Transmission Electron Microscopy Specimen Preparation Method for Multiphase Porous Functional Ceramics

Wei Zhang; Luise Theil Kuhn; Peter Stanley Jørgensen; Karl Tor Sune Thydén; Janet Jonna Bentzen; Ebtisam Abdellahi; Bhaskar  Reddy Sudireddy; Ming Chen; Jacob R. Bowen

doi:10.1017/S1431927613000019

Transmission Electron Microscopy Specimen Preparation Method for Multiphase Porous Functional Ceramics

Wei Zhang, Luise Theil Kuhn, Peter Stanley Jørgensen, Karl Tor Sune Thydén, Janet Jonna Bentzen, Ebtisam Abdellahi, Bhaskar Reddy Sudireddy, Ming Chen, Jacob R. Bowen

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Abstract

An optimum method is proposed to prepare thin foil transmission electron microscopy (TEM) lamellae of multiphase porous functional ceramics: prefilling the pore space of these materials with an epoxy resin prior to focused ion beam milling. Several advantages of epoxy impregnation are demonstrated by successful preparation of TEM specimens that maintain the structural integrity of the entire lamella. Feasibility of the TEM alignment procedure is demonstrated, and ideal TEM analyses are illustrated on solid oxide fuel cell and solid oxide electrolysis cell materials. Some potential drawbacks of the TEM specimen preparation method are listed for other samples.

Original language	English
Journal	Microscopy and Microanalysis
Volume	19
Issue number	2
Pages (from-to)	501-505
ISSN	1431-9276
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1017/S1431927613000019
Publication status	Published - 2013

Keywords

Porous ceramic composites
Epoxy
TEM
FIB

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Zhang, W., Kuhn, L. T., Jørgensen, P. S., Thydén, K. T. S., Bentzen, J. J., Abdellahi, E., Reddy Sudireddy, B., Chen, M., & Bowen, J. R. (2013). Transmission Electron Microscopy Specimen Preparation Method for Multiphase Porous Functional Ceramics. Microscopy and Microanalysis, 19(2), 501-505. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1431927613000019

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Transmission Electron Microscopy Specimen Preparation Method for Multiphase Porous Functional Ceramics. / Zhang, Wei; Kuhn, Luise Theil ; Jørgensen, Peter Stanley ; Thydén, Karl Tor Sune; Bentzen, Janet Jonna; Abdellahi, Ebtisam ; Reddy Sudireddy, Bhaskar ; Chen, Ming ; Bowen, Jacob R.

In: Microscopy and Microanalysis, Vol. 19, No. 2, 2013, p. 501-505.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

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