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Electron beam-induced current (EBIC) imaging in the scanning transmission electron microscope (STEM), STEM-EBIC, provides direct access to carrier transport at the nanoscale. While well established in bulk SEM geometries, its application to…
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Electron microscopy techniques are instrumental in the characterization of energy storage materials, with atomic resolution images providing the detailed structural features that are needed to understand their properties. Atomically…
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