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Elemental-sensitive Detection of the Chemistry in Batteries through Soft X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy and Resonant Inelastic X-ray Scattering
Published on: April 17, 2018
In situ chemical mapping of a lithium-ion battery using full-field hard X-ray spectroscopic imaging
Jiajun Wang1, Yu-chen Karen Chen-Wiegart, Jun Wang
1Photon Science Directorate, Brookhaven National Laboratory, 75 Brookhaven Avenue Building 725D, Upton, NY, USA.
Abstract:
In situ tracking of chemical phase transformation, mapping, and composition information of a battery with CuO as the anode was performed with quantitative analysis at sub-30 nm resolution with a 40 × 40 μm field of view using transmission X-ray microscopy combined with spectroscopy. A size-dependent and core-shell lithiation-delithiation mechanism was suggested for the electrochemical reaction.
