High capacity Li-ion battery anodes: Impact of crystallite size, surface chemistry and PEG-coating

Minnici, Krysten; Kwon, Yo Han; Huie, Matthew M.; de Simon, Mark V.; Zhang, Bingjie; Bock, David C.; Wang, Jiajun; Wang, Jun; Takeuchi, Kenneth J.; Takeuchi, Esther S.; Marschilok, Amy C.; Reichmanis, Elsa

doi:10.1016/j.electacta.2017.12.010

Title: High capacity Li-ion battery anodes: Impact of crystallite size, surface chemistry and PEG-coating

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Battery electrodes are complex mesoscale systems comprised of an active material, conductive agent, current collector, and polymeric binder. Previous work showed that introduction of poly [3-(potassium-4-butanoate) thiophene] (PPBT) as a binder component coupled with a polyethylene glycol (PEG) surface coating on magnetite (Fe₃O₄) nanoparticles enhanced electron and ion transport in the high capacity anode system. Here, the impact of Fe₃O₄ crystallite size (10 nm vs. 20 nm) and surface chemistry were explored to evaluate their effects on interfacial interactions within the composite PEG/PPBT based electrodes and resultant battery performance. The Fe₃O₄ synthesis methods inevitably lead to differences in surface chemistry. For instance, the Fe₃O₄ particles synthesized using ammonium hydroxide appeared more dispersed, and afforded improved rate capability performance. Notably, chemical interactions between the active nanoparticles and PPBT binder were only seen with particles synthesized using triethylamine. Capacity retention and cycling performance were unaffected. Thus, this study provides fundamental insights into the significant impact of active material synthesis on the design and fabrication of composite battery electrodes.

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Minnici, Krysten ^[1]; Kwon, Yo Han ^[1]; Huie, Matthew M. ^[2]; de Simon, Mark V. ^[1]; Zhang, Bingjie ^[3]; Bock, David C. ^[4]; Wang, Jiajun ^[4]; Wang, Jun ^[4]; Takeuchi, Kenneth J. ^[5]; Takeuchi, Esther S. ^[6]; Marschilok, Amy C. ^[5]; Reichmanis, Elsa ^[7]

Georgia Inst. of Technology, Atlanta, GA (United States). Dept. of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
Stony Brook Univ., NY (United States). Dept. of Materials Science and Engineering
Stony Brook Univ., NY (United States). Dept. of Chemistry
Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States). Energy Sciences Directorate
Stony Brook Univ., NY (United States). Dept. of Materials Science and Engineering and Dept. of Chemistry
Stony Brook Univ., NY (United States). Dept. of Materials Science and Engineering and Dept. of Chemistry; Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States). Energy Sciences Directorate
Georgia Inst. of Technology, Atlanta, GA (United States). Dept. of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering and Dept. of Chemistry and Biochemistry and Dept. Materials Science and Engineering

Publication Date:: 2017-12-06

Research Org.:: Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States). National Synchrotron Light Source II (NSLS-II); Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States). Advanced Photon Source (APS); Energy Frontier Research Centers (EFRC) (United States). Center for Mesoscale Transport Properties (m2M)

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES); National Science Foundation (NSF); Georgia Inst. of Technology, Atlanta, GA (United States)

OSTI Identifier:: 1431445

Alternate Identifier(s):: OSTI ID: 1576866

Report Number(s):: BNL-203442-2018-JAAM
Journal ID: ISSN 0013-4686

Grant/Contract Number:: SC0012704; SC0012673; AC02-06CH11357; 1109408

Resource Type:: Accepted Manuscript

Journal Name:: Electrochimica Acta

Additional Journal Information:: Journal Volume: 260; Journal Issue: C; Journal ID: ISSN 0013-4686

Publisher:: Elsevier

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 25 ENERGY STORAGE; 36 MATERIALS SCIENCE; 37 INORGANIC, ORGANIC, PHYSICAL, AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY; Fe3O4; Magnetite; Poly[3-(potassium-4-butanoate) thiophene]; Poly(thiophene); Binders

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                    Minnici, Krysten, Kwon, Yo Han, Huie, Matthew M., de Simon, Mark V., Zhang, Bingjie, Bock, David C., Wang, Jiajun, Wang, Jun, Takeuchi, Kenneth J., Takeuchi, Esther S., Marschilok, Amy C., and Reichmanis, Elsa. High capacity Li-ion battery anodes: Impact of crystallite size, surface chemistry and PEG-coating.  United States: N. p., 2017. 
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                    Minnici, Krysten, Kwon, Yo Han, Huie, Matthew M., de Simon, Mark V., Zhang, Bingjie, Bock, David C., Wang, Jiajun, Wang, Jun, Takeuchi, Kenneth J., Takeuchi, Esther S., Marschilok, Amy C., & Reichmanis, Elsa. High capacity Li-ion battery anodes: Impact of crystallite size, surface chemistry and PEG-coating.  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.electacta.2017.12.010

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                    Minnici, Krysten, Kwon, Yo Han, Huie, Matthew M., de Simon, Mark V., Zhang, Bingjie, Bock, David C., Wang, Jiajun, Wang, Jun, Takeuchi, Kenneth J., Takeuchi, Esther S., Marschilok, Amy C., and Reichmanis, Elsa. Wed .  
"High capacity Li-ion battery anodes: Impact of crystallite size, surface chemistry and PEG-coating".  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.electacta.2017.12.010.  https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1431445.

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@article{osti_1431445,

  title        = {High capacity Li-ion battery anodes: Impact of crystallite size, surface chemistry and PEG-coating},

  author       = {Minnici, Krysten and Kwon, Yo Han and Huie, Matthew M. and de Simon, Mark V. and Zhang, Bingjie and Bock, David C. and Wang, Jiajun and Wang, Jun and Takeuchi, Kenneth J. and Takeuchi, Esther S. and Marschilok, Amy C. and Reichmanis, Elsa},

  abstractNote = {Battery electrodes are complex mesoscale systems comprised of an active material, conductive agent, current collector, and polymeric binder. Previous work showed that introduction of poly [3-(potassium-4-butanoate) thiophene] (PPBT) as a binder component coupled with a polyethylene glycol (PEG) surface coating on magnetite (Fe3O4) nanoparticles enhanced electron and ion transport in the high capacity anode system. Here, the impact of Fe3O4 crystallite size (10 nm vs. 20 nm) and surface chemistry were explored to evaluate their effects on interfacial interactions within the composite PEG/PPBT based electