Visualization of Electrochemical Reactions in Battery Materials with X-ray Microscopy and Mapping

Wolfman, Mark; May, Brian M.; Cabana, Jordi

doi:10.1021/acs.chemmater.6b05114

Title: Visualization of Electrochemical Reactions in Battery Materials with X-ray Microscopy and Mapping

Journal Article · Tue Mar 21 00:00:00 EDT 2017 · Chemistry of Materials

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.chemmater.6b05114· OSTI ID:1349765

Wolfman, Mark ^[1]; May, Brian M. ^[1];

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Department of Chemistry, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, 60607 Illinois, United States

By unlocking the full performance capabilities of battery materials we require a thorough understanding of the underlying electrochemical mechanisms at a variety of length scales. A broad arsenal of X-ray microscopy and mapping techniques is now available to probe these processes down to the nanoscale. The tunable nature of X-ray sources allows for the extraction of chemical states through spectromicroscopy. The addition of phase contrast imaging can retrieve the complex-valued refraction of the material, giving an even more nuanced chemical picture. Tomography and coherent Bragg diffraction imaging provide a reconstructed three-dimensional volume of the specimen, as well as internal strain information from the latter. There have been many insights into battery materials achieved through the creative use of these, and similar, methods. Experiments performed while the battery is being actively cycled reveal behavior that differs significantly from what is observed at equilibrium and metastable conditions. Furthermore, there are planned improvements to X-ray source brightness and coherence will extend these techniques by alleviating the current trade-off in time, chemical, and spatial resolution.

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Research Organization:: Univ. of Illinois, Chicago, IL (United States); Energy Frontier Research Centers (EFRC) (United States). Northeastern Center for Chemical Energy Storage (NECCES)

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

Grant/Contract Number:: SC0012583; SC0001294

OSTI ID:: 1349765

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1361503

Journal Information:: Chemistry of Materials, Journal Name: Chemistry of Materials Vol. 29 Journal Issue: 8; ISSN 0897-4756

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Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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