Tortuosity Engineering for Improved Charge Storage Kinetics in High-Areal-Capacity Battery Electrodes

Ju, Zhengyu; Zhang, Xiao; Wu, Jingyi; King, Steven T.; Chang, Chung-Chueh; Yan, Shan; Xue, Yuan; Takeuchi, Kenneth J.; Marschilok, Amy C.; Wang, Lei; Takeuchi, Esther S.; Yu, Guihua

doi:10.1021/acs.nanolett.2c02100

Tortuosity Engineering for Improved Charge Storage Kinetics in High-Areal-Capacity Battery Electrodes

Journal Article · Wed Aug 03 00:00:00 EDT 2022 · Nano Letters

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.nanolett.2c02100· OSTI ID:1895583

Ju, Zhengyu ^[1]; ^[1]; Wu, Jingyi ^[1]; King, Steven T. ^[2]; Chang, Chung-Chueh ^[2]; ^[3]; ^[2]; ^[3]; ^[3]; ^[3]; ^[3]; ^[1]

Univ. of Texas, Austin, TX (United States)
Stony Brook Univ., NY (United States)
Stony Brook Univ., NY (United States); Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)

The increasing demands of electronic devices and electric transportation necessitate lithium-ion batteries with simultaneous high energy and power capabilities. However, rate capabilities are often limited in high-loading electrodes due to the lengthy and tortuous ion transport paths with their electrochemical behaviors governed by complicated electrode architectures still elusive. Here, we report the electrode-level tortuosity engineering design enabling improved charge storage kinetics in high-energy electrodes. Both high areal capacity and high-rate capability can be achieved beyond the practical level of mass loadings in electrodes with vertically oriented architectures. The electrochemical properties in electrodes with various architectures were quantitatively investigated through correlating the characteristic time with tortuosity. The lithium-ion transport kinetics regulated by electrode architectures was further studied via combining the three-dimensional electrode architecture visualization and simulation. Finally, the tortuosity-controlled charge storage kinetics revealed in this study can be extended to general electrode systems and provide useful design consideration for next-generation high-energy/power batteries.

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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

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

Grant/Contract Number:: SC0012673; SC0012704

OSTI ID:: 1895583

Report Number(s):: BNL-223645-2022-JAAM

Journal Information:: Nano Letters, Journal Name: Nano Letters Journal Issue: 16 Vol. 22; ISSN 1530-6984

Publisher:: American Chemical SocietyCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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