SEM method for direct visual tracking of nanoscale morphological changes of platinum based electrocatalysts on fixed locations upon electrochemical or thermal treatments

Ultramicroscopy

Volumn 140, Issue , 2014, Pages 44-50

  Zorko, Milena ^a,b   Jozinović, Barbara ^b   Bele, Marjan ^a,b   Hodnik, Nejc ^a   Gaberšček, Miran ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (Slovenia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Annealing; Degradation; Identical location; IL SEM; Platinum; SEM

Indexed keywords

AGGLOMERATION; ANNEALING; CARBON; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; DEGRADATION; ELECTROCATALYSTS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SINTERING;

DEGRADATION MECHANISM; IL-SEM; MORPHOLOGICAL CHANGES; PLATINUM BASED CATALYST; POTENTIOSTATIC CONDITIONS; STATISTICAL UNCERTAINTY; TEMPERATURE TREATMENTS; UNIFORM SPHERICAL PARTICLES;

PLATINUM;

CARBON; PLATINUM NANOPARTICLE;

ARTICLE; CATALYST; COMPOSITE MATERIAL; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CORROSION; DEGRADATION KINETICS; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; HEAT TREATMENT; NANOANALYSIS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SURFACE PROPERTY; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY;

EID: 84896448846     PISSN: 03043991     EISSN: 18792723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultramic.2014.02.006     Document Type: Article

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