Asynchronous domain dynamics and equilibration in layered oxide battery cathode

Xue, Zhichen; Sharma, Nikhil; Wu, Feixiang; Pianetta, Piero; Lin, Feng; Li, Luxi; Zhao, Kejie; Liu, Yijin

doi:10.1038/s41467-023-44222-x

Asynchronous domain dynamics and equilibration in layered oxide battery cathode

Journal Article · Mon Dec 18 00:00:00 EST 2023 · Nature Communications

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-44222-x· OSTI ID:2327113

Xue, Zhichen ^[1]; ^[2]; ^[3]; ^[4]; ^[5]; ^[6]; ^[2]; ^[7]

Central South University, Changsha (China); SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory (SLAC), Menlo Park, CA (United States). Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Lightsource (SSRL); SLAC
Purdue Univ., West Lafayette, IN (United States)
Central South University, Changsha (China)
SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory (SLAC), Menlo Park, CA (United States). Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Lightsource (SSRL)
Virginia Polytechnic Inst. and State Univ. (Virginia Tech), Blacksburg, VA (United States)
Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
Univ. of Texas, Austin, TX (United States)

To improve lithium-ion battery technology, it is essential to probe and comprehend the microscopic dynamic processes that occur in a real-world composite electrode under operating conditions. The primary and secondary particles are the structural building blocks of battery cathode electrodes. Their dynamic inconsistency has profound but not well-understood impacts. In this research, we combine operando coherent multi-crystal diffraction and optical microscopy to examine the chemical dynamics in local domains of layered oxide cathode. Our results not only pinpoint the asynchronicity of the lithium (de)intercalation at the sub-particle level, but also reveal sophisticated diffusion kinetics and reaction patterns, involving various localized processes, e.g., chemical onset, reaction front propagation, domains equilibration, particle deformation and motion. These observations shed new lights onto the activation and degradation mechanisms of state-of-the-art battery cathode materials.

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Research Organization:: Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States); SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory (SLAC), Menlo Park, CA (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES); USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES). Scientific User Facilities (SUF)

Grant/Contract Number:: AC02-06CH11357; AC02-76SF00515

OSTI ID:: 2327113

Journal Information:: Nature Communications, Journal Name: Nature Communications Journal Issue: 1 Vol. 14; ISSN 2041-1723

Publisher:: Nature Publishing GroupCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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