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4.2 EI 10.15151/ESRF-ES-2118290274 Kirill LOMACHENKO Kirill Lomachenko 0000-0003-0238-1719 Shanshan XU Shanshan Xu 0000-0002-3364-4721 Shanshan XU Shanshan Xu 0000-0002-3364-4721 Maria Asuncion MOLINA ESQUINAS Maria Asuncion Molina Esquinas 0000-0002-2475-7433 Maria Asuncion MOLINA ESQUINAS Maria Asuncion Molina Esquinas 0000-0002-2475-7433 Piu CHAWDHURY Piu Chawdhury Piu CHAWDHURY Piu Chawdhury Lucy COSTLEY-WOOD Lucy Costley-Wood 0000-0002-1190-4262 Lucy COSTLEY-WOOD Lucy Costley-Wood 0000-0002-1190-4262 Mariyam BI Mariyam Bi 0009-0004-0124-379X Mariyam BI Mariyam Bi 0009-0004-0124-379X Example Institute 2028 Data from large facility measurement 2025-05-28T06:00:00Z/2025-06-02T06:00:00Z 2025-06-02T06:00:00Z I CC-BY-4.0 The transformation of CO2 produced by the chemical industry into methanol is a sustainable carbon recycling process that can both reduce the total emitted CO2, and help fulfil the demands of the methanol market (currently 200 million tonnes/yr)[1]. Currently, this can only be achieved using energy intensive conditions of >200 °C and 30 bar pressure in conventional thermal catalysis. Under non-thermal plasma, however, methanol can be produced at room temperature, and atmospheric pressure. Having thoroughly characterised our CuZn catalysts, determining both the Cu-Zn synergy and the role of the plasma, we now wish to perform operando experiments focused on the conditions which boost methanol formation: the co-feeding of CO. Combining steady state experiments with modulation excitation spectroscopy (MES), performed experimentally by transient gas cycling, will resolve both the Cu environment under these new operational conditions, and also allow identification of the active and spectator