Visualizing Under-Coordinated Surface Atoms on 3D Nanoporous Gold Catalysts.

Liu, Pan; Guan, Pengfei; Hirata, Akihiko; Zhang, Ling; Chen, Luyang; Wen, Yuren; Ding, Yi; Fujita, Takeshi et al. · Adv Mater · 2016

basic_science · Level V

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Abstract

The intricate 3D geometric shape and surface atomic structure of nanoporous gold catalysts are investigated using aberration-corrected scanning transmission electron microscopy in combination with discrete tomography. The real-space 3D atomic configurations illustrate geometrically necessary surface defects on the curved surface of the NPG, offering atomic insights into the catalysis of the nanoporous catalyst.