Publication
Title
Crystal structure of a lightweight borohydride from submicrometer crystallites by precession electron diffraction
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Abstract
We demonstrate that precession electron diffraction at low-dose conditions can be successfully applied for structure analysis of extremely electron-beam-sensitive materials. Using LiBH4 as a test material, complete structural information, including the location of the H atoms, was obtained from submicrometer-sized crystallites. This demonstrates for the first time that, where conventional transmission electron microscopy techniques fail, quantitative precession electron diffraction can provide structural information from submicrometer particles of such extremely electron-beam-sensitive materials as complex lightweight hydrides. We expect the precession electron diffraction technique to be a useful tool for nanoscale investigations of thermally unstable lightweight hydrogen-storage materials.
Language
English
Source (journal)
Chemistry of materials / American Chemical Society. - Washington, D.C., 1989, currens
Publication
Washington, D.C. : 2012
ISSN
0897-4756 [print]
1520-5002 [online]
DOI
10.1021/CM301548K
Volume/pages
24 :17 (2012) , p. 3401-3405
ISI
000308833400012
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UAntwerpen
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Research group
Project info
Counting Atoms in Nanomaterials (COUNTATOMS).
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Affiliation
Publications with a UAntwerp address
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Web of Science
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