TY - JOUR
T1 - Energy-filtered environmental transmission electron microscopy for the assessment of solid-gas reactions at elevated temperature: NiO/YSZ-H2 as a case study
AU - Jeangros, Q.
AU - Hansen, Thomas Willum
AU - Wagner, Jakob Birkedal
AU - Dunin-Borkowski, Rafal E.
AU - Hébert, C.
AU - Van herle, J.
AU - Hessler-Wyser, A.
PY - 2016
Y1 - 2016
N2 - A novel approach, which is based on the analysis of sequences of images recorded using energy-filtered transmission electron microscopy and can be used to assess the reaction of a solid with a gas at elevated temperature, is illustrated for the reduction of a NiO/ceramic solid oxide fuel cell anode in 1.3mbar of H2. Three-window elemental maps and jump-ratio images of the O K edge and total inelastic mean free path images are recorded as a function of temperature and used to provide local and quantitative information about the reaction kinetics and the volume changes that result from the reaction. Under certain assumptions, the speed of progression of the reaction front in all three dimensions is obtained, thereby providing a three-dimensional understanding of the reaction.
AB - A novel approach, which is based on the analysis of sequences of images recorded using energy-filtered transmission electron microscopy and can be used to assess the reaction of a solid with a gas at elevated temperature, is illustrated for the reduction of a NiO/ceramic solid oxide fuel cell anode in 1.3mbar of H2. Three-window elemental maps and jump-ratio images of the O K edge and total inelastic mean free path images are recorded as a function of temperature and used to provide local and quantitative information about the reaction kinetics and the volume changes that result from the reaction. Under certain assumptions, the speed of progression of the reaction front in all three dimensions is obtained, thereby providing a three-dimensional understanding of the reaction.
KW - Environmental transmission electron microscopy
KW - Energy-filtered transmission electron microscopy
KW - Solid oxide fuel cells
KW - Reduction
KW - Reaction mechanisms
U2 - 10.1016/j.ultramic.2016.06.005
DO - 10.1016/j.ultramic.2016.06.005
M3 - Journal article
C2 - 27421078
VL - 169
SP - 11
EP - 21
JO - Ultramicroscopy
JF - Ultramicroscopy
SN - 0304-3991
ER -