Nanoporous gold: From structure evolution to functional properties in catalysis and electrochemistry

G Wittstock, M Bäumer, W Dononelli… - Chemical …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Nanoporous gold (NPG) is characterized by a bicontinuous network of nanometer-sized
metallic struts and interconnected pores formed spontaneously by oxidative dissolution of …

Spatial and temporal exploration of heterogeneous catalysts with synchrotron radiation

F Meirer, BM Weckhuysen - Nature Reviews Materials, 2018 - nature.com
Solid catalysts are the workhorses that convert feedstock molecules into fuels, chemicals
and materials. Solid catalysts are highly complex, porous, multi-elemental and often …

Imaging Cu2O nanocube hollowing in solution by quantitative in situ X-ray ptychography

L Grote, M Seyrich, R Döhrmann… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Understanding morphological changes of nanoparticles in solution is essential to tailor the
functionality of devices used in energy generation and storage. However, we lack …

Evolution of Hierarchically Porous Nickel Alumina Catalysts Studied by X‐Ray Ptychography

S Weber, A Diaz, M Holler, A Schropp… - Advanced …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The synthesis of hierarchically porous materials usually requires complex experimental
procedures, often based around extensive trial and error approaches. One common …

[HTML][HTML] Development of porous FeCo by liquid metal dealloying: Evolution of porous morphology and effect of interaction between ligaments and melt

SH Joo, T Wada, H Kato - Materials & Design, 2019 - Elsevier
Liquid metal dealloying is a promising technique for synthesizing non-noble porous
materials by preventing oxidation in a metallic melt. This method considers the heats of …

Multi-slice ptychography enables high-resolution measurements in extended chemical reactors

M Kahnt, L Grote, D Brückner, M Seyrich, F Wittwer… - Scientific reports, 2021 - nature.com
Ptychographic X-ray microscopy is an ideal tool to observe chemical processes under in situ
conditions. Chemical reactors, however, are often thicker than the depth of field, limiting the …

Correlative Multiscale 3D Imaging of a Hierarchical Nanoporous Gold Catalyst by Electron, Ion and X‐ray Nanotomography

Y Fam, TL Sheppard, A Diaz, T Scherer… - …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Tomographic imaging of catalysts allows non‐invasive investigation of structural features
and chemical properties by combining large fields of view, high spatial resolution, and the …

Dynamic nanoimaging of extended objects via hard X-ray multiple-shot coherent diffraction with projection illumination optics

Y Takayama, K Fukuda, M Kawashima, Y Aoi… - Communications …, 2021 - nature.com
The quest for understanding the structural mechanisms of material properties and biological
cell functions has led to the active development of coherent diffraction imaging (CDI) and its …

In situ STEM/SEM study of the coarsening of nanoporous gold

AA El-Zoka, JY Howe, RC Newman, DD Perovic - Acta Materialia, 2019 - Elsevier
Nanoporous gold (NPG), formed by the chemical or electrochemical dealloying of binary or
ternary solid solutions, has strong prospects as a catalyst, sensor substrate, membrane …

[PDF][PDF] A versatile nanoreactor for complementary in situ X-ray and electron microscopy studies in catalysis and materials science

Y Fam, TL Sheppard, J Becher… - Journal of …, 2019 - journals.iucr.org
Two in situnanoreactors' for high-resolution imaging of catalysts have been designed and
applied at the hard X-ray nanoprobe endstation at beamline P06 of the PETRA III …