Expanded Materials Sample Platforms for Advanced Surface Analysis of Energy Materials

As analysis techniques mature, with wider acceptance of the relevance that the information gleaned from their results provides, and broadened use across a wider swath of disciplines and applications, this drives the development of more specialized sample handling and enhanced analysis techniques to address specific applications needs. With new materials systems being combined for a multitude of applications, the recognition of the importance that surface chemical analysis of the materials and their interfaces provides to the understanding of the function and long-term performance of the materials systems has greatly expanded across the research community over the last decade. This has driven focused development of both technique capabilities and special sample handling for several active research emphases.