Exploiting Microreactors for Correlative Studies of Working Catalysts With Electrons And X-Rays

Abstract

The development of "closed cell" atmospheric electron microscopy methods have had a substantial impact on the characterization of materials in reactive gaseous environments and increased our understanding of how morphological and chemical changes occur in nanostructured heterogeneous catalysts.[1] These closed-cell microreactors allow the provision of multiple gas streams and temperatures in excess of 1000C to be applied to the catalysts, concomitant with atomic-resolution imaging and spectroscopy.