Total Electron-Yield XAS as an In Situ Probe for Studies of Catalysts and Other Materials in Reactive Gas Environments

Sven L.M. Schroeder
PhD Thesis, University of Cambridge, March 1996

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Title Page, Preface, Table of Contents, Glossary of Abbreviations.

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X-ray Absorption Fine Structure Spectroscopy: Principles

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Design and Characterisation of In Situ Cells for X-ray Absorption Spectroscopic Investigations of Catalysts by Total-Electron Yield Detection

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Probing Depth of Total Electron-Yield Techniques for X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy

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Non-Linear Response of The Total Electron-yield Signal to the X-ray Absorption Coefficient

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In Situ Total Electron-Yield XAFS Investigations of a Cu/ZnO/Al2O3 Methanol Synthesis Catalyst

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Investigations of Nanocrystalline Cu5Ni95 Alloy Particles by In Situ TEY XAFS, In Situ XRD and XPS

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Summary and Future Work

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Appendix A (Spectroellipsometric Analysis of NiO Layers Grown on Ni)

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