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MM: Fachverband Metall- und Materialphysik

MM 25: Topical Session: TEM-Symposium - Structure-Property

MM 25.1: Topical Talk

Tuesday, March 12, 2013, 15:00–15:30, H4

Modern Transmission Electron Microscopy in Energy Materials Research — •Erdmann Spiecker — Center for Nanoanalysis and Electron Microscopy (CENEM), Department Werkstoffwissenschaften, Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg

Energy is an area where materials technology will play an important role in meeting the needs of the future. Due to the growing importance of environmental issues energy generation, conservation and storage will continue to be major drivers for materials technology. Increasing the efficiencies of energy systems, like solar cells, fuel cells, gas turbines and batteries generally requires the development of new or the improvement of existing materials. Modern transmission electron microscopy (TEM) plays an imporatant role in this process since it provides powerful techniques for investigating the structure, chemistry and defects of materials from the microscale down to the atomic scale and for revealing local structure-property relations. In this presentation examples of the use of modern TEM techniques in energy materials research will be highlighted, including microscopic studies on single-crystal superalloys for turbine engines, transparent electrodes for organic solar cells, porous materials for catalytic gas reactions, and nanoparticle-filled polymers for high voltage electrical isolation.