In-situ Ptychographic Studies of Lithium-Sulphur Micro-Batteries

PtycoBat exploits a novel battery geometry designed to capitalize on recent gains in high-resolution imaging offered by synchrotron X-ray ptychography. This will be used to explore degradation processes in potential next generation high capacity Li-S battery technology in-situ). It is expected that the kinetics and mechanisms of these processes will be observed for the first time and that the exploratory project will lay the groundwork for future full 3D in-situ imaging at MAXIV.