Three-dimensional localization of nanoscale battery reactions using soft X-ray tomography

Yu, Young-Sang; Farmand, Maryam; Kim, Chunjoong; Liu, Yijin; Grey, Clare P.; Strobridge, Fiona C.; Tyliszczak, Tolek; Celestre, Rich; Denes, Peter; Joseph, John; Krishnan, Harinarayan; Maia, Filipe R.  N.  C.; Kilcoyne, A. L.  David; Marchesini, Stefano; Leite, Talita Perciano Costa; Warwick, Tony; Padmore, Howard; Cabana, Jordi; Shapiro, David A.

doi:10.1038/s41467-018-03401-x

Title: Three-dimensional localization of nanoscale battery reactions using soft X-ray tomography

Journal Article · Fri Mar 02 00:00:00 EST 2018 · Nature Communications

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-03401-x· OSTI ID:1427169

Yu, Young-Sang ^[1]; Farmand, Maryam ^[2]; Kim, Chunjoong ^[3];

^[4]; Grey, Clare P. ^[5]; Strobridge, Fiona C. ^[6]; Tyliszczak, Tolek ^[2];

^[2]; Denes, Peter ^[2]; Joseph, John ^[7];

^[8]; Maia, Filipe R. N. C. ^[9];

^[2]; Marchesini, Stefano ^[2];

^[8]; Warwick, Tony ^[2]; Padmore, Howard ^[2];

^[10];

^[2]

Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States). Advanced Light Source (ALS); Univ. of Illinois, Chicago, IL (United States). Dept. of Chemistry
Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States). Advanced Light Source (ALS)
Univ. of Illinois, Chicago, IL (United States). Dept. of Chemistry; Chungnam National Univ., Daejeon (South Korea). Dept. of Materials Science and Engineering
SLAC National Accelerator Lab., Menlo Park, CA (United States). Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Lightsource (SSRL)
Univ. of Cambridge (United Kingdom). Dept. of Chemistry; Stony Brook Univ., NY (United States). Dept. of Chemistry
Univ. of Cambridge (United Kingdom). Dept. of Chemistry
Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States). Engineering Division
Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States). Computational Research Division
Uppsala Univ. (Sweden). Dept. of Cell and Molecular Biology
Univ. of Illinois, Chicago, IL (United States). Dept. of Chemistry

Battery function is determined by the efficiency and reversibility of the electrochemical phase transformations at solid electrodes. The microscopic tools available to study the chemical states of matter with the required spatial resolution and chemical specificity are intrinsically limited when studying complex architectures by their reliance on two-dimensional projections of thick material. Here in this paper, we report the development of soft X-ray ptychographic tomography, which resolves chemical states in three dimensions at 11 nm spatial resolution. We study an ensemble of nano-plates of lithium iron phosphate extracted from a battery electrode at 50% state of charge. Using a set of nanoscale tomograms, we quantify the electrochemical state and resolve phase boundaries throughout the volume of individual nanoparticles. These observations reveal multiple reaction points, intra-particle heterogeneity, and size effects that highlight the importance of multi-dimensional analytical tools in providing novel insight to the design of the next generation of high-performance devices.

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Research Organization:: SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory (SLAC), Menlo Park, CA (United States); Energy Frontier Research Centers (EFRC) (United States). Northeastern Center for Chemical Energy Storage (NECCES); Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)

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

Grant/Contract Number:: AC02-76SF00515; AC02-05CH11231; SC0012583

OSTI ID:: 1427169

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1433136

Journal Information:: Nature Communications, Vol. 9, Issue 1; ISSN 2041-1723

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