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X-ray and neutron imaging are widely employed for battery materials, thanks to the possibility to perform noninvasive  in situ  and  in operando  analyses. X-ray tomography can be performed either in synchrotron or in laboratory facilities and is particularly well-suited to analyze bulk materials and electrode/electrolyte interfaces. Several post-lithium-ion (Li-ion) devices, such as Li–sulfur, Li–O 2 , or all-solid-state Li batteries, have an anode made of metallic Li in common. The main failure mode of Li batteries is the inhomogeneity of the Li electrodeposits onto the Li anode during charge steps, leading to dendrite growth and low Coulombic efficiency. X-ray tomography is a powerful tool for studying dendrites as it provides useful information about their locations, dynamics, and microstructures. So far, the use of neutron tomography is scarcely reported for Li deposit analysis due to the difficulty in reaching sufficient image resolution to capture the deposit microstructure, that is, typically below 10–20 µm. The very different interactions of X-rays and neutrons with Li, which has significantly different opacity in the two cases, make the two techniques highly complementary. Notably, the capacity of neutrons to discern different Li isotopes is pivotal to getting an insight into the composition of Li deposits by distinguishing between Li originating from an electrode ( 6 Li in this study) and Li originating from the Li salt electrolyte (mainly in  7 Li here). Indeed, the theoretical linear neutron attenuation coefficient of  6 Li is about 15 and 2,000 times larger than that of natural Li and  7 Li, respectively. Therefore, a high imaging contrast difference is obtained between  6 Li (high attenuation) and natural Li and  7 Li (lower attenuations), which could allow a better understanding of the origin of the Li comprising the electrodeposits. In this work, we report, as a proof of concept, an  in situ  neutron tomography imaging of Li electrodeposits in a cycled Li symmetric cell. The electrochemical cell comprises a natural Li electrode, a  6 Li electrode, and a deuterated liquid electrolyte. The neutron tomographies are compared with X-ray tomography images of the same electrochemical cell acquired both at an X-ray synchrotron beamline and at a laboratory X-ray tomograph. Neutron tomography is shown to be compatible with  in situ  analysis and capable of capturing the overall morphology of the Li deposits in good accordance with X-ray tomography analyses.

Tomography Imaging of Lithium Electrodeposits Using Neutron, Synchrotron X-Ray, and Laboratory X-Ray Sources: A Comparison