Table 3 Average O/M ratios in CoCr2O4 and Co2CrO4 nanoparticles calculated by the total number of O and M (Co + Cr) counts in all analyzed datasets
CoCr2O4 | Co2CrO4 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Segregated | Non-segregated | |||||
O/(Cr+Co) | bulk | Reconstructed surface regions | bulk | Cr-rich region | bulk | Reconstructed surface regions |
Pristine | 1.2 ± 0.1 | - | 1.1 ± 0.1 | 1.2 ± 0.1 | 1.0 ± 0.1 | - |
100 cycles | 1.2 ± 0.1 | 1.1 ± 0.1 | 1.1 ± 0.1 | 1.1 ± 0.1 | 1.0 ± 0.1 | 1.1 ± 0.1 |
1000 cycles | 1.2 ± 0.1 | 1.2 ± 0.1 | 1.1 ± 0.1 | 1.2 ± 0.1 | 1.0 ± 0.1 | 1.3 ± 0.1 |