(292f) In-Situ and Operando Methods to Understand Electrified Processes for the Production of Fuels and Chemicals

Electrification provides an intriguing pathway for the sustainable production of fuels and chemicals. Much remains to be understood about electrochemical pathways in order to advance technologies to the point of broad-scale commercialization. This paper will focus on the design, development, and implementation of in-situ and operando techniques that can provide new insights into electrochemical reactions of interest, including hydrogen production, the electrochemical conversion of CO₂ to carbon-based fuels, and N2 to ammonia. Techniques include those based on attenuated total reflectance surface-enhanced infra-red spectroscopy (ATR-SEIRAS), on-stream inductively coupled plasma – mass spectrometry (ICP-MS), and other forms of characterization involving X-rays and neutron scattering.