Lithium Vanadium Oxide (Li1.1V3O8) Coated with Amorphous Lithium Phosphorous Oxynitride (LiPON): Role of Material Morphology and Interfacial Structure on Resulting Electrochemistry

Zhang, Qing; Kercher, Andrew K.; Veith, Gabriel M.; Sarbada, Varun; Brady, Alexander B.; Li, Jing; Stach, Eric A.; Hull, Robert; Takeuchi, Kenneth J.; Takeuchi, Esther S.; Dudney, Nancy J.; Marschilok, Amy C.

doi:10.1149/2.0881707jes

Lithium Vanadium Oxide (Li_1.1V₃O₈) Coated with Amorphous Lithium Phosphorous Oxynitride (LiPON): Role of Material Morphology and Interfacial Structure on Resulting Electrochemistry

Journal Article · Tue May 16 00:00:00 EDT 2017 · Journal of the Electrochemical Society

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1149/2.0881707jes· OSTI ID:1389243

Zhang, Qing ^[1]; Kercher, Andrew K. ^[2]; Veith, Gabriel M. ^[2]; Sarbada, Varun ^[3]; Brady, Alexander B. ^[1]; Li, Jing ^[1]; Stach, Eric A. ^[4]; Hull, Robert ^[3]; Takeuchi, Kenneth J. ^[1]; Takeuchi, Esther S. ^[5]; Dudney, Nancy J. ^[2]; Marschilok, Amy C. ^[1]

Stony Brook Univ., NY (United States)
Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
Rensselaer Polytechnic Inst., Troy, NY (United States)
Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)
Stony Brook Univ., NY (United States); Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)

In the present work, lithium vanadium oxide (Li_1.1V₃O₈) particles synthesized at two different temperatures were coated with an amorphous lithium phosphorous oxynitride (LiPON) film for the first time, and the effects of the LiPON coating on the electrochemistry of the Li_1.1V₃O₈ materials with different morphologies were systematically investigated by comparing uncoated Li_1.1V₃O₈ and Li_1.1V₃O₈ coated with LiPON of various thicknesses. Galvanostatic discharge-charge cycling revealed increased functional capacity for the LiPON-coated materials. Post-cycling electrochemical impedance spectroscopy showed that LiPON-coated Li_1.1V₃O₈ materials developed less interfacial resistance with extended cycling, rationalized by vanadium migration into the LiPON coating seen by electron energy loss spectra. Post-mortem quantitative analysis of the anodes revealed more severe vanadium dissolution for the more irregularly shaped Li_1.1V₃O₈ materials with less LiPON coverage. Thus, this study highlights the specific benefits and limitations of LiPON coatings for stabilizing a moderate voltage Li_1.1V₃O₈ cathode material under extended cycling in liquid electrolyte, and describes a generally applicable approach for comprehensive characterization of a composite electroactive material which can be used to understand interfacial transport properties in other functional systems.

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Research Organization:: Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL), Upton, NY (United States); Energy Frontier Research Centers (EFRC) (United States). Center for Mesoscale Transport Properties (m2M)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES) (SC-22)

Grant/Contract Number:: SC0012704

OSTI ID:: 1389243

Report Number(s):: BNL--114248-2017-JA

Journal Information:: Journal of the Electrochemical Society, Journal Name: Journal of the Electrochemical Society Journal Issue: 7 Vol. 164; ISSN 0013-4651

Publisher:: The Electrochemical SocietyCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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