Co-ACCESS Laboratory

Lab space

Lab space for the users

Co-ACCESS operates a 400 sq foot wet chemistry laboratory specifically designed for catalysis studies. The lab is fully stocked with a diverse array of equipment necessary for the catalysis researcher and is available to collaborators.
For sample preparation

List of Equipment

• 6 ft and 4 ft fume hoods

• Two gas cabinets for flammable and toxic gases

• Argon glove box

• Balances

• Pellet press

• Ovens and furnaces

Glove box with antechambers
FTIR spectrometer at Co-ACCESS
Lab space
For sample characterization

Nicolet iS50 FTIR Spectrometer

FTIR spectrometer with external prototyping chamber is available for users.

Find more about FTIR below.

FTIR at Co-ACCESS
Source(s): 

  • Polaris IR (9600-20 cm-1) 

  • NIR/VIS (27000-2000 cm-1)

Beamsplitter(s): 

  • KBr (7800-350 cm-1)

Detector(s): 

  • DLaTGS-KBr [fixed-internal] (12500-350 cm-1)

  • MCT-A [movable-internal/prototyping chamber] (11700-600 cm-1)

FTIR Gas Manifold

FTIR Gas Manifold System

Brooks Smart Interface controlled manifold supporting in-situ FTIR experimentation featuring:

  1. 5 gas feed – standard compressed gases, configurable to specific gas blends

  2. Modulation excitation capable – cycling of two gas streams at frequencies up to ??? hz

  3. Isotope feed – feed inlet + injector loop for isotopes (e.g., 13CO)

  4. Liquid Saturator – allows dosing of vapor feeds

  5. Injector loop – ?? mL loop for controlled dosing of gases to a sample

  6. Reactor bypass module – reactant feed able to bypass reactor for on-line characterization of feed stream via mass spectrometer/GC

DRIFT cell for FTIR
Ed Wolfe Cell for FTIR

  • Insitu Research Transmission FTIR cell

Ribeiro Cell for FTIR