The XSD Spectroscopy Group operates the bending magnet beamline 9-BM to serve the materials science, environmental science, energy storage and catalysis user communities. It provides a focused, tunable x-ray beam for XAFS (EXAFS and XANES) experiments with special capabilities for lower energy x-rays and in-situ/operando studies.

Supported Techniques

X-ray absorption fine structure

Beamline Controls and Data Acquisition

Windows with LabView

Detectors

• Ion chambers
• Lytle detector
• 4-element Vortex SDD detector on request
• PIPS (on request)
• electron yield detector

Additional Equipment

• Cryostat (10-300 K) on request
• Bruker FTIR spectrometer (concurrent DRIFTS and XAFS)
• Automated hazardous gas handling
• Mass spectrometer
• Variety of in-situ cells for catalysts, liquids and batteries
• Glove box (nitrogen, 0.1 ppm O2, 0.7 ppm water) for sample prep

Local Contacts

Beamline Specs