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Crystallography 
Spectroscopy B07 Contact
Principal Beamline Scientist:
Georg Held
Tel: +44 (0) 1235 778480
E-mail: [email protected]
Science Group Leader
Cephise Cacho
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Tel: +44 (0)1235 778290
B07 VERSOX: Versatile Soft X-ray
Status: Operational
Wavelength: 24.8 - 0.44 nm
Energy: 50 - 2800 eV
Energy: 50 - 2800 eV
19 items found for 2026 [total: 143]
Mitigating charging in NAP-XPS: a practical approach for insulating catalyst powders Applied Surface Science, 736 Aug 2026 DOI: 10.1016/j.apsusc.2026.166756
Local versus nonlocal states of La2CoMnO6 observed with 1s2p resonant inelastic X-ray scattering Photon Science, May 2026 DOI: 10.1021/photonsci.6c00002
Accelerated reaction exploration across scales: a hybrid operando and modeling study of oxidation kinetics in monolayer tungsten disulfide Journal Of The American Chemical Society, 35 May 2026 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.6c03511
Iron-dependent formation and structure-property relationship of struvite precipitated from simulated wastewater Environmental Science: Processes & Impacts, May 2026 DOI: 10.1039/D6EM00196C
Roadmap on advanced and / real-time characterisation of solid state materials and devices for energy applications Journal Of Physics: Energy, May 2026 DOI: 10.1088/2515-7655/ae6a6e
Journal Paper B07-B1-Versatile Soft X-ray beamline: High Throughput ES1 B07-C-Versatile Soft X-ray beamline: Ambient Pressure XPS and NEXAFS B18-Core EXAFS open access
Acetonitrile-driven structural change of Li3InCl6 enables amorphization of PEO-LiTFSI for enhanced room-temperature performance Journal Of Materials Chemistry A, Apr 2026 DOI: 10.1039/D6TA00729E
Single Cu atom sites on Co3O4 activate interfacial oxygen for enhanced reactivity and selective gas sensing at low temperature Small, Apr 2026 DOI: 10.1002/smll.202600033
Tuning the water reactivity of LaCoO3 surfaces by subsurface engineering Langmuir, Apr 2026 DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.5c06681
Journal Paper B07-B1-Versatile Soft X-ray beamline: High Throughput ES1
Investigating Ti-Nb alloys as supports for iridium oxide water oxidation electrocatalysts Journal Of Materials Chemistry A, Apr 2026 DOI: 10.1039/D5TA08384B
Mechanistic study of glycerol electro-oxidation on Ni(OH)2/NiOOH electrodes Journal Of The American Chemical Society, Apr 2026 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.6c00726
TiO2/TiO2:Er bilayers for improved light harvesting in photoelectrochemical processes International Journal Of Hydrogen Energy, 224 Apr 2026 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2026.154401
A catalyst-coated mesoporous carbon-membrane electrode assembly for in situ soft X-ray XPS and NEXAFS studies of electrocatalytic interfaces Acs Electrochemistry, Mar 2026 DOI: 10.1021/acselectrochem.5c00554
Operando XPS studies of precisely size-selected Pd nano-catalysts for methane oxidation Faraday Discussions, Mar 2026 DOI: 10.1039/D5FD00171D
Journal Paper B07-C-Versatile Soft X-ray beamline: Ambient Pressure XPS and NEXAFS E01-JEM ARM 200CF open access
Spectroelectrochemical studies of oxygen evolution reaction kinetics for surface-incorporated iron in nickel oxyhydroxide electrocatalysts Acs Catalysis, Mar 2026 DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.5c09080
Synthesis and microstructural properties of Pt-decorated α-Fe2O3 nanotubes for hydrogen gas sensing applications Rsc Advances, 16 Feb 2026 DOI: 10.1039/D5RA08865H
Key role of oxidizing species driving water oxidation revealed by time-resolved optical and X-ray spectroscopies Nature Materials, 17 Feb 2026 DOI: 10.1038/s41563-026-02514-9
Rational design and improvement of Cu-based catalysts in CO oxidation Feb 2026
Thesis B07-C-Versatile Soft X-ray beamline: Ambient Pressure XPS and NEXAFS B18-Core EXAFS E01-JEM ARM 200CF I20-Scanning-X-ray spectroscopy (XAS/XES)
Stable silica-modified zirconia with tunable acidity for enhanced catalytic transfer hydrogenation of levulinic acid and esters to γ-valerolactone Journal Of Materials Chemistry A, 1 Jan 2026 DOI: 10.1039/D5TA08295A
