Quantifying the hydrodynamic contribution to electrical transport in non-Brownian suspensions

Lin, Han; Majji, Madhu V.; Cho, Noah; Zeeman, John R.; Swan, James W.; Richards, Jeffrey J.

doi:10.1073/pnas.2203470119

Quantifying the hydrodynamic contribution to electrical transport in non-Brownian suspensions

Journal Article · Tue Jul 12 00:00:00 EDT 2022 · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2203470119· OSTI ID:1875967

^[1]; Majji, Madhu V. ^[2]; Cho, Noah ^[1]; ^[1]; ^[2]; Richards, Jeffrey J. ^[1]

Department of Chemical &, Biological Engineering, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 60208
Department of Chemical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139

Electrical transport in semiconducting and metallic particle suspensions is an enabling feature of emerging grid-scale battery technologies. Although the physics of the transport process plays a key role in these technologies, no universal framework has yet emerged. Here, we examine the important contribution of shear flow to the electrical transport of non-Brownian suspensions. We find that these suspensions exhibit a strong dependence of the transport rate on the particle volume fraction and applied shear rate, which enables the conductivity to be dynamically changed by over 10 ⁷ decades based on the applied shear rate. We combine experiments and simulations to conclude that the transport process relies on a combination of charge and particle diffusion with a rate that can be predicted using a quantitative physical model that incorporates the self-diffusion of the particles.

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Research Organization:: Northwestern University, Evanston, IL (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: Center for Engineering Sustainability and Resilience at Northwestern; National Science Foundation (NSF); USDOE; USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)

Grant/Contract Number:: SC0022119

OSTI ID:: 1875967

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1979175

Journal Information:: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, Journal Name: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America Journal Issue: 29 Vol. 119; ISSN 0027-8424

Publisher:: Proceedings of the National Academy of SciencesCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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