in-situ TEM – nano mechanics

• In-situ TEM
  • Liquid cell
  • Nano mechanics
  • Solid electrolyte

• Simulation
  • Long-time-scale dynamics
  • Strain engineering
  • Ideal strength

• Energy storage device

• “Self-healing SEI enables full-cell cycling of a silicon-majority anode with a coulombic efficiency exceeding 99.9%”, Energy Environ. Sci., 10, 580 (2017)

Compression of hollow carbon shell

Compression of hollow TiO2 shell

• “Quantitative Fracture Strength and Plasticity Measurements of Lithiated Silicon Nanowires by In Situ TEM Tensile Experiments”, ACS Nano, 6, 9425 (2012).

Tensile test of the lithiated silicon nanowire