Correlating atom probe tomography with x-ray and electron spectroscopies to understand microstructure–activity relationships in electrocatalysts

The search for a new energy paradigm with net-zero carbon emissions requires new technologies for energy generation and storage that are at the crossroad between engineering, chemistry, physics, surface, and materials sciences. To keep pushing the inherent boundaries of device performance and lifeti...

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Published inMRS bulletin Vol. 47; no. 7; pp. 718 - 726
Main Authors Gault, Baptiste, Schweinar, Kevin, Zhang, Siyuan, Lahn, Leopold, Scheu, Christina, Kim, Se-Ho, Kasian, Olga
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Cham Springer International Publishing 01.07.2022
Springer Nature B.V
Subjects
Applied and Technical Physics
Characterization and Evaluation of Materials
Chemistry and Materials Science
Electrocatalysts
Energy Materials
Energy storage
Materials Engineering
Materials Science
MRS Bulletin Review
Nanotechnology
New technology
Service life assessment
Tomography
Electrocatalysis
Correlative microscopy
EELS
XPS
Iridium
Surface composition
Atom probe tomography
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Summary:The search for a new energy paradigm with net-zero carbon emissions requires new technologies for energy generation and storage that are at the crossroad between engineering, chemistry, physics, surface, and materials sciences. To keep pushing the inherent boundaries of device performance and lifetime, we need to step away from a cook-and-look approach and aim to establish the scientific ground to guide the design of new materials. This requires strong efforts in establishing bridges between microscopy and spectroscopy techniques, across multiple scales. Here, we discuss how the complementarities of x-ray- and electron-based spectroscopies and atom probe tomography can be exploited in the study of surfaces and subsurfaces to understand structure–property relationships in electrocatalysts. Graphical abstract
ISSN:0883-7694
1938-1425
DOI:10.1557/s43577-022-00373-8