorption spectroscopy study of gadolinium and samarium bisporphyrinate complexes represented by the formulas Gd(III)H(oep)(tpp), Gd(III)(oep)(2), Gd(III)H(tpp)(2) and Sm(III)H(oep)(tpp), Sm(III)(oep)(2), Sm(III)H(tpp)(2) is reported. The XAFS spectra are recorded on the LURE-DCI storage ring (Orsay, France) in transmission mode on the microcrystalline samples at the Gd a...

There is a continual influx of heavy metal contaminants and pollutants into the biosphere from both natural and anthropogenic sources. A complex variety of abiotic and biotic processes affects their speciation and distribution, including adsorption onto and desorption from mineral surfaces, incorporation in precipitates or coprecipitates, release through the dissolution of minerals, and interac...

The dynamics of the local electronic and geometric structures of WO3 following photoexcitation were studied by femtosecond time-resolved X-ray absorption fine structure (XAFS) spectroscopy using an X-ray free electron laser (XFEL). We found that the electronic state was the first to change followed by the local structure, which was affected within 200 ps of photoexcitation.

Technetium disulfide was prepared by reaction between the elements in a sealed tube at 450 °C, by reaction between Tc2(O2CCH3)5 and H2S gas in a flowing system at 450 °C and by reaction between K2TcCl6 and H2S gas in sulfuric acid. The samples were analysed by X-ray absorption fine structure (XAFS) spectroscopy.

The X-ray absorption spectra have been measured near Kedge of a crystalline KOH. After the subtraction of XAFS oscillation, several features caused by multielectron transitions suggested on noble gases were detected on K in solid phase and analyzed by the use of the shakeup and shakeoff probabilities. The [ls2p], [ls3s], and [ls3p] transition onsets have been identified in the compound.

A new tabulation of atomic form factors is discussed briefly, extending the validity of the isolated atom approximation and serving as a baseline for near-edge solid-state and XAFS investigations. This is detailed by Chantler [J. Phys. Chem. Ref. Data, (2000), 29, 597-1048] and is the latest component of the FFAST tabulation of NIST.