Charge distribution guided by grain crystallographic orientations in polycrystalline battery materials

Xu, Zhengrui; Jiang, Zhisen; Kuai, Chunguang; Xu, Rong; Qin, Changdong; Zhang, Yan; Rahman, Muhammad Mominur; Wei, Chenxi; Nordlund, Dennis; Sun, Cheng-Jun; Xiao, Xianghui; Du, Xi-Wen; Zhao, Kejie; Yan, Pengfei; Liu, Yijin; Lin, Feng

doi:10.1038/s41467-019-13884-x

Title: Charge distribution guided by grain crystallographic orientations in polycrystalline battery materials

Journal Article · Wed Jan 08 00:00:00 EST 2020 · Nature Communications

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-13884-x· OSTI ID:1619727

Xu, Zhengrui; Jiang, Zhisen; Kuai, Chunguang;

; Qin, Changdong; Zhang, Yan; Rahman, Muhammad Mominur; Wei, Chenxi;

; Sun, Cheng-Jun;

;

Architecting grain crystallographic orientation can modulate charge distribution and chemomechanical properties for enhancing the performance of polycrystalline battery materials. However, probing the interplay between charge distribution, grain crystallographic orientation, and performance remains a daunting challenge. Herein, we elucidate the spatially resolved charge distribution in lithium layered oxides with different grain crystallographic arrangements and establish a model to quantify their charge distributions. While the holistic "surface-to-bulk" charge distribution prevails in polycrystalline particles, the crystallographic orientation-guided redox reaction governs the charge distribution in the local charged nanodomains. Compared to the randomly oriented grains, the radially aligned grains exhibit a lower cell polarization and higher capacity retention upon battery cycling. The radially aligned grains create less tortuous lithium ion pathways, thus improving the charge homogeneity as statistically quantified from over 20 million nanodomains in polycrystalline particles. This study provides an improved understanding of the charge distribution and chemomechanical properties of polycrystalline battery materials

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Research Organization:: Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL), Upton, NY (United States). National Synchrotron Light Source II (NSLS-II); SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory (SLAC), Menlo Park, CA (United States). Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Lightsource (SSRL); Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States). Advanced Photon Source (APS)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES); National Science Foundation (NSF)

Grant/Contract Number:: AC02-76SF00515; AC02-06CH11357; SC0012704; DMR 1832613; DMR 1832707

OSTI ID:: 1619727

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1603289; OSTI ID: 1605379; OSTI ID: 1630079

Report Number(s):: BNL-213685-2020-JAAM; 83; PII: 13884

Journal Information:: Nature Communications, Journal Name: Nature Communications Vol. 11 Journal Issue: 1; ISSN 2041-1723

Publisher:: Nature Publishing GroupCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United Kingdom

Language:: English

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