Introduction
In many of today's industrial processes, catalysts have widespread applications. These include but are not limited to increasing the rate of the reaction, the
selectivity of the reaction and the conversion. Due to there extreme usage, the characterization of catalysts has become increasingly important. Characterization of
the surface species is one of the most important pieces of information that can be gathered about a catalyst. The knowledge of these species is a starting point for
further studies on the reactivity of the catalyst. The most widely
used way to obtain this information is through the use of infrared (IR)
spectroscopy.
Theory of Infrared Spectroscopy
Experimental Setup for Infrared Spectroscopy