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Transmission electron microscopy and related analytical techniques have been widely used to study the microstructure of different materials. However, few research works have been performed in the field of glasses, possibly due to the electron-beam irradiation damage. In this paper, we have developed a method based on electron energy loss spectroscopy (EELS) data acquisition and analyses, which enables determination of the boron speciation in a series of ternary alkali borosilicate glasses with constant molar ratios. A script for the fast acquisition of EELS has been designed, from which the fraction of BO 4  tetrahedra can be obtained by fitting the experimental data with linear combinations of the reference spectra. The BO 4  fractions (N 4 ) obtained by EELS are consistent with those from  11 B MAS NMR spectra, suggesting that EELS can be an alternative and convenient way to determine the N 4  fraction in glasses. In addition, the boron speciation of a CeO 2  doped potassium borosilicate glass has been analyzed by using the time-resolved EELS spectra. The results clearly demonstrate that the BO 4  to BO 3  transformation induced by the electron beam irradiation can be efficiently suppressed by doping CeO 2  to the borosilicate glasses.

Quantification of the boron speciation in alkali borosilicate glasses by electron energy loss spectroscopy