In situ SEM Study of Lithium Intercalation in individual V2O5 Nanowires
Abstract
Progress in rational engineering of Li-ion batteries requires better understanding of the electrochemical processes and accompanying transformations in the electrode materials on multiple length scales. In spite of recent progress in utilizing transmission electron microscopy (TEM) to analyze these materials, in situ scanning electron microscopy (SEM) was mostly overlooked as a powerful tool that allows probing these phenomena on the nano and mesoscale. In this paper, we report on in situ SEM study of lithiation in a V2O5-based single-nanobelt battery with ionic liquid electrolyte. Coupled with cyclic voltammetry measurements, in situ SEM revealed the peculiarities of subsurface intercalation, formation of solid-electrolyte interface (SEI) and electromigration of liquid. We observed that single-crystalline vanadia nanobelts do not undergo large-scale amorphization or fracture during electrochemical cycling, but rather transform topochemically with only a slight shape distortion. Lastly, the SEI layer seems to have significant influence on the lithium ion diffusion and overall capacity of the single-nanobelt battery.
- Authors:
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- Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States). Center for Nanophase Materials Science (CNMS); Southern Illinois Univ., Carbondale, IL (United States)
- Southern Illinois Univ., Carbondale, IL (United States)
- Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States). Materials Science & Technology Division
- National Inst. of Standards and Technology (NIST), Gaithersburg, MD (United States)
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States). Center for Nanophase Materials Sciences (CNMS)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1265279
- Grant/Contract Number:
- AC05-00OR22725
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Nanoscale
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 7; Journal Issue: 7; Journal ID: ISSN 2040-3364
- Publisher:
- Royal Society of Chemistry
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 36 MATERIALS SCIENCE; 25 ENERGY STORAGE
Citation Formats
Strelcov, Evgheni, Cothren, Joshua E., Leonard, Donovan N., Borisevich, Albina Y., and Kolmakov, Andrei. In situ SEM Study of Lithium Intercalation in individual V2O5 Nanowires. United States: N. p., 2015.
Web. doi:10.1039/C4NR06767C.
Strelcov, Evgheni, Cothren, Joshua E., Leonard, Donovan N., Borisevich, Albina Y., & Kolmakov, Andrei. In situ SEM Study of Lithium Intercalation in individual V2O5 Nanowires. United States. https://doi.org/10.1039/C4NR06767C
Strelcov, Evgheni, Cothren, Joshua E., Leonard, Donovan N., Borisevich, Albina Y., and Kolmakov, Andrei. Thu .
"In situ SEM Study of Lithium Intercalation in individual V2O5 Nanowires". United States. https://doi.org/10.1039/C4NR06767C. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1265279.
@article{osti_1265279,
title = {In situ SEM Study of Lithium Intercalation in individual V2O5 Nanowires},
author = {Strelcov, Evgheni and Cothren, Joshua E. and Leonard, Donovan N. and Borisevich, Albina Y. and Kolmakov, Andrei},
abstractNote = {Progress in rational engineering of Li-ion batteries requires better understanding of the electrochemical processes and accompanying transformations in the electrode materials on multiple length scales. In spite of recent progress in utilizing transmission electron microscopy (TEM) to analyze these materials, in situ scanning electron microscopy (SEM) was mostly overlooked as a powerful tool that allows probing these phenomena on the nano and mesoscale. In this paper, we report on in situ SEM study of lithiation in a V2O5-based single-nanobelt battery with ionic liquid electrolyte. Coupled with cyclic voltammetry measurements, in situ SEM revealed the peculiarities of subsurface intercalation, formation of solid-electrolyte interface (SEI) and electromigration of liquid. We observed that single-crystalline vanadia nanobelts do not undergo large-scale amorphization or fracture during electrochemical cycling, but rather transform topochemically with only a slight shape distortion. Lastly, the SEI layer seems to have significant influence on the lithium ion diffusion and overall capacity of the single-nanobelt battery.},
doi = {10.1039/C4NR06767C},
journal = {Nanoscale},
number = 7,
volume = 7,
place = {United States},
year = {Thu Jan 08 00:00:00 EST 2015},
month = {Thu Jan 08 00:00:00 EST 2015}
}
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