Origin of Fracture-Resistance to Large Volume Change in Cu-Substituted Co3O4 Electrodes

Liu, Heguang; Li, Qianqian; Yao, Zhenpeng; Li, Lei; Li, Yuan; Wolverton, Chris; Hersam, Mark C.; Wu, Jinsong; Dravid, Vinayak P.

doi:10.1002/adma.201704851

Title: Origin of Fracture-Resistance to Large Volume Change in Cu-Substituted Co₃O₄ Electrodes

Journal Article · Wed Dec 06 00:00:00 EST 2017 · Advanced Materials

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.201704851· OSTI ID:1470177

Liu, Heguang ^[1];

^[2]; Yao, Zhenpeng ^[2]; Li, Lei ^[2]; Li, Yuan ^[2]; Wolverton, Chris ^[2]; Hersam, Mark C. ^[2]; Wu, Jinsong ^[2]; Dravid, Vinayak P. ^[2]

Northwestern Univ., Evanston, IL (United States); Xi'an Univ. of Technology (China)
Northwestern Univ., Evanston, IL (United States)

The electrode materials conducive to conversion reactions undergo large volume change in cycles which restrict their further development. It has been demonstrated that incorporation of a third element into metal oxides can improve the cycling stability while the mechanism remains unknown. Here in this work, an in situ and ex situ electron microscopy investigation of structural evolutions of Cu-substituted Co₃O₄ supplemented by first-principles calculations is reported to reveal the mechanism. An interconnected framework of ultrathin metallic copper formed provides a high conductivity backbone and cohesive support to accommodate the volume change and has a cube-on-cube orientation relationship with Li₂O. In charge, a portion of Cu metal is oxidized to CuO, which maintains a cube-on-cube orientation relationship with Cu. The Co metal and oxides remain as nanoclusters (less than 5 nm) thus active in subsequent cycles. Finally, this adaptive architecture accommodates the formation of Li₂O in the discharge cycle and underpins the catalytic activity of Li₂O decomposition in the charge cycle.

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Research Organization:: Energy Frontier Research Centers (EFRC) (United States). Center for Electrical Energy Storage (CEES)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES); USDOE Office of Science (SC), Advanced Scientific Computing Research (ASCR)

Grant/Contract Number:: AC02-06CH11357; AC02‐05CH11231; NSF NNCI-1542205; NSF DMR-1720139; AC02-05CH11231

OSTI ID:: 1470177

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1412574

Journal Information:: Advanced Materials, Vol. 30, Issue 4; Related Information: CEES partners with Argonne National Laboratory (lead); University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Northwest University; ISSN 0935-9648

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