Past editions

The following list presents examples of laboratory practicals and program offered during previous editions of the SPECTROCAT Summer School.
These topics are provided for illustrative purposes only and do not represent the practical sessions planned for the 2026 edition. The final programme for this year will be announced later and may differ significantly depending on equipment availability, instructors, and scientific focus.

• Introduction to Raman spectroscopy on catalysts

• Metal dispersion of Al₂O₃ supported platinum catalysts measured by CO chemisorption

• CO and pyridine to probe and quantify acid sites of a MFI-zeolite

• Basic properties of ZrO₂/CeO₂ mixed oxide probed by in-situ CO₂ adsorption/desorption

• Use of Methanol as an IR probe to study the reduction process in ceria–zirconia mixed compounds

• Operando FTIR spectroscopy: N₂O decomposition

• Selective Catalytic Reduction of NOx by NH₃. An operando IR spectroscopic study of stationary sources exhaust gases treatment using FER zeolites

• Operando IR coupled to SSITKA experiments for photocatalysis studies

• AGIR: a new tool combining Analysis by Gravimetry and IR spectroscopy

• Determination of adsorption parameters by IR spectroscopy

• Spectra processing and analysis

• Observation of surface species during plasma-assisted CO₂ conversion

• Solid-state NMR: ²⁷Al, ¹H, ¹³C MAS NMR studies

• Determination of OH accessibility on silica by OH–OD isotopic exchange followed by IR

• Study of sulfide catalysts (MoS₂/Al₂O₃) by IR spectroscopy using CO as probe molecule

• Operando IR study of the Temperature-Programmed Reduction by CO of Platinum Supported on Zirconia–Ceria: a DRIFT/TRANSMISSION cells comparison

• ATR-IR coupled with flow adsorption system to study solid-liquid interface