Image Sample Data

EELS color map of a Pt/Fe catalyst nanoparticle

Paolo Longo, Ph.D., Gatan, Inc. Sample courtesy of Professor Gianluigi Botton at CCEM, Hamilton, ON, Canada Microscope courtesy of CCEM, Hamilton, ON, Canada Acknowledgement to Dr. M. Bugnet at CCEM for helping set up microscope for experiment.

Pt/Fe nanocatalysts are among the most promising candidates for accelerating oxygen reduction reaction occurring at the cathode in a proton exchange membrane fuel cell.

EELS color map of a Pt/Au catalyst nanoparticle

Paolo Longo, Ph.D., Gatan, Inc. Sample courtesy of Professor Gianluigi Botton at CCEM, Hamilton, ON, Canada Microscope courtesy of CCEM, Hamilton, ON, Canada Acknowledgement to Dr. Andreas Korinek at CCEM for helping set up microscope for experiment.

EELS data taken using a probe and image-corrected FEI Titan TEM/STEM microscope equipped with X-FEG emission gun and a fully loaded GIF Quantum® ERS system. Au M4,5-edges at 2206 eV (red) and Pt M4,5-edges at 2206 eV (red).

Methods

Voltage: 200 kV; data taken in STEM mode; EELS core-loss spectrum (1400 – 3400 eV) exposure time: 20 ms; convergence angle: 19 mrad; collection angle: 34 mrad; beam current: 180 pA; total exposure time: <5 min

Plasmon peak position map going from diamond (yellow) to amorphous carbon (blue)

Paolo Longo, Ph.D., Gatan, Inc. Sample courtesy of Dr. Jaco Oliver at NMMU, Port Elizabeth, South Africa Microscope courtesy of NMMU, Port Elizabeth, South Africa

Analysis of the changes in local carbon structure caused by self-implantation of carbon into diamond and chemistry.

EELS color map of a magnetic device

Paolo Longo, Ph.D., Gatan, Inc.

Legend

Cu L at 931 eV (grey); O K at 532 eV (red); N K at 401 eV (light blue); Ti L at 456 eV (green); Co L at 779 eV (blue)

EELS color map of a Pd/Au catalyst particle

Paolo Longo, Ph.D., Gatan, Inc. Sample courtesy of Professor Jianfang’s group, Chinese University, Hong Kong Microscope courtesy of IBM, Fishkill, NY

Pd/Au alloys have attracted a lot of interest due to their resistance at high temperatures, and this explains their use in several fields, such as CO and hydrocarbon oxidation, synthesis of vinyl acetate monomer, hydrocarbon hydrogenation, and many others. Pd is the catalytic center, whereas the Au has the effect of changing the chemical properties at the surface of the Pd-Au alloy. This change influences the catalytic properties. Hence, the study of the chemistry and the elemental distribution is important to understand the properties of the whole catalyst system.