Coarsening of Pd nanoparticles in an oxidizing atmoshere studied by in situ TEM
Artikel i vetenskaplig tidskrift, 2016

The coarsening of supported palladiumnanoparticles in an oxidizing atmospherewas studied in situ by means of transmission electron microscopy (TEM). Specifically, the Pd nanoparticles were dispersed on a planar and amorphous Al2O3 support and were observed during the exposure to 10 mbar technical air at 650 °C. Time-resolved TEM image series reveal that the Pd nanoparticles were immobile and that a few percent of the nanoparticles grew or shrank, indicating a coarsening process mediated by the Ostwald ripening mechanism. The TEM image contrast suggests that the largest nanoparticles tended to wet the Al2O3 support to a higher degree than the smaller nanoparticles and that the distribution of projected particle sizes consequently broadens by the appearance of an asymmetric tail toward the larger particle sizes. A comparison with computer simulations based on a simple mean-fieldmodel for the Ostwald ripening process indicates that the observed change in the particle size distribution can be accounted for by wetting of the Al2O3 support by the larger Pd nanoparticles.

Coarsening

Catalyst deactivation

In situ TEM

Sintering

Palladium

Ostwald ripening

Författare

S. B. Simonsen

Haldor Topsoe

Ib Chorkendorff

Danmarks Tekniske Universitet (DTU)

Søren Dahl

Haldor Topsoe

Magnus Skoglundh

Kompetenscentrum katalys

Chalmers, Kemi och kemiteknik, Tillämpad kemi

Stig Helveg

Haldor Topsoe

Surface Science

0039-6028 (ISSN)

Vol. 648 278-283

Drivkrafter

Hållbar utveckling

Innovation och entreprenörskap

Styrkeområden

Nanovetenskap och nanoteknik

Transport

Energi

Materialvetenskap

Ämneskategorier

Fysikalisk kemi

Kemiska processer

Den kondenserade materiens fysik

Fundament

Grundläggande vetenskaper

DOI

10.1016/j.susc.2015.11.003

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