Recommendations to standardize reporting, execution and interpretation of STEM/TEM measurements

Meyer, Randall J.; Bradley, Steven; Canning, Griffin A.; Chu, Pamela M.; Crozier, Peter A.; Kovarik, Libor; Liu, Jingyue; Porter, Stephen; Sharma, Renu; Stach, Eric A.

doi:10.1016/j.jcat.2024.115480

Title: Recommendations to standardize reporting, execution and interpretation of STEM/TEM measurements

Journal Article · 01 April 2024 · Journal of Catalysis

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcat.2024.115480 · OSTI ID:2479090

Meyer, Randall J. ^[1]; Bradley, Steven ^[2]; Canning, Griffin A. ^[3]; Chu, Pamela M. ^[4]; Crozier, Peter A. ^[5]; Kovarik, Libor ^[6]; Liu, Jingyue ^[5]; Porter, Stephen ^[7]; Sharma, Renu ^[4]; Stach, Eric A. ^[8]

ExxonMobil Engineering and Technology Company, Annandale, NJ (United States)
Bradley Consulting Services, LLC, Arlington Heights, IL (United States)
Pennsylvania State Univ., University Park, PA (United States)
National Inst. of Standards and Technology (NIST), Gaithersburg, MD (United States)
Arizona State Univ., Tempe, AZ (United States)
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)
Univ. of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM (United States)
Univ. of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA (United States)

In July of 2022, a National Science Foundation (NSF)- and US Department of Energy (DOE)-sponsored workshop was held on the topic of rigor and reproducibility (R&R) in thermal, heterogeneous catalysis. A report has been published entitled “Addressing Rigor and Reproducibility in Thermal, Heterogeneous Catalysis” as a result of the workshop [1]. This manuscript attempts to summarize one section of the report entitled Recommendations for catalyst characterization by transmission electron microscopy.

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Research Organization:: Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE

Grant/Contract Number:: AC05-76RL01830

OSTI ID:: 2479090

Report Number(s):: PNNL-SA-199737

Journal Information:: Journal of Catalysis, Journal Name: Journal of Catalysis Journal Issue: _ Vol. 433; ISSN 0021-9517

Publisher:: ElsevierCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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