Optically Transparent Carbon-Silicon Nitride Windows for Correlative Structural and Electrochemical Analysis of Nanomaterials.

ABSTRACT: We report an optically transparent carbon electrode-silicon nitride (OTCE-SiN_x) window platform fabricated through clean-room microfabrication techniques. A wafer-scale fabrication process was implemented, which enabled a batch preparation of 2925 windows (100 × 100 μm) in user-friendly configurations. Application of OTCE-SiN_x windows is demonstrated in the high-resolution structural and nanoscale electrochemical characterization of nanocrystals by transmission electron microscopy (TEM) and electrochemical scanning probe microscopy. High-resolution TEM (HR-TEM) and aberration-corrected high-angle annular dark-field TEM (HAADF-TEM) were achieved for nanocrystals supported on the OTCE-SiN_x, with minimal background electron scattering or i

SUBMITTER: Alden SE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12163881 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature