SPring-8 BL36XU: Catalytic Reaction Dynamics for Fuel Cells

O. Sekizawa, T. Uruga, Y. Takagi, K. Nitta, K. Kato, H. Tanida, K. Uesugi, M. Hoshino, E. Ikenaga, K. Takeshita, S. Takahashi, M. Sano, H. Aoyagi, A. Watanabe, N. Nariyama, H. Ohashi, H. Yumoto, T. Koyama, Y. Senba, T. TakeuchiY. Furukawa, T. Ohata, T. Matsushita, Y. Ishizawa, T. Kudo, H. Kimura, H. Yamazaki, T. Tanaka, T. Bizen, T. Seike, S. Goto, H. Ohno, M. Takata, H. Kitamura, T. Ishikawa, M. Tada, T. Yokoyama, Y. Iwasawa

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Abstract

A tapered undulator beamline BL36XU was constructed at SPring-8 to conduct structural and electronic analysis of dynamic events on polymer electrolyte fuel cell (PEFC) cathode catalysts for the development of next-generation PEFCs. BL36XU provides various time and spatially resolved XAFS techniques in an energy range from 4.5 to 35 keV for investigating PEFCs under the operating conditions. In addition, we developed in-situ complementary measurement systems, such as in-situ time-resolved XAFS/XRD and ambient pressure HAXPES systems. This report describes the performance and present status of the BL36XU.

Original languageEnglish
Article number012142
JournalJournal of Physics: Conference Series
Volume712
Issue number1
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2016
Event16th International Conference on X-Ray Absorption Fine Structure, XAFS 2015 - Karlsruhe, Germany
Duration: 2015 Aug 232015 Aug 28

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