Nature Communications (Mar 2016)

Tracking the shape-dependent sintering of platinum–rhodium model catalysts under operando conditions

  • Uta Hejral,
  • Patrick Müller,
  • Olivier Balmes,
  • Diego Pontoni,
  • Andreas Stierle

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms10964
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 7, no. 1
pp. 1 – 8

Abstract

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Understanding nanoparticle sintering is crucial for designing stable catalysts. Here, the authors use high energy grazing incidence X-ray diffraction as an in situprobe to track the compositiondependent three-dimensional restructuring of supported alloy nanoparticles during carbon monoxide oxidation.