The MPI CEC is conducting fundamental research in energy conversion processes. <link>Prof. Serena DeBeer’s department (´Inorganic Spectroscopy´) wants to find out how chemical bonds can most efficiently be broken or formed by using earth abundant catalysts.

For their research on catalysis, Serena DeBeer and her group are conducting a large number of experiments by using an in-house X-ray emission spectrometer. The company Excillum recently published an <link https: www.excillum.com user-stories max-planck-insitute _blank>article on DeBeer’s work with the X-ray source and explained the function and benefits of this tool.