Crystal structure of a lightweight borohydride from submicrometer crystallites by precession electron diffraction
(2012) Chemistry of Materials — Vol. 24, n° 17, p. 3401-3405 (2012)
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- We demonstrate that precession electron diffraction at low-dose conditions can be successfully applied for structure analysis of extremely electron-beam-sensitive materials. Using LiBH 4 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. © 2012 American Chemical Society.
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Hadermann, J., Abakumov, A., Van Rompaey, S., Perkisas, T., Filinchuk, Y., & Van Tendeloo, G. (2012). Crystal structure of a lightweight borohydride from submicrometer crystallites by precession electron diffraction. Chemistry of Materials, 24(17), 3401-3405. https://doi.org/10.1021/cm301548k (Original work published 2012)