A Collaboration for Guiding the Rational Design of Multielement Solid Catalysts

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AbstractThis invited Team Profile was created by the Inorganic Chemistry and Catalysis group, Department of Chemistry, University of Utrecht, the Netherlands; X‐ray Laboratory, Department of Physics, University of Helsinki, Finland; Laboratory of Inorganic Chemistry, Department of Chemistry and Applied Biosciences, ETH Zürich, Switzerland; Center for Materials Science and Nanotechnology, Department of Physics, University of Oslo, Norway; and Catalysis Research Center, Department of Chemistry, University of Oslo, Norway. They recently published an article on their successfully designed laboratory‐based setup enabling operando multi‐edge X‐ray absorption near‐edge structure (XANES), which offers possibilities for advanced catalyst characterization, as demonstrated for mono‐, bi‐, and trimetallic CO2 hydrogenation catalysts consisting of Ni, Cu, and Fe. Synergistic effects during catalyst reduction and their influence on catalytic performance were unravelled, guiding rational design of multielement solid catalysts for various applications. “Operando Laboratory‐based Multi‐edge X‐ray Absorption Near‐Edge Spectroscopy of Solid Catalysts”, N. S. Genz, A.‐J. Kallio, R. Oord, F. Krumeich, A. Pokle, Ø. Prytz, U. Olsbye, F. Meirer, S. Huotari, B. M. Weckhuysen, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2022, e202209334; Angew. Chem. 2022, e202209334.