Unveiling the Stable Nature of the Solid Electrolyte Interphase between Lithium Metal and LiPON via Cryogenic Electron Microscopy

Cheng, Diyi; Wynn, Thomas A.; Wang, Xuefeng; Wang, Shen; Zhang, Minghao; Shimizu, Ryosuke; Bai, Shuang; Nguyen, Han; Fang, Chengcheng; Kim, Min-cheol; Li, Weikang; Lu, Bingyu; Kim, Suk Jun; Meng, Ying Shirley

doi:10.1016/j.joule.2020.08.013

Title: Unveiling the Stable Nature of the Solid Electrolyte Interphase between Lithium Metal and LiPON via Cryogenic Electron Microscopy

Journal Article · Sun Nov 01 00:00:00 EDT 2020 · Joule

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joule.2020.08.013· OSTI ID:1831321

Cheng, Diyi; Wynn, Thomas A.; Wang, Xuefeng; Wang, Shen; Zhang, Minghao; Shimizu, Ryosuke; Bai, Shuang; Nguyen, Han; Fang, Chengcheng; Kim, Min-cheol; Li, Weikang; Lu, Bingyu; Kim, Suk Jun; Meng, Ying Shirley

The solid electrolyte interphase (SEI) is regarded as the most complex but the least understood constituent in secondary batteries using liquid and solid electrolytes. The dearth of such knowledge in all-solid-state battery (ASSB) has hindered a complete understanding of how certain solid-state electrolytes, such as LiPON, manifest exemplary stability against Li metal. By employing cryogenic electron microscopy (cryo-EM), the interphase between Li metal and LiPON is successfully preserved and probed, revealing a multilayer mosaic SEI structure with concentration gradients of nitrogen and phosphorous, materializing as crystallites within an amorphous matrix. This unique SEI nanostructure is less than 80 nm and is stable and free of any organic lithium containing species or lithium fluoride components, in contrast to SEIs often found in state-of-the-art organic liquid electrolytes. Lastly, our findings reveal insights on the nanostructures and chemistry of such SEIs as a key component in lithium metal batteries to stabilize Li metal anode.

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Research Organization:: Univ. of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA (United States)

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

Grant/Contract Number:: SC0002357

OSTI ID:: 1831321

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1706485; OSTI ID: 1809853

Journal Information:: Joule, Journal Name: Joule Vol. 4 Journal Issue: 11; ISSN 2542-4351

Publisher:: ElsevierCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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