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CPP: Fachverband Chemische Physik und Polymerphysik
CPP 21: Materials for Energy Storage (joint session KFM/CPP)
CPP 21.4: Talk
Wednesday, September 7, 2022, 10:30–10:50, H7
Hydrogenation of Pd nanoparticles at the nanoscale with in-situ TEM — •Svetlana Korneychuk1,2, Stefan Wagner1, Georgian Melinte2, Darius Rohleder3, Philipp Vana3, and Astrid Pundt1 — 1IAM-WK, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Karlsruhe, Germany — 2INT, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Karlsruhe, Germany — 3Institute of Physical Chemistry Georg-August-University Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany
Palladium-based nanomaterials play an important role in hydrogen technology. Extreme affinity of palladium to hydrogen is very attractive for various applications. Besides catalysis, Pd nanoparticles can assist in hydrogen delivery into other materials for hydrogen storage through a spill-over process. Pd-based materials are also used as hydrogen purification membranes and hydrogen detectors. The hydrogenation and dehydrogenation process of Pd nanoparticles is hence of high interest in the applications mentioned above. Nanoscale systems reveal significant thermodynamic deviations from the bulk due to higher surface to volume ratio, absence of grain boundaries, different behavior of defects and mechanical stress. In this work, we investigate the behavior of Pd nanoparticles and formation of PdHx in real time with in-situ H2-gas TEM. Many applications require operation at elevated temperatures. With the special gas holder from Protochips it is possible to reach pressures up to 1 atmosphere and study the particles at elevated temperatures with the limit of 1000°C. We can observe the local phase change at different temperatures and pressures with the help of spectroscopic and diffraction techniques at the nanoscale.