1. Principles and Basic Modes of Atomic Force Microscopy
Anyang Cui, Menghan Deng, Yan Ye, Xiang Wang, and Zhigao Hu
2. Advanced Modes of Electrostatic and Kelvin Probe Force Microscopy for Energy Applications
Martí Checa, Sabine M. Neumayer, Wan-Yu Tsai, and Liam Collins
3. Piezoresponse Force Microscopy and Electrochemical Strain Microscopy
Qibin Zeng and Kaiyang Zeng
4. Hybrid AFM Technique: Atomic Force Microscopy-Scanning Electrochemical Microscopy
Shuang Cao and Tong Sun
5. Scanning Microwave Impedance Microscopy
Yongliang Yang, Nicholas Antoniou, and Ravi Chintala
6. Atomic Force Microscopy-Based Infrared Microscopy for Chemical Nano-Imaging and Spectroscopy
Xiaoji G. Xu
7. Application of AFM in Lithium Batteries Research
Shuang-Yan Lang, Zhen-Zhen Shen, Jing Wan, and Rui Wen
8. Application of AFM in Solar Cell Research
Ahmed Touhami
9. Application of AFM for Analyzing the Microstructure of Ferroelectric Polymer as an Energy Material
Dong Guo, Kai Cai, and Jingshu Xu
10. Application of AFM in Microbial Energy Systems
Xiaochun Tian
11. Practical Guidance of AFM Operations for Energy Research
Yang Liu, Xin Guo, Yaolun Liu, Xin Wang, Chen Liu, Wenhui Pang, Fei Peng, Shurui Wang, Youjie Fan, and Hao Sun
Biography
Cai Shen received his Ph.D. in Chemistry from the University of St Andrews at UK in 2008. Sequentially, he continued his research at the University of Maryland, Heidelberg University and Aarhus University before he joined Ningbo Institute of Materials Technology and Engineering, Chinese Academy of Science as an Associate Professor in 2013. He was promoted to Professor in 2021. He has published 100 papers in peer-reviewed journals. He is on the editorial boards for a number of international journals including Journal of Microscopy. His current research interests are lithium-ion batteries and applications of atomic force microscopy for the study of functional materials.
