Monitoring Volumetric Changes in Silicon Thin-Film Anodes through In Situ Optical Diffraction Microscopy
Abstract
A high-resolution in situ spectroelectrochemical optical diffraction experiment has been created to understand the volume expansion/contraction process of amorphous silicon (a-Si) thin-film anodes. Electrodes consisting of 1D transmissive gratings of silicon have been produced through photolithographic methods. After glovebox assembly in a home-built Teflon cell, monitoring of the diffraction efficiency of these gratings during the lithiation/delithiation process is performed using an optical microscope equipped with a Bertrand lens. When the diffraction efficiency along with optical constants obtained from in situ spectroscopic ellipsometry is utilized, volume changes of the active materials can be deduced. Unlike transmission electron microscopy and atomic force microscopy characterization methods of observing silicon’s volume expansion, this experiment allows for real-time monitoring of the volume change at charge/discharge cycles greater than just the first few along with an experimental environment that directly mimics that of a real battery. This technique reflects promising results that provide needed insight into understanding the lithium alloying reaction and subsequent induced capacity fade during the cycling of alloying anodes in lithium-ion batteries.
- Authors:
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- Univ. of Texas, Austin, TX (United States)
- Univ. of Texas, Austin, TX (United States); Skolkovo Inst. of Science and Technology, Moscow (Russia)
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Energy Frontier Research Centers (EFRC) (United States). Understanding Charge Separation and Transfer at Interfaces in Energy Materials (CST)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1370052
- Grant/Contract Number:
- SC0001091
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 8; Journal Issue: 27; Related Information: CST partners with University of Texas at Austin (lead); Sandia National Laboratories; Journal ID: ISSN 1944-8244
- Publisher:
- American Chemical Society (ACS)
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 25 ENERGY STORAGE; silicon anode; lithium-ion batteries; optical diffraction; refractive index; volume expansion; spectroscopic ellipsometry; amorphous silicon; transmissive grating
Citation Formats
Duay, Jonathon, Schroder, Kjell W., Murugesan, Sankaran, and Stevenson, Keith J. Monitoring Volumetric Changes in Silicon Thin-Film Anodes through In Situ Optical Diffraction Microscopy. United States: N. p., 2016.
Web. doi:10.1021/acsami.6b03822.
Duay, Jonathon, Schroder, Kjell W., Murugesan, Sankaran, & Stevenson, Keith J. Monitoring Volumetric Changes in Silicon Thin-Film Anodes through In Situ Optical Diffraction Microscopy. United States. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.6b03822
Duay, Jonathon, Schroder, Kjell W., Murugesan, Sankaran, and Stevenson, Keith J. Thu .
"Monitoring Volumetric Changes in Silicon Thin-Film Anodes through In Situ Optical Diffraction Microscopy". United States. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.6b03822. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1370052.
@article{osti_1370052,
title = {Monitoring Volumetric Changes in Silicon Thin-Film Anodes through In Situ Optical Diffraction Microscopy},
author = {Duay, Jonathon and Schroder, Kjell W. and Murugesan, Sankaran and Stevenson, Keith J.},
abstractNote = {A high-resolution in situ spectroelectrochemical optical diffraction experiment has been created to understand the volume expansion/contraction process of amorphous silicon (a-Si) thin-film anodes. Electrodes consisting of 1D transmissive gratings of silicon have been produced through photolithographic methods. After glovebox assembly in a home-built Teflon cell, monitoring of the diffraction efficiency of these gratings during the lithiation/delithiation process is performed using an optical microscope equipped with a Bertrand lens. When the diffraction efficiency along with optical constants obtained from in situ spectroscopic ellipsometry is utilized, volume changes of the active materials can be deduced. Unlike transmission electron microscopy and atomic force microscopy characterization methods of observing silicon’s volume expansion, this experiment allows for real-time monitoring of the volume change at charge/discharge cycles greater than just the first few along with an experimental environment that directly mimics that of a real battery. This technique reflects promising results that provide needed insight into understanding the lithium alloying reaction and subsequent induced capacity fade during the cycling of alloying anodes in lithium-ion batteries.},
doi = {10.1021/acsami.6b03822},
journal = {ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces},
number = 27,
volume = 8,
place = {United States},
year = {Thu Jun 16 00:00:00 EDT 2016},
month = {Thu Jun 16 00:00:00 EDT 2016}
}
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