Figure 3: Composition analysis of a Au–Pd6CoCu/C nanoparticle.

(a) Energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopic (EDX) analysis of Au–Pd6CoCu/C nanoparticles. (b) Elemental distribution of Pd, Co, Cu and Au in a single Au–Pd6CoCu/C nanoparticle extracted from an aberration-corrected STEM–EDX line profile. Scale bar, 2 nm. (c), Aberration-corrected STEM–EDX 2D elemental maps of Pd, Co and Au. Scale bar, 5 nm.