Dimensionally Controlled Lithiation of Chromium Oxide

Fister, Tim T.; Hu, Xianyi; Esbenshade, Jennifer; Chen, Xiao; Wu, Jinsong; Dravid, Vinayak; Bedzyk, Michael; Long, Brandon; Gewirth, Andrew A.; Shi, Bing; Schlepütz, Christian M.; Fenter, Paul

doi:10.1021/acs.chemmater.5b01809

Title: Dimensionally Controlled Lithiation of Chromium Oxide

Journal Article · Tue Jan 12 00:00:00 EST 2016 · Chemistry of Materials

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.chemmater.5b01809· OSTI ID:1248950

Fister, Tim T. ^[1]; Hu, Xianyi ^[2]; Esbenshade, Jennifer ^[3]; Chen, Xiao ^[2]; Wu, Jinsong ^[2]; Dravid, Vinayak ^[2]; Bedzyk, Michael ^[2]; Long, Brandon ^[1]; Gewirth, Andrew A. ^[3]; Shi, Bing ^[1]; Schlepütz, Christian M. ^[1]; Fenter, Paul ^[1]

Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
Northwestern Univ., Evanston, IL (United States)
Univ. of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, IL (United States)

Oxide conversion reactions are an alternative approach for high capacity lithium ion batteries but are known to suffer from structural irreversibility associated with the phase separation and reconstitution of reduced metal species and Li2O. In particular, the morphology of the reduced metal species is thought to play a critical role in the electrochemical properties of a conversion material. Here we use a model electrode with alternating layers of chromium and chromium oxide to better understand and control these phase changes in real-time and at molecular length scales. Despite lacking crystallinity at the atomic scale, this superstructure is observed (with X-ray reflectivity, XR) to lithiate and delithiate in a purely one-dimensional manner, preserving the layered structure. The XR data show that the metal layers act as nucleation sites for the reduction of chromium in the conversion reaction. Irreversibility during delithiation is due to the formation of a ternary phase, LiCrO2, which can be further delithiated at higher potentials. The results reveal that the combination of confining lithiation to nanoscale sheets of Li2O and the availability of reaction sites in the metal layers in the layered structure is a strategy for improving the reversibility and mass transport properties that can be used in a wide range of conversion materials.

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Research Organization:: Energy Frontier Research Centers (EFRC) (United States). Center for Electrical Energy Storage (CEES); Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)

DOE Contract Number:: AC02-06CH11357

OSTI ID:: 1248950

Journal Information:: Chemistry of Materials, Vol. 28, Issue 1; ISSN 0897-4756

Publisher:: American Chemical Society (ACS)

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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