BATTERIES RESEARCH

Explore battery system performance at the nanoscale. Protochips’ in situ TEM tools allow you to visualize, test, and perform fundamental battery research within the electron microscope.

BATTERIES RESEARCH

Today’s growing economy requires innovative, new solutions that provide both better battery performance and cleaner energy solutions. With Protochips’  workflow-based in situ TEM solutions, you can utilize the electron microscope to study structure-function relationships that govern the underlying mechanisms dictating battery performance

SOLID STATE BATTERIES – FUSION AX

Perform electrical characterization and high-temperature studies in the vacuum of the TEM 

Visualize the nanoscale processes that control solid-state battery material performance. Observe ion transfer reactions, growth kinetics, capacity degradation mechanisms and more without compromising resolution.

In the video: A solid-state lithium battery at 2V, showing morphology changes by delamination.

Hou, A. et al. (2023)  Advanced Science, 10, p. 2205012

LIQUID BATTERIES – POSEIDON AX AND TRITON AX

Perform classic electrochemical analyses in a liquid electrolyte within the TEM 

Observe charge-discharge reactions in real time, test how different electrolytes suppress dendrite formation and study the nanoscale mechanisms that control capacity fading and battery performance. Perform temperature-controlled electrochemical studies with Triton AX and room temperature electrochemical studies with Poseidon AX. 

In the video: Copper formation on a Pt working electrode in the Triton AX system at 98°C. The AXON system synchronizes all metadata so that the nanoscale changes can be followed overtime.

THE PROTOCHIPS PHILOSOPHY

Each Protochips in situ TEM solution has been designed with three key goals in mind to ensure relevance of the results in a timely fashion.  

Scaling Bulk to Nano

Chemical robustness with added temperature options enables you to recreate native environments for relevant results

Accelerating Productivity

Innovative designs and machine vision software lower the learning curve and streamline data collection and analysis

Fostering Collaboration and Discovery

Intuitive data processing platform provides transparency for collaborators, with a new way to visualize data for more productive discussions

FEATURED PAPERS

Explore our latest peer-reviewed articles from top in situ researchers around the world. Want to read out entire list of publications on batteries? Find it by clicking here!

DOWNLOADS

What have our users done in the field? Read our summaries here!

Batteries One Pager

Download the one pager on how Poseidon AX can be used to study batteries using liquid phase electron microscopy.

Radiolysis & Liquid-EM

Download the one pager on how Poseidon AX can be used to study batteries using liquid phase electron microscopy.

Using Protochips AXON Software for Tracking Electron Flux and Cumulative Dose

In this paper, we take a look at how AXON Dose tracks the electron flux and cumulative dose, and why this might be useful for all experiments.

In Situ Lithium Dendrite Deposition

In this summarized paper, L. Mehdi and N. Browning at the Joint Center for Energy Storage Research at Pacific Northwest National Lab in Richland used the Poseidon system to observe the charging and discharging process of lithium-ion batteries.

Lithiation and Delithiation in Batteries

In this summarized paper, Dr. David Muller’s research team at Cornell University used the Poseidon system in his FEI Titan electron microscope to observe the charging and discharging process of a Li-ion battery.

Dynamic Imaging and Elemental Analysis of Nanostructures in Liquid

In this paper, written by Protochips, nanometer resolution elemental mapping of nanostructures in solution was demonstrated using the Poseidon system.

EDS and EELS analysis in the TEM using the Poseidon Liquid Cell System

This paper, written by Protochips, summarizes different publications on how to best do EELS and EDS in liquid environments.

In Situ EELS and EFTEM Analysis in the Liquid Cell

In this paper, researchers in Muller’s group showed how to perform EELS during in situ electron microscopy using a Poseidon system.

Atomic Resolution Imaging at High Temperatures in the TEAM 0.5

Read how the TEAM 0.5 TEM at the National Center for Electron Microscopy (NCEM) at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL) can be used to gain atomic resolution images using a Fusion system.

Thermal Stability Study of LAST Thermoelectric Material in the SEM

In this application note written by Protochips, the capability of the Fusion holder was tested for the thermal and electrical properties of thermoelectric materials.

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