Atomic-Resolution Spectroscopic Imaging of Ensembles of Nanocatalyst Particles Across the Life of a Fuel Cell

作者:Xin Huolin L; Mundy Julia A; Liu Zhongyi*; Cabezas Randi; Hovden Robert; Kourkoutis Lena Fitting; Zhang Junliang; Subramanian Nalini P; Makharia Rohit; Wagner Frederick T; Muller David A
来源:Nano Letters, 2012, 12(1): 490-497.
DOI:10.1021/nl203975u

摘要

The thousand-fold increase in data-collection speed enabled by aberration-corrected optics allows us to overcome an electron microscopy paradox: how to obtain atomic-resolution chemical structure in individual nanoparticles yet record a statistically significant sample from an inhomogeneous population. This allowed us to map hundreds of Pt-Co nanoparticles to show atomic-scale elemental distributions across different stages of the catalyst aging in a proton-exchange-membrane fuel cell, and relate Pt-shell thickness to treatment, particle size, surface orientation, and ordering.

  • 出版日期2012-1