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Title: Revealing the Atomic Restructuring of Pt–Co Nanoparticles

Journal Article · · Nano Letters
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1021/nl500553a· OSTI ID:1134524

We studied Pt-Co bimetallic nanoparticles during oxidation in O2 and reduction in H2 atmospheres using an aberration corrected environmental transmission electron microscope. During oxidation Co migrates to the nanoparticle surface forming a strained epitaxial CoO film. It subsequently forms islands via strain relaxation. The atomic restructuring is captured as a function of time. During reduction cobalt migrates back to the bulk, leaving a monolayer of platinum on the surface.

Research Organization:
Pacific Northwest National Lab. (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States). Environmental Molecular Sciences Lab. (EMSL)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
DOE Contract Number:
AC05-76RL01830
OSTI ID:
1134524
Report Number(s):
PNNL-SA-102970; 48170
Journal Information:
Nano Letters, Vol. 14, Issue 6; ISSN 1530-6984
Publisher:
American Chemical Society
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English