In situ study of atomic structure transformations of Pt-Ni nanoparticle catalysts during electrochemical potential cycling

ACS Nano

Volumn 7, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 5666-5674

  Tuaev, Xenia ^a,b   Rudi, Stefan ^a   Petkov, Valeri ^c   Hoell, Armin ^d   Strasser, Peter ^a  

^a TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^c CENTRAL MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d HAHN MEITNER INSTITUT   (Germany)

Author keywords

ASAXS; fuel cell catalysis; in situ characterization; pair distribution function; PtNi alloys

Indexed keywords

ANOMALOUS SMALL-ANGLE X-RAY SCATTERINGS; ASAXS; ELECTROCHEMICAL ENVIRONMENTS; HIGH ENERGY X-RAY DIFFRACTION; IN-SITU CHARACTERIZATION; PAIR DISTRIBUTION FUNCTION ANALYSIS; PAIR DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS; PT-NI ALLOYS;

ALLOYS; CATALYSIS; CATALYSTS; COPPER ALLOYS; DISSOLUTION; NANOPARTICLES; NICKEL; PLATINUM; SEGREGATION (METALLOGRAPHY); SURFACE SEGREGATION; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

PLATINUM ALLOYS;

ALLOY; MACROMOLECULE; NICKEL; PLATINUM;

CHEMISTRY; CONFORMATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; MACROMOLECULE; MATERIALS TESTING; PARTICLE SIZE; RADIATION RESPONSE; SURFACE PROPERTY; ARTICLE; RADIATION EXPOSURE;

ALLOYS; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; MACROMOLECULAR SUBSTANCES; MATERIALS TESTING; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; NICKEL; PARTICLE SIZE; PLATINUM; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

EID: 84880794549     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn402406k     Document Type: Article

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