Thermo Fisher Scientific presents at Advanced Materials Show workflow for preparing and protecting air-sensitive battery samples for electron microscopy characterization
Wednesday, 22 March 2023
Thermo Fisher Scientific, the world leader in serving science, presents at this year’s Advanced Materials Show the Thermo Scientific™ Inert Gas Sample Transfer (IGST) Workflow, designed to enable new insights into the world of air-sensitive materials. At the stand, Thermo Fisher Scientific’s experts will provide insights into how the IGST workflow can allow battery researchers and manufacturers focus on their research without having to worry about contaminating the sample.
Analyze air-sensitive battery materials in their native state
Electron microscopy imaging techniques such as SEM, DualBeam and TEM are crucial to study the 2D and 3D morphology of battery components at different stages in the lifecycle. Optimum sample preparation and sample transfer between the various instruments without compromising the integrity of air-sensitive samples like Lithium containing battery components is key.
To avoid degradation of the sample upon contact with air, the Thermo Scientific Inert Gas Sample Transfer (IGST) Workflow is introduced. The Thermo Scientific CleanConnect ™ Samples Transfer System with its argon environment ensures that the sample is well protected during the transfer to the microscope. The ergonomic and modular design of CleanConnect enables uncomplicated sample handling without modification to the glove box.
Figure 1 Inert gas workflow for nanoscale analysis using Thermo Scientific DualBeam and TEM systems
CleanMill: Providing high throughput, high quality surface preparation even on the most challenging samples
The Thermo Scientific™ CleanMill™ is a complete ion-beam based sample preparation solution to get the best possible surface for SEM characterization. CleanMill is fully compatible with the CleanConnect IGST for air sensitive samples.
Figure 2: Inert gas workflow for nanoscale analysis using Thermo Scientific CleanMill and SEM
Attendees are welcome to stop by stand 1423 to connect with the Thermo Fisher Scientific experts or visit www.thermofisher.com/battery-research.html to discover how the company works in partnership with the battery industry to provide electron microscopy and further solutions including image analysis, spectroscopy tools users need to characterize and analyze battery materials and components and their performance.