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Title: Atom Probe Tomography for Catalysis Applications: A Review

Abstract

Atom probe tomography is a well-established analytical instrument for imaging the 3D structure and composition of materials with high mass resolution, sub-nanometer spatial resolution and ppm elemental sensitivity. Thanks to recent hardware developments in Atom Probe Tomography (APT), combined with progress on site-specific focused ion beam (FIB)-based sample preparation methods and improved data treatment software, complex materials can now be routinely investigated. From model samples to complex, usable porous structures, there is currently a growing interest in the analysis of catalytic materials. APT is able to probe the end state of atomic-scale processes, providing information needed to improve the synthesis of catalysts and to unravel structure/composition/reactivity relationships. This review focuses on the study of catalytic materials with increasing complexity (tip-sample, unsupported and supported nanoparticles, powders, self-supported catalysts and zeolites), as well as sample preparation methods developed to obtain suitable specimens for APT experiments.

Authors:
ORCiD logo [1];  [2];  [2]
  1. Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels (Belgium); Harvard Univ., Cambridge, MA (United States)
  2. Harvard Univ., Cambridge, MA (United States)
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Research Org.:
Energy Frontier Research Centers (EFRC) (United States). Integrated Mesoscale Architectures for Sustainable Catalysis (IMASC); Harvard Univ., Cambridge, MA (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES); National Science Foundation (NSF)
OSTI Identifier:
1595104
Grant/Contract Number:  
SC0012573; 1541959
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Applied Sciences
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 9; Journal Issue: 13; Journal ID: ISSN 2076-3417
Publisher:
MDPI
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
36 MATERIALS SCIENCE; 37 INORGANIC, ORGANIC, PHYSICAL, AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY; atom probe tomography; APT; FIB sample preparation; alloy engineering; core-shell structure; nanoporous catalyst; zeolite; correlative techniques

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Barroo, Cédric, Akey, Austin J., and Bell, David C. Atom Probe Tomography for Catalysis Applications: A Review. United States: N. p., 2019. Web. doi:10.3390/app9132721.
Barroo, Cédric, Akey, Austin J., & Bell, David C. Atom Probe Tomography for Catalysis Applications: A Review. United States. https://doi.org/10.3390/app9132721
Barroo, Cédric, Akey, Austin J., and Bell, David C. Fri . "Atom Probe Tomography for Catalysis Applications: A Review". United States. https://doi.org/10.3390/app9132721. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1595104.
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abstractNote = {Atom probe tomography is a well-established analytical instrument for imaging the 3D structure and composition of materials with high mass resolution, sub-nanometer spatial resolution and ppm elemental sensitivity. Thanks to recent hardware developments in Atom Probe Tomography (APT), combined with progress on site-specific focused ion beam (FIB)-based sample preparation methods and improved data treatment software, complex materials can now be routinely investigated. From model samples to complex, usable porous structures, there is currently a growing interest in the analysis of catalytic materials. APT is able to probe the end state of atomic-scale processes, providing information needed to improve the synthesis of catalysts and to unravel structure/composition/reactivity relationships. This review focuses on the study of catalytic materials with increasing complexity (tip-sample, unsupported and supported nanoparticles, powders, self-supported catalysts and zeolites), as well as sample preparation methods developed to obtain suitable specimens for APT experiments.},
doi = {10.3390/app9132721},
journal = {Applied Sciences},
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place = {United States},
year = {Fri Jul 05 00:00:00 EDT 2019},
month = {Fri Jul 05 00:00:00 EDT 2019}
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Mechanism and Active Sites of the Oxidation of CO over Au/TiO2
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Transformation of Active Sites in Fe/SSZ-13 SCR Catalysts during Hydrothermal Aging: A Spectroscopic, Microscopic, and Kinetics Study
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Discerning the Location and Nature of Coke Deposition from Surface to Bulk of Spent Zeolite Catalysts
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Structure reactivity relationships during N2O hydrogenation over Au-Ag alloys: A study by field emission techniques
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Catalysts under Controlled Atmospheres in the Transmission Electron Microscope
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Advanced volume reconstruction and data mining methods in atom probe tomography
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Advances in atom probe tomography instrumentation: Implications for materials research
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Nanoporous Au−Pt Alloys As Large Strain Electrochemical Actuators
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Three-dimensional chemical imaging of embedded nanoparticles using atom probe tomography
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Large-strain-induced magnetic properties of Co electrodeposited on nanoporous Au
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Enhanced analysis of nanoporous gold by atom probe tomography
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Recent advances in the selective catalytic reduction of NOx with NH3 on Cu-Chabazite catalysts
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Catalytic reduction of nitrogen monoxide by propene in the presence of excess oxygen over gold based ceria catalyst
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Environmental Transmission Electron Microscopy in an Aberration-Corrected Environment
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Characterization of Oxidation and Reduction of a Palladium–Rhodium Alloy by Atom-Probe Tomography
journal, February 2012

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Coke Formation in a Zeolite Crystal During the Methanol-to-Hydrocarbons Reaction as Studied with Atom Probe Tomography
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Characterization of Nanoporous Materials with Atom Probe Tomography
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Nanoporous Metals with Structural Hierarchy: A Review
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C2H2 interaction with Ni nanocrystals: Towards a better understanding of carbon nanotubes nucleation in CVD synthesis
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Atom probe tomography of interfaces in ceramic films and oxide scales
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Implementing Transmission Electron Backscatter Diffraction for Atom Probe Tomography
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Atom probe tomography of nanoscale electronic materials
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Activation by pretreatment of Ag–Au/Al2O3 bimetallic catalyst to improve low temperature HC-SCR of NOx for lean burn engine exhaust
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Catalysis and Atom Probe Tomography: Recent Progresses and Future Developments towards the Analysis of Nanoporous Samples
journal, August 2015

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The rise of computational techniques in atom probe microscopy
journal, October 2013

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On the current role of atom probe tomography in materials characterization and materials science
journal, October 2013

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Atom probe tomography spatial reconstruction: Status and directions
journal, October 2013

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Interaction of oxygen and hydrogen with Pd-Au alloys: An AES and XPS study
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What Makes Copper-Exchanged SSZ-13 Zeolite Efficient at Cleaning Car Exhaust Gases?
journal, June 2013

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Atomic characterization of Si nanoclusters embedded in SiO2 by atom probe tomography
journal, February 2011

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Characterization of Oxidation and Reduction of Pt–Ru and Pt–Rh–Ru Alloys by Atom Probe Tomography and Comparison with Pt–Rh
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Cobalt electrodeposition in nanoporous anodic aluminium oxide for application as catalyst for methane combustion
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Factors in gold nanocatalysis: oxidation of CO in the non-scalable size regime
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Atomic Resolution Imaging of Au Nanocluster Dispersed in TiO2, SrTiO3, and MgO
journal, November 2005


Surface segregation of Au–Pd alloys in UHV and reactive environments: Quantification by a catalytic atom probe
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Probing the Location and Speciation of Elements in Zeolites with Correlated Atom Probe Tomography and Scanning Transmission X‐Ray Microscopy
journal, October 2018

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Surface reaction kinetics studied with nanoscale lateral resolution
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Controlled synthesis of cobalt nanocrystals on the carbon spheres for enhancing Fischer–Tropsch synthesis performance
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Field emission techniques for studying surface reactions: Applying them to NO–H2 interaction with Pd tips
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Copper oxidation and surface copper oxide stability investigated by pulsed field desorption mass spectrometry
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Surface segregation and diffusion kinetics study of a Pt‐Ir alloy using the time‐of‐flight atom‐probe field ion microscope
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Nonlinear behavior during NO 2 hydrogenation on a nanosized Pt-Rh catalyst sample
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Subsurface synthesis and characterization of Ag nanoparticles embedded in MgO
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Cryo-TEM and electron tomography reveal leaching-induced pore formation in ZSM-5 zeolite
journal, January 2019

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Atomic origins of the high catalytic activity of nanoporous gold
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Surface segregation of a Pt–Au alloy: An atom‐probe field ion microscope investigation
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Nanoscale tomography reveals the deactivation of automotive copper-exchanged zeolite catalysts
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Mechanism and Active Sites of the Oxidation of CO over Au/TiO2
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Nanojunction-Mediated Photocatalytic Enhancement in Heterostructured CdS/ZnO, CdSe/ZnO, and CdTe/ZnO Nanocrystals
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Formation of nickel subcarbonyls from nickel and carbon monoxide
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Atom Probe Tomography: The working group “Atom Probe Tomography” is headed by Prof. Dr. Peter Felfer.
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The Structure of Catalytically Active Gold on Titania.
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Pulsed laser atom-probe study of the dissociation of CO on molybdenum
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Coke Formation in a Zeolite Crystal During the Methanol-to-Hydrocarbons Reaction as Studied with Atom Probe Tomography
journal, August 2016

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Interaction of oxygen and hydrogen with Pd-Au alloys: An AES and XPS study
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Field-ion microscopy and atom-probe mass spectroscopy of sulfur on the (111) plane of nickel
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Field-ion microscopy and atom-probe mass spectroscopy of sulfur on the (111) plane of nickel
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An environmental transfer hub for multimodal atom probe tomography
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