Direct imaging of lithium atoms in LiV2O4 by spherical aberration-corrected electron microscopy

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作者
Oshima, Yoshifumi [1 ,2 ]
Sawada, Hidetaka [1 ,3 ]
Hosokawa, Fumio [1 ,3 ]
Okunishi, Eiji [1 ,3 ]
Kaneyama, Toshikatsu [1 ,3 ]
Kondo, Yukihito [1 ,3 ]
Niitaka, Seiji [4 ]
Takagi, Hidenori [4 ]
Tanishiro, Yasumasa [1 ,5 ]
Takayanagi, Kunio [1 ,5 ]
机构
[1] CREST, Japan Sci & Technol Agcy, Chiyoda Ku, Tokyo 1020075, Japan
[2] Tokyo Inst Technol, Dept Mat Sci & Engn, Midori Ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa 2268502, Japan
[3] JEOL Ltd, Tokyo 1968558, Japan
[4] RIKEN, Magnet Mat Lab, Wako, Saitama 3510198, Japan
[5] Tokyo Inst Technol, Dept Condensed Matter Phys, Meguro Ku, Tokyo 1528551, Japan
来源
JOURNAL OF ELECTRON MICROSCOPY | 2010年 / 59卷 / 06期
基金
日本科学技术振兴机构;
关键词
aberration correction; cold field emission gun; scanning transmission electron microscopy; lithium; spinel structure; annular bright field microscopy; ION BATTERIES; RESOLUTION; SPINEL;
D O I
10.1093/jmicro/dfq017
中图分类号
TH742 [显微镜];
学科分类号
摘要
We visualized lithium atom columns in LiV2O4 crystals by combining scanning transmission electron microscopy with annular bright field (ABF) imaging using a spherical aberration-corrected electron microscope (R005) viewed from the [110] direction. The incident electron beam was coherent with a convergent angle of 30 mrad (semi-angle), and the detector collected scattered electrons over 20-30 mrad (semi-angle). The ABF image showed dark dots corresponding to lithium, vanadium and oxygen columns.
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页码:457 / 461
页数:5
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