How does metal spin state affect electronic communication in mixed-valence dimers? Insights from ultrafast near-infrared and soft X-ray transient absorption spectroscopy Inorganic Chemistry, Jan 2026 DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.5c03543
Journal Paper B07-C-Versatile Soft X-ray beamline: Ambient Pressure XPS and NEXAFS
- Mateusz J. Salamon, Eleanor Ender, Liam Dwyer, Sarah J. Haigh, David C. Grinter, Alex S. Walton, "Mitigating charging in NAP-XPS: a practical approach for insulating catalyst powders", Applied Surface Science, 736 (2026), DOI: 10.1016/j.apsusc.2026.166756
- Qijun Che, Iris C. G. Van Den Bosch, Christoph Baeumer, Dimosthenis Sokaras, Frank M. F. De Groot, "Local versus nonlocal states of La2CoMnO6 observed with 1s2p resonant inelastic X-ray scattering", Photon Science (2026), DOI: 10.1021/photonsci.6c00002
- Jad Jaafar, Ye Fan, Maryam Kazemzadeh-Atoufi, Ryo Mizuta, Jinfeng Yang, Jack E. N. Swallow, Elizabeth Jones, Matthijs A. Van Spronsen, Georg Held, Robert S Weatherup, Peter Voorhees, David J. Wales, Gabor Csanyi, Stephan Hofmann, "Accelerated reaction exploration across scales: a hybrid operando and modeling study of oxidation kinetics in monolayer tungsten disulfide", Journal Of The American Chemical Society, 35 (2026), DOI: 10.1021/jacs.6c03511
- Sherif Hefney, Seth Koloski, Phillip Elias, Damilola Tomi Awotoye, Mohamed Ammar, Hannah Folarin, Lihua Zhang, Matthijs A. Van Spronsen, Christie M. Sayes, Alexander Laskin, Jonas Baltrusaitis, "Iron-dependent formation and structure-property relationship of struvite precipitated from simulated wastewater", Environmental Science: Processes & Impacts (2026), DOI: 10.1039/D6EM00196C
- Ainara Aguadero, Federico Baiutti, Monica Burriel, Markus Kubicek, Alexander Karl Opitz, Juergen Fleig, David Munoz-Rojas, Christophe Vallée, Marceline Bonvalot, Alexia Popescu, Nicola H Perry, Francesco M. Chiabrera, Álex Morata, Juan Carlos Gonzalez-Rosillo, Alexander Stangl, Ramon Escobar-Galindo, Mattias Krause, Sivakkumaran Sukumaran, Sarah Fearn, Richard J. Chater, Stephen J. Skinner, John Kilner, Sören Möller, Martin Finsterbusch, Manoj Kumar Ghosalya, Samuli Urpelainen, Christoph Baeumer, Santosh Kumar, Veronica Celorrio, Diego Gianolio, David C. Grinter, Pilar Ferrer-Escorihuela, Georg Held, Jordi Cabana, Sandrine Lyonnard, Dorthe Bomholdt Ravnsbaek, M. Rosa Palacin, Montserrat Casas-Cabanas, Julie Villanova, Aline Léon, Qiucheng Xu, Jakub Drnec, Brian Seger, David R Diercks, Nejc Hodnik, Lluís Yedra, Sonia Estrade, Francesca Peiró, Neus Domingo, Maciej O Liedke, Enric Menéndez, David J. Keeble, Jakub Čížek, Ralf F. Ziesche, Oriol Sans Planell, Nikolay Kardjilov, Ingo Manke, Daniele Pergolesi, Jochen Stahn, "Roadmap on advanced and / real-time characterisation of solid state materials and devices for energy applications", Journal Of Physics: Energy (2026), DOI: 10.1088/2515-7655/ae6a6e
- Weiye Ma, Lun Zhang, Guanghan Zhu, Hongrui Kang, Haiyang Yuan, Yongyi Long, Zhiyi Pan, Zhiqiang Liu, Xiaojing Liu, Jin Liang, Yuxin Liang, Zhenduo Cui, Shengli Zhu, Ying Zhao, Zhonghui Gao, "Acetonitrile-driven structural change of Li3InCl6 enables amorphization of PEO-LiTFSI for enhanced room-temperature performance", Journal Of Materials Chemistry A (2026), DOI: 10.1039/D6TA00729E
- Hamin Shin, Matteo D'Andria, Meng Yin, Jaehyun Ko, Ken Suzuki, Dong-Ha Kim, Frank Krumeich, Andreas T. Güntner, "Single Cu atom sites on Co3O4 activate interfacial oxygen for enhanced reactivity and selective gas sensing at low temperature", Small (2026), DOI: 10.1002/smll.202600033
- Ellen M. Kiens, Ester Pérez-Penco, Iris C. G. Van Den Bosch, Silvia Mauri, Emma Van Der Minne, Matthijs A. Van Spronsen, Frank De Groot, Guido Mul, Gertjan Koster, Piero Torelli, Roland Bliem, Bastian Mei, Christoph Baeumer, "Tuning the water reactivity of LaCoO3 surfaces by subsurface engineering", Langmuir (2026), DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.5c06681
- Guangmeimei Yang, Wei Huang, Yifeng Wang, Caiwu Liang, Yuxiang Zhou, Santosh Kumar, Pilar Ferrer Escorihuela, Parnia Navabpour, Giuseppe Sanzone, Trevor Ferris, Georg Held, Mark Turner, Sarah J. Haigh, Caterina Ducati, Andreas Kafizas, Reshma Rao, "Investigating Ti-Nb alloys as supports for iridium oxide water oxidation electrocatalysts", Journal Of Materials Chemistry A (2026), DOI: 10.1039/D5TA08384B
- Youli Yu, Yifeng Wang, Hanzhi Ye, Sid Halder, Guangmeimei Yang, Boxi Ye, Santosh Kumar, Georg Held, James R. Durrant, Maria-Magdalena Titirici, Reshma R. Rao, "Mechanistic study of glycerol electro-oxidation on Ni(OH)2/NiOOH electrodes", Journal Of The American Chemical Society (2026), DOI: 10.1021/jacs.6c00726
- Katarzyna Płacheta, Marta Radecka, Jakub Zięba, Sunil Kumar, Katarzyna Zakrzewska, "TiO2/TiO2:Er bilayers for improved light harvesting in photoelectrochemical processes", International Journal Of Hydrogen Energy, 224 (2026), DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2026.154401
- James J. C. Counter, Santosh Kumar, Christopher M. Zalitis, Mark Clapp, Alexander I. Large, David C. Grinter, Matthijs A. Van Spronsen, Pilar Ferrer, Burcu Karagoz, Tugce Eralp Erden, Roger A. Bennett, Georg Held, "A catalyst-coated mesoporous carbon-membrane electrode assembly for in situ soft X-ray XPS and NEXAFS studies of electrocatalytic interfaces", Acs Electrochemistry (2026), DOI: 10.1021/acselectrochem.5c00554
- Alexander I. Large, Henry Hoddinott, Haamidah Sana, Elizabeth Jones, James J. C. Counter, Matthijs Van Spronsen, Santosh Kumar, David C. Grinter, Pilar Ferrer, Bernd Von Issendorff, Richard Edward Palmer, Georg Held, "Operando XPS studies of precisely size-selected Pd nano-catalysts for methane oxidation", Faraday Discussions (2026), DOI: 10.1039/D5FD00171D
- Yifeng Wang, Liam P. Twight, Nicole A. Sagui, Minkyoung Kwak, Shannon W. Boettcher, Benjamin S. Moss, Ifan E. L. Stephens, James R. Durrant, Reshma R. Rao, "Spectroelectrochemical studies of oxygen evolution reaction kinetics for surface-incorporated iron in nickel oxyhydroxide electrocatalysts", Acs Catalysis (2026), DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.5c09080
- Monika Šoltić, Maria Gracheva, Nikola Baran, Goran Dražić, Robert Peter, Károly Lázár, Goran Štefanić, Marijan Marciuš, Nikolina Novosel, László Ferenc Kiss, Matthijs A. Van Spronsen, Mile Ivanda, Zoltán Klencsár, Marijan Gotić, "Synthesis and microstructural properties of Pt-decorated α-Fe2O3 nanotubes for hydrogen gas sensing applications", Rsc Advances, 16, 9264 - 9279 (2026), DOI: 10.1039/D5RA08865H
- Caiwu Liang, Lucas Garcia Verga, Benjamin Moss, Santosh Kumar, Soren B. Scott, Mark A. Turner, Pilar Ferrer, Veronica Celorrio, David C. Grinter, Yemin Tao, Sid Halder, Yifeng Wang, Cindy Tseng, Guangmeimei Yang, Georg Held, Sarah J. Haigh, Aron Walsh, Ifan E. L. Stephens, James R. Durrant, Reshma R. Rao, "Key role of oxidizing species driving water oxidation revealed by time-resolved optical and X-ray spectroscopies", Nature Materials, 17 (2026), DOI: 10.1038/s41563-026-02514-9
- [Thesis] Yifei Ren, "Rational design and improvement of Cu-based catalysts in CO oxidation" (2026)
- Memoona Khalid, Mark A. Isaacs, Stylianos D. Stefanidis, Stamatia S. Karakoulia, Nicole Hondow, Dave Scapens, Marta Granollers Mesa, Amin Osatiashtiani, "Stable silica-modified zirconia with tunable acidity for enhanced catalytic transfer hydrogenation of levulinic acid and esters to γ-valerolactone", Journal Of Materials Chemistry A, 1 (2026), DOI: 10.1039/D5TA08295A
- John H. Burke, Maren Johnsen, Rachel F. Wallick, Richard Gnewkow, Dae Young Bae, Aswin Jyothilakshmi Ravi, Thomas C. Rossi, Sebastian Eckert, Mattis Fondell, Matthijs A. Van Spronsen, Richard D. Schaller, Victor Sosa Alfaro, Sang-Jun Lee, Leland B. Gee, Liviu M. Mirica, Renske M. Van Der Veen, Josh Vura-Weis, "How does metal spin state affect electronic communication in mixed-valence dimers? Insights from ultrafast near-infrared and soft X-ray transient absorption spectroscopy", Inorganic Chemistry (2026), DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.5c03543
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