Reaction of Li with Alloy Thin Films - Atomic Force Microscopy (In-situ)

The bottom of the panel shows the voltage versus time plot of a metallic film cycled against pure lithium metal. The image on the left of the panel shows the the initial image of the electrode in the experiment. This image serves as a basis for comparison as the image on the right changes with time. As the right-hand image changes, a red dot on the voltage curve will also move indicating at which point of charge (or discharge) the right-hand image was taken. (Movie 1)

L.Y. Beaulieu, T.D. Hatchard, A. Bonakdarpour, M.D. Fleischauer, and J.R. Dahn, The Reaction of Li with Thin Films Studied by Atomic Force Microscopy, J. Electrochem. Soc. 150, A1457-A1464 (2003).

This video accompanies the paper "The Reaction of Li with Alloy Thin Films Studied by In-Situ Atomic Force Microscopy" recently publish in the journal of the electrochemical society.