Temporal / In-Situ and Operando Imaging

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Any of the other techniques can be repeated over time to capture a process as it happens rather than a single static snapshot — for example, SEI growth under AFM, particle coalescence during SiO2 lithiation under SEM, or crack propagation during operando cycling. The result is a time-ordered sequence of frames (or a video) instead of one image, so downstream analysis must account for frame-to-frame correspondence and temporal trends alongside the usual spatial structure.

See also

• Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM) — a common technique for in-situ SEI-growth imaging

• Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM) — a common technique for in-situ particle imaging

• Key Imaging Techniques — every other imaging technique