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2018 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

Development of analytical system for 2-dimensional chemical state of super light elements by using scanning transmission X-ray microscopy

Research Project

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Project/Area Number 16K05022
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund
Section一般
Research Field Quantum beam science
Research InstitutionInstitute for Molecular Science

Principal Investigator

Ohigashi Takuji  分子科学研究所, 極端紫外光研究施設, 助教 (50375169)

Research Collaborator Kosugi Nobuhiro  
Project Period (FY) 2016-04-01 – 2019-03-31
Keywords走査型透過X線顕微鏡 / 高分解能2次元化学状態分析 / リチウムK吸収端分析
Outline of Final Research Achievements

Analytical system for chemical states of light elements below carbon, especially lithium, with high spatial resolution was developed by using a synchrotron-based scanning transmission X-ray microscope (STXM). STXM could access around 50 eVby fabricating a special focusing element, a Fresnel zone plate (FZP), which has high diffraction efficiency and longer focal length in low energy region and its supporting membrane of silicon works as a filter to cut off higher order lights above 100 eV. By using this FZP, low X-ray energy region from 50 to 100 eV with spatial resolution around 80 nm could be available to measure microscopic X-ray absorption spectrum around lithium K absorption edge. By using the technique, 2-dimensional chemical state of an electrode of a lithium-ion secondary battery was analyzed.

Free Research Field

X線光学

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

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Published: 2020-03-30  

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