LIMITATIONS AND CAPABILITIES OF MICRO-RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY. ELECTRODE MATERIALS FOR LITHIUM BATTERY

Abstract

Raman spectroscopy is an inexpensive and convenient tool for prompt structural characterization. Most research groups have access to confocal Raman microscopes with claimed submicron spatial and subsecond temporal resolutions. Raman spectroscopy is widely used in material science, solid- state chemistry, and electrochemistry. But this unique tool is often considered to be auxiliary to other methods and is commonly used as a “black box” without proper understanding of its limitations and capabilities