Nature Communications (Dec 2020)
Direct observation of the formation and stabilization of metallic nanoparticles on carbon supports
- Zhennan Huang,
- Yonggang Yao,
- Zhenqian Pang,
- Yifei Yuan,
- Tangyuan Li,
- Kun He,
- Xiaobing Hu,
- Jian Cheng,
- Wentao Yao,
- Yuzi Liu,
- Anmin Nie,
- Soroosh Sharifi-Asl,
- Meng Cheng,
- Boao Song,
- Khalil Amine,
- Jun Lu,
- Teng Li,
- Liangbing Hu,
- Reza Shahbazian-Yassar
Affiliations
- Zhennan Huang
- Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, University of Illinois at Chicago
- Yonggang Yao
- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Maryland
- Zhenqian Pang
- Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Maryland
- Yifei Yuan
- Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, University of Illinois at Chicago
- Tangyuan Li
- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Maryland
- Kun He
- Northwestern University Atomic and Nanoscale Characterization Experimental (NUANCE) Center, Northwestern University
- Xiaobing Hu
- Northwestern University Atomic and Nanoscale Characterization Experimental (NUANCE) Center, Northwestern University
- Jian Cheng
- Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Maryland
- Wentao Yao
- Department of Mechanical Engineering-Engineering Mechanics, Michigan Technological University
- Yuzi Liu
- Center for Nanoscale Materials, Argonne National Laboratory
- Anmin Nie
- Center for High Pressure Science, State Key Lab of Metastable Materials Science and Technology, Yanshan University
- Soroosh Sharifi-Asl
- Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, University of Illinois at Chicago
- Meng Cheng
- Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, University of Illinois at Chicago
- Boao Song
- Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, University of Illinois at Chicago
- Khalil Amine
- Chemical Sciences and Engineering Division, Argonne National Laboratory
- Jun Lu
- Chemical Sciences and Engineering Division, Argonne National Laboratory
- Teng Li
- Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Maryland
- Liangbing Hu
- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Maryland
- Reza Shahbazian-Yassar
- Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, University of Illinois at Chicago
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-20084-5
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 11,
no. 1
pp. 1 – 9
Abstract
Metal nanoparticle-decorated carbon supports are vital for many applications, ranging from energy storage and catalysis to filtration and environmental remedies. Here, using real-time electron microscopy of a single carbon nanofiber during Joule heating, the authors report atomistic mechanisms responsible for nucleation and stabilization of nanoparticles on amorphous carbon supports.
