Atomic-resolution spectroscopic imaging of ensembles of nanocatalyst particles across the life of a fuel cell

Nano Letters

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 490-497

  Xin, Huolin L ^a   Mundy, Julia A ^a   Liu, Zhongyi ^b,c   Cabezas, Randi ^a   Hovden, Robert ^a   Kourkoutis, Lena Fitting ^a   Zhang, Junliang ^a,b   Subramanian, Nalini P ^a,b   Makharia, Rohit ^a,b   Wagner, Frederick T ^a,b   Muller, David A ^a  

^a Cornell University   (United States)

^b GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION   (United States)

^c The Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

Atomic scale spectroscopic imaging; catalyst degradation; coalescence; Ostwald ripening; proton exchange membrane fuel cell; Pt Co

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC SCALE; ATOMIC-RESOLUTION; CATALYST AGING; CATALYST DEGRADATION; DATA COLLECTION; ELEMENTAL DISTRIBUTION; NANO-CATALYST; PROTON EXCHANGE MEMBRANES; PT-CO; SPECTROSCOPIC IMAGING; SURFACE ORIENTATION;

ATOMS; CATALYSTS; COALESCENCE; NANOPARTICLES; OSTWALD RIPENING; PLATINUM; POPULATION STATISTICS; PROTON EXCHANGE MEMBRANE FUEL CELLS (PEMFC); PROTONS;

ATOMIC SPECTROSCOPY;

NANOMATERIAL;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; BIOENERGY; CATALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MATERIALS TESTING; METHODOLOGY; SPECTROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

BIOELECTRIC ENERGY SOURCES; CATALYSIS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MATERIALS TESTING; MICROSCOPY, ATOMIC FORCE; NANOSTRUCTURES; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

EID: 84855757116     PISSN: 15306984     EISSN: 15306992     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nl203975u     Document Type: Article

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