“…Simultaneous measurements of the reactants and products through MS/GC must also be made to understand the Catalysts 2017, 7, 109 3 of 15 whole reaction phenomena. The term operando (Latin word for 'working') was coined by Miguel Bañares in 2002 and operando spectroscopy/microscopy combines an in situ cell with simultaneous online product analysis [19]. In these in situ and operando applications, the analytical techniques used to analyze surface and bulk catalyst structures, adsorbates, and intermediates include both spectroscopy (Raman, IR, UV-VIS, XAS, XRD, LEIS, XPS, EPR, NMR, neutron diffraction, etc.)…”