Nature Communications (May 2018)

In-situ visualization of solute-driven phase coexistence within individual nanorods

  • Fariah Hayee,
  • Tarun C. Narayan,
  • Neel Nadkarni,
  • Andrea Baldi,
  • Ai Leen Koh,
  • Martin Z. Bazant,
  • Robert Sinclair,
  • Jennifer A. Dionne

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-04021-1
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 9, no. 1
pp. 1 – 8

Abstract

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Compared to thin films and other geometries, nanorods can exhibit particularly high performance in solute-intercalation-based energy and information storage devices. Here, the authors use in situ electron microscopy and spectroscopy to study the hydrogenation of palladium nanorods, revealing relationships between nanorod structure and device cyclability and capacity.