scholarly journals Artificial generation of representative single Li-ion electrode particle architectures from microscopy data

2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Orkun Furat ◽  
Lukas Petrich ◽  
Donal P. Finegan ◽  
David Diercks ◽  
Francois Usseglio-Viretta ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Focused Ion Beam ◽  
Electron Backscatter Diffraction ◽  
Ion Beam ◽  
Lithium Ion ◽  
Scale Model ◽  
Multi Scale ◽  
Physics Modeling ◽  
Microscopy Data ◽  
Microscopy Techniques ◽  
Backscatter Diffraction

AbstractAccurately capturing the architecture of single lithium-ion electrode particles is necessary for understanding their performance limitations and degradation mechanisms through multi-physics modeling. Information is drawn from multimodal microscopy techniques to artificially generate LiNi0.5Mn0.3Co0.2O2 particles with full sub-particle grain detail. Statistical representations of particle architectures are derived from X-ray nano-computed tomography data supporting an ‘outer shell’ model, and sub-particle grain representations are derived from focused-ion beam electron backscatter diffraction data supporting a ‘grain’ model. A random field model used to characterize and generate the outer shells, and a random tessellation model used to characterize and generate grain architectures, are combined to form a multi-scale model for the generation of virtual electrode particles with full-grain detail. This work demonstrates the possibility of generating representative single electrode particle architectures for modeling and characterization that can guide synthesis approaches of particle architectures with enhanced performance.

3D-EBSD Studies of Deformation, Recrystallization and Phase Transformations

2012 ◽  
Vol 715-716 ◽  
pp. 41-50 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael Ferry ◽  
Wan Qiang Xu ◽  
M. Zakaria Quadir ◽  
Nasima Afrin Zinnia ◽  
Kevin J. Laws ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Focused Ion Beam ◽  
Thermomechanical Processing ◽  
Electron Backscatter Diffraction ◽  
Ion Beam ◽  
Void Formation ◽  
Data Generation ◽  
Serial Sectioning ◽  
Resolution Electron ◽  
Plastic Forming ◽  
Backscatter Diffraction

A focused ion beam (FIB) coupled with high resolution electron backscatter diffraction (EBSD) has emerged as a useful tool for generating crystallographic information in reasonably large volumes of microstructure. In principle, data generation is reasonably straightforward whereby the FIB is used as a high precision serial sectioning device for generating consecutive milled surfaces suitable for mapping by EBSD. The successive EBSD maps generated by serial sectioning are combined using various post-processing methods to generate crystallographic volumes of the microstructure. This paper provides an overview of the use of 3D-EBSD in the study of various phenomena associated with thermomechanical processing of both crystalline and semi-crystalline alloys and includes investigations on the crystallographic nature of microbands, void formation at particles, phase redistribution during plastic forming, and nucleation of recrystallization within various regions of the deformation microstructure.

Microstructural Evolution of Al–Zn–Mg–Cu Alloys in Accordance with Homogenization Time

2020 ◽  
Vol 20 (11) ◽  
pp. 6890-6896
Author(s):  
Woojin An ◽  
Jaewon Heo ◽  
Dongchan Jang ◽  
Kwang Jun Euh ◽  
Im Doo Jung ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Microstructural Evolution ◽  
Focused Ion Beam ◽  
Volume Fraction ◽  
Electron Backscatter Diffraction ◽  
Ion Beam ◽  
Homogenization Temperature ◽  
Strain Burst ◽  
Cu Alloys ◽  
Homogenization Time ◽  
Backscatter Diffraction

The microstructural evolution of Al–Zn–Mg–Cu alloys has been investigated for the homogenization time effect on the texture, grain orientation and dislocation density. The Al–Zn–Mg–Cu alloys were casted and homogenized for 4, 8, 16 and 24 hours. Electron backscatter diffraction (EBSD) analysis was conducted to characterize the microstructural behavior. Micropillars were fabricated using focused ion beam (FIB) milling in grains of specific crystallographic orientations. Coarse precipitations in the grain boundaries are S (Al2CuMg) and T (Al2Mg3Zn3) phases verified by scanning electron microscopy-energy dispersive spectroscopy (SEM-EDS) observation. With increasing homogenization time, equiaxed cell sizes increased. The volume fraction of S and T phases decreased with the diffusion of atomic elements into matrix. The Vickers hardness and tensile strength values decreased with homogenization temperature. The micropillar compression analysis was compared to macro tensile test results to understand the size effect and strain burst phenomenon on the mechanical properties of Al–Zn–Mg–Cu alloys.

The Application of 3D-EBSD for Investigating Texture Development in Metals and Alloys

2011 ◽  
Vol 702-703 ◽  
pp. 469-474
Author(s):  
Michael Ferry ◽  
M. Zakaria Quadir ◽  
Nasima Afrin Zinnia ◽  
Lori Bassman ◽  
Cassandra George ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Focused Ion Beam ◽  
Electron Backscatter Diffraction ◽  
Ion Beam ◽  
Low Carbon Steel ◽  
Texture Development ◽  
Data Generation ◽  
Low Carbon ◽  
Resolution Electron ◽  
Multi Phase ◽  
Backscatter Diffraction

A focused ion beam (FIB) coupled with high resolution electron backscatter diffraction (EBSD) has emerged as a useful tool for generating crystallographic information in reasonably large volumes of microstructure. In principle, data generation is reasonably straightforward whereby the FIB is used as a high precision serial sectioning device for generating consecutive milled surfaces suitable for mapping by EBSD. However, there are several challenges facing the technique including the need for accurate reconstruction of the EBSD slice data and the development of methods for representing the myriad microstructural features of interest including, for example, orientation gradients arising from plastic deformation through to the structure of grains and their interfaces in both single-phase and multi-phase materials. This paper provides an overview of the use of 3D-EBSD in the study of texture development in alloys during deformation and annealing and includes an update on current research on the crystallographic nature of microbands in some body centred and face centred cubic alloys and the nucleation and growth of grains in an extra low carbon steel.

Intergrowth Structure of Zeolite Crystals and Pore Orientation of Individual Subunits Revealed by Electron Backscatter Diffraction/Focused Ion Beam Experiments

2008 ◽  
Vol 47 (30) ◽  
pp. 5637-5640 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eli Stavitski ◽  
Martyn R. Drury ◽  
D. A. Matthijs de Winter ◽  
Marianne H. F. Kox ◽  
Bert M. Weckhuysen
Keyword(s):  
Focused Ion Beam ◽  
Electron Backscatter Diffraction ◽  
Ion Beam ◽  
Electron Backscatter ◽  
Backscatter Diffraction ◽  
Zeolite Crystals

Application of FIB-EBSD Tomography for Understanding Annealing Phenomena in a Cold Rolled Particle-Containing Nickel Alloy

2007 ◽  
Vol 558-559 ◽  
pp. 413-418 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wan Qiang Xu ◽  
Michael Ferry ◽  
Julie M. Cairney ◽  
John F. Humphreys
Keyword(s):  
Nickel Alloy ◽  
Focused Ion Beam ◽  
Electron Backscatter Diffraction ◽  
Ion Beam ◽  
Serial Sectioning ◽  
Dual Beam ◽  
Electron Backscatter ◽  
Cold Rolled ◽  
Twin Formation ◽  
Backscatter Diffraction

A typical dual-beam platform combines a focused ion beam (FIB) microscope with a field emission gun scanning electron microscope (FEGSEM). Using FIB-FEGSEM, it is possible to sequentially mill away > ~ 50 nm sections of a material by FIB and characterize, at high resolution, the crystallographic features of each new surface by electron backscatter diffraction (EBSD). The successive images can be combined to generate 3D crystallographic maps of the microstructure. A useful technique is described for FIB milling that allows the reliable reconstruction of 3D microstructures using EBSD. This serial sectioning technique was used to investigate the recrystallization behaviour of a particle-containing nickel alloy, which revealed a number of features of the recrystallizing grains that are not clearly evident in 2D EBSD micrographs such as clear evidence of particle stimulated nucleation (PSN) and twin formation and growth during PSN.

A 3D FIB Investigation of Dynamic Recrystallization in a Cu-Sn Bronze

2012 ◽  
Vol 715-716 ◽  
pp. 498-501 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ali Gholinia ◽  
Ian Brough ◽  
John F. Humphreys ◽  
Pete S. Bate
Keyword(s):  
Dynamic Recrystallization ◽  
Focused Ion Beam ◽  
Electron Backscatter Diffraction ◽  
Ion Beam ◽  
Bronze Alloy ◽  
Ebsd Data ◽  
Nucleation Sites ◽  
Electron Backscatter ◽  
Backscatter Diffraction ◽  
Relationship Of

A combination of electron backscatter diffraction (EBSD) and focused ion beam (FIB) techniques were used to obtain 3D EBSD data in an investigation of dynamic recrystallization in a Cu-2%Sn bronze alloy. The results of this investigation show the origin of the nucleation sites for dynamic recrystallization and also elucidates the orientation relationship of the recrystallized grains to the deformed, prior grains and between the dynamically recrystallized grains.

scholarly journals Low Vacuum SEMs: Latest Generation Technologies and Applications

2007 ◽  
Vol 15 (4) ◽  
pp. 20-25
Author(s):  
William Neijssen ◽  
Ben Lich ◽  
Pete Carleson
Keyword(s):  
Focused Ion Beam ◽  
Electron Backscatter Diffraction ◽  
Ion Beam ◽  
High Vacuum ◽  
Ease Of Use ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Sample Chamber ◽  
Electron Microscopes ◽  
Scanning Electron Microscopes ◽  
Backscatter Diffraction

Since becoming popular more than a decade ago, low vacuum scanning electron microscopes (SEM) have continued to evolve. The latest systems offer uncompromised performance over an unprecedented range of sample chamber vacuum conditions. Instruments are now available that provide near-nanometer resolution in all vacuum modes and the ability to operate at pressures as high as 4000 Pascals (~30 Torr). Low vacuum operation eliminates much of the sample preparation required for conventional (high vacuum) SEM. Insulating samples can be imaged without conductive coatings. Wet, dirty, outgassing samples can be examined without drying and fixing. Systems can also be configured with a wide range of ancillary capabilities for imaging, analysis, and sample manipulation, including advanced secondary, backscattered, and transmitted electron detection, X-ray spectrometry, electron backscatter diffraction, and focused ion beam (FIB) manipulation. The current generation of systems combine speed, flexibility, repeatability, and ease of use, making them the ideal solution for any laboratory that must satisfy a wide range of imaging and analytical demands.

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