Quantitative characterization of high temperature oxidation using electron tomography and energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy

Zhou, Jihan; Taylor, Matthew; Melinte, Georgian A.; Shahani, Ashwin J.; Dharmawardhana, Chamila C.; Heinz, Hendrik; Voorhees, Peter W.; Perepezko, John H.; Bustillo, Karen; Ercius, Peter; Miao, Jianwei

doi:10.1038/s41598-018-28348-3

Title: Quantitative characterization of high temperature oxidation using electron tomography and energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy

Journal Article · 05 July 2018 · Scientific Reports

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-28348-3 · OSTI ID:1478362

Zhou, Jihan ^[1]; Taylor, Matthew ^[2]; Melinte, Georgian A. ^[1]; Shahani, Ashwin J. ^[3]; Dharmawardhana, Chamila C. ^[4]; Heinz, Hendrik ^[4]; Voorhees, Peter W. ^[5]; Perepezko, John H. ^[2];

^[6];

^[6]; Miao, Jianwei ^[1]

Univ. of California, Los Angeles, CA (United States)
Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI (United States)
Univ. of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI (United States)
Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO (United States)
Northwestern Univ., Evanston, IL (United States)
Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)

We report quantitative characterization of the high temperature oxidation process by using electron tomography and energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy. As a proof of principle, we performed 3D imaging of the oxidation layer of a model system (Mo₃Si) at nanoscale resolution with elemental specificity and probed the oxidation kinetics as a function of the oxidation time and the elevated temperature. Our tomographic reconstructions provide detailed 3D structural information of the surface oxidation layer of the Mo₃Si system, revealing the evolution of oxidation behavior of Mo₃Si from early stage to mature stage. Based on the relative rate of oxidation of Mo₃Si, the volatilization rate of MoO₃ and reactive molecular dynamics simulations, we propose a model to explain the mechanism of the formation of the porous silica structure during the oxidation process of Mo₃Si. We expect that this 3D quantitative characterization method can be applied to other material systems to probe their structure-property relationships in different environments.

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Research Organization:: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES) (SC-22)

Grant/Contract Number:: AC02-05CH11231

OSTI ID:: 1478362

Journal Information:: Scientific Reports, Journal Name: Scientific Reports Journal Issue: 1 Vol. 8; ISSN 2045-2322

Publisher:: Nature Publishing GroupCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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