This webinar will discuss methods for prepping, photographing, and analyzing lithium-ion batteries using various tools and procedures. It will also demonstrate how to prepare and transfer samples to the instrument of choice in an inert transfer vessel that is not exposed to the atmosphere.
The webinar's first portion will cover sample preparation with JEOL’s air-isolated CROSS SECTION POLISHERTM, imaging with a SEM, and analysis with an EDS.
This will contain data from JEOL’s new Gather-X Windowless EDS detector, which can detect ultra-low-energy elements like lithium (with a Li Kline at 54 eV). Lithium and other light elements require low kV imaging, analysis, and strong beam current.
The webinar's second section will focus on advanced battery analysis data from a field emission Electron Probe Microanalyzer (FEG EPMA) with Wavelength Dispersive Spectrometers (up to 5 WDS + EDS), JEOL's Soft X-ray Emission Spectrometer (SXES), and an Auger microprobe. Application examples for all of these strategies will also be presented.
Key Learning Objectives
- Ultra-low energy imaging and microanalysis of batteries
- Novel light element detection using SEM or EPMA
- Specialized sample preparation and inert transfer techniques for battery-specific materials
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About the Presenters
Vern Robertson, EPMA/Surface Analysis Product Manager
Vern has worked with JEOL USA for 36.5 years. In 2015, he was designated EPMA/Surface Analysis Product Manager in addition to his work as SEM Technical Sales Manager, and he now provides technical product and customer application support both in-house and in the field.
Since 1986, Vern has been the senior SEM Applications Specialist at JEOL USA.
Dr. Jennifer Misuraca, Senior SEM Application Specialist
Dr. Misuraca is a Senior SEM Applications Specialist with an emphasis on field emission microscopes. Her responsibilities include customer application and training, technical product support, and microscope demonstrations.
She received her PhD in Physics from Florida State University in 2012 and her B.S. in Physics from the University of Massachusetts Amherst. For her thesis research, she used cryogenic temperatures to manufacture, monitor, and analyze lateral spin transport devices.