P. Ferreira Group
The Atomic Structure-Composition of Materials group focuses on the study of the atomic structure, atomic composition and defect behaviour of nanomaterials through aberration-corrected TEM/STEM and in-situ TEM/STEM, coupled with EELS/EDS and DPC. In particular, the group is interested in understanding the relationships between the atomic structure, composition and properties of nanomaterials and the fundamental mechanisms governing the behaviour of materials. The material systems of interest include battery materials, catalyst nanoparticles for proton exchange membrane fuel cells and water electrolysis, and 2D materials.
Research lines:
- Atomic structure, composition and charge distribution of cathode and anode materials, as well as electrode/electrolyte interfaces, in Li-ion and Na-ion batteries
- Degradation of nanocatalysts and supports for proton exchange membrane fuel cells and water electrolysis
3D visualization of Pt NPs on carbon black at the beginning of life (left) and after 6000 potential cycles (right) - Atomic defects in 2D nanomaterials, in particular semiconductor and semimetal materials for the new generation of electronics and information technologies
Electrostatic field map and charge distribution map in MoS2 using diffraction phase contrast
Projects
Publications
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Indium Nitride Nanowires: Low Redox Potential Anodes for Lithium-Ion Batteries
ADVANCED SCIENCE, 2024The Comprehensive Roadmap Toward Malaria Elimination Using Graphene and its Promising 2D Analogs
ADVANCED NANOBIOMED RESEARCH, 2024 -
The role of interfaces and morphology on silver diffusion in hard coatings
SURFACES AND INTERFACES, 20233D hierarchical self-supporting Bi2Se3-based anode for high-performance lithium/sodium-ion batteries
JOURNAL OF COLLOID AND INTERFACE SCIENCE, 2023A novel approach to identify the ionomer phase in PEMFC by EELS
NANO ENERGY, 2023Improving Durability of Fuel Cells with Platinum-rich Alloy Cathode Catalysts
JOURNAL OF THE ELECTROCHEMICAL SOCIETY, 2023Interface engineering of Co9S8/SnS heterostructure as a high-performance anode for lithium/sodium-ion batteries
RARE METALS, 2023Stress induced effects on piezoelectric polycrystalline potassium sodium niobate thin films
JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY C, 2023The Effect of Ultrasonic Agitation on the Seedless Growth of Cu on Ru-W Thin Films
MATERIALS, 2023Understanding the Degradation Mechanisms of Pt Electrocatalysts in PEMFCs by Combining 2D and 3D Identical Location TEM
NANO LETTERS, 2023Unraveling the core of fuel cell performance: engineering the ionomer/catalyst interface
ENERGY & ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE, 2023Van der Waals Heteroepitaxy of GaSe and InSe, Quantum Wells, and Superlattices
ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS, 2023Electrochemical Evolution of Fuel Cell Platinum Nanocatalysts on Carbon Nanotubes at the Atomic Scale
ACS APPLIED ENERGY MATERIALS, 2023Assessing tolerances in direct write laser grayscale lithography and reactive ion etching pattern transfer for fabrication of 2.5D Si master molds
MICRO AND NANO ENGINEERING, 2023 -
Performance optimization of PGM and PGM-free catalysts in anion-exchange membrane fuel cells
JOURNAL OF SOLID STATE ELECTROCHEMISTRY, 2022Co-W Barrier Layers for Metallization of Copper Interconnects: Thermal Performance Analysis
NANOMATERIALS, 2022A Decade of Progress on MAO-Treated Tantalum Surfaces: Advances and Contributions for Biomedical Applications
NANOMATERIALS, 2022Dealloyed Octahedral PtCu Nanoparticles as High-Efficiency Electrocatalysts for the Oxygen Reduction Reaction
ACS APPLIED NANO MATERIALS, 2022Metal-induced crystallization of amorphous semiconductor films: Nucleation phenomena in Ag-Ge films
APPLIED SURFACE SCIENCE, 2022Strain-modulated optical response in 2D MoSe2 made by Na-assisted CVD on glass
APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS, 2022Strain-modulated optical response in 2D MoSe2 made by Na-assisted CVD on glass
APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS, 2022Approaching theoretical specific capacity of iron-rich lithium iron silicate using graphene incorporation and fluorine-doping
Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2022Seedless Cu Electroplating on Ru-W Thin Films for Metallisation of Advanced Interconnects
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES, 2022 -
Novel Polymorph of GaSe
ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS, 2021MC3T3-E1 cell response to microporous tantalum oxide surfaces enriched with Ca, P and Mg
MATERIALS SCIENCE & ENGINEERING C-MATERIALS FOR BIOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS, 2021Manganese Migration in Li1-xMn2O4 Cathode Materials
ULTRAMICROSCOPY, 2021Carbon supported Pt-Ni octahedral electrocatalysts as a model to monitor nickel corrosion and particle detachment
CATALYSIS SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY, 2021Carbide-Supported PtRu Catalysts for Hydrogen Oxidation Reaction in Alkaline Electrolyte
ACS CATALYSIS, 2021Galvanic oxidation of bimetallic Zn-Fe nanoparticles for oxygen scavenging
APPLIED SURFACE SCIENCE, 2021High-Current Density Durability of Pt/C and PtCo/C Catalysts at Similar Particle Sizes in PEMFCs
JOURNAL OF THE ELECTROCHEMICAL SOCIETY, 2021Mitigation of PtCo/C Cathode Catalyst Degradation via Control of Relative Humidity
JOURNAL OF THE ELECTROCHEMICAL SOCIETY, 2021Tuning Coherent-Phonon Heat Transport in LaCoO3/SrTiO3 Superlattices
JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY LETTERS, 2021Wafer-Scale Fabrication of 2D beta-In2Se3 Photodetectors
ADVANCED OPTICAL MATERIALS, 2021Atomic Electrostatic Maps of Point Defects in MoS2
NANO LETTERS, 2021Tuning Coherent-Phonon Heat Transport in LaCoO3/SrTiO3 Superlattices
JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY LETTERS, 2021Environmentally Friendly Graphene Inks for Touch Screen Sensors
ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS, 2021Seedless Cu Electroplating on Co-W Thin Films in Low pH Electrolyte: Early Stages of Formation
NANOMATERIALS, 2021 -
Decoding of Oxygen Network Distortion in a Layered High-Rate Anode by In Situ Investigation of a Single Microelectrode
ACS NANO, 2020Structural properties of PbTe quantum dots revealed by high-energy x-ray diffraction
JOURNAL OF PHYSICS-CONDENSED MATTER, 2020The versatility of Fe(II) in the synthesis of uniform citrate-stabilized plasmonic nanoparticles with tunable size at room temperature
NANO RESEARCH, 2020Structure of Manganese Oxide Nanoparticles Extracted via Pair Distribution Functions
CONDENSED MATTER, 2020Pd-Au Heteropentamers: Selective Growth of Au on Pd Tetrahedral Nanoparticles with Enhanced Electrocatalytic Activity
CRYSTAL GROWTH & DESIGN, 2020Antibacterial Effects of Bimetallic Clusters Incorporated in Amorphous Carbon for Stent Application
ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES, 2020Crystalline Sb or Bi in amorphous Ti-based oxides as anode materials for sodium storage
CHEMICAL ENGINEERING JOURNAL, 2020Decoding of Oxygen Network Distortion in a Layered High-Rate Anode by In Situ Investigation of a Single Microelectrode
ACS NANO, 2020Low peak power deposition regime in HiPIMS: Deposition of hard and dense nanocomposite Ti-Si-N films by DOMS without the need of energetic bombardment
SURFACE & COATINGS TECHNOLOGY, 2020Passivation and dissolution mechanisms in ordered anodic tantalum oxide nanostructures
APPLIED SURFACE SCIENCE, 2020Role of Au incorporation in the electrochemical behavior of Ag/a:C nanocomposite coatings
SURFACE & COATINGS TECHNOLOGY, 2020Scalable Fabrication of Molybdenum Disulfide Nanostructures and their Assembly
ADVANCED MATERIALS, 2020Selective formic acid dehydrogenation at low temperature over a RuO2/COF pre-catalyst synthesized on the gram scale
CATALYSIS SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY, 2020Silica nanocarriers with user-defined precise diameters by controlled template self-assembly
JOURNAL OF COLLOID AND INTERFACE SCIENCE, 2020Selective formic acid dehydrogenation at low temperature over a RuO2/COF pre-catalyst synthesized on the gram scale
CATALYSIS SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY, 2020Millimeter-sized few-layer suspended graphene membranes
APPLIED MATERIALS TODAY, 2020 -
Ultrafast Intercalation Enabled by Strong Solvent-Host Interactions: Understanding Solvent Effect at the Atomic Level
ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION, 2019On the Precipitation of Sigma and Chi Phases in a Cast Super Duplex Stainless Steel
METALLURGICAL AND MATERIALS TRANSACTIONS A-PHYSICAL METALLURGY AND MATERIALS SCIENCE, 2019Influence of silicon on the microstructure and the chemical properties of nanostructured ZrN-Si coatings deposited by means of pulsed-DC reactive magnetron sputtering
APPLIED SURFACE SCIENCE, 2019An experimental and theoretical study on the crystal structure and elastic properties of Ta1-xOx coatings
SURFACE & COATINGS TECHNOLOGY, 2019Electrochemical Degradation of Pt-Ni Nanocatalysts: An Identical Location Aberration-Corrected Scanning Transmission Electron Microscopy Study
NANO LETTERS, 2019Structuring of di-alkyl-urethanesils
JOURNAL OF SOL-GEL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, 2019Understanding the Stability of Nanoscale Catalysts in PEM Fuel Cells by Identical Location TEM
Nakashima N. (eds) Nanocarbons for Energy Conversion: Supramolecular Approaches. Nanostructure Science and Technology. Springer, Cham, 2019Hybrid Organic-Inorganic Gel Electrocatalyst for Stable Acidic Water Oxidation
ACS NANO, 2019Automated Segmentation of Nanoparticles in BF TEM Images by U-Net Binarization and Branch and Bound
COMPUTER ANALYSIS OF IMAGES AND PATTERNS, CAIP 2019, PT I, 2019Exploring the synthesis conditions to control the morphology of gold-iron oxide heterostructures
NANO RESEARCH, 2019Understanding the Structure of LiMn2O4 by Differential Phase Contrast
Microscopy and Microanalysis, 2019An experimental and theoretical study on the crystal structure and elastic properties of Ta1-xOx coatings
SURFACE & COATINGS TECHNOLOGY, 2019