Correlating catalyst structure and activity at the nanoscale
| Autor: | Maarten B. J. Roeffaers, Alexey V. Kubarev, Jordi Van Loon |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2018 |
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Materials science
Renewable Energy Sustainability and the Environment Energy Engineering and Power Technology Nanotechnology 02 engineering and technology 010402 general chemistry 021001 nanoscience & nanotechnology Heterogeneous catalysis 01 natural sciences 0104 chemical sciences Characterization (materials science) Catalysis Biomaterials Materials Chemistry Photocatalysis 0210 nano-technology Nanoscopic scale |
| Popis: | Heterogeneous catalysts are commonly applied to enhance chemical reactions. Their performance is largely determined by catalyst structure and composition. These properties are however intrinsically variable at the nanoscale. Traditional bulk-scale characterization tools often fail to capture the structure-activity relationship at this scale. The development of fluorescence based assays has enabled catalytic activity mapping at the level of single catalytic turnovers, allowing catalyst activity to be investigated beyond the single particle level. Nonetheless, interpretation of these insights remains challenging without matching local structural information. This has resulted in increased efforts to develop approaches that correlate super-resolution fluorescence with electron microscopy. In this focus review, a concise overview of currently available approaches is provided, followed by some case studies in which correlative nanoscale structure-activity investigations of (photo)catalyst materials were performed. ispartof: Chemnanomat vol:4 issue:1 pages:6-14 status: published |
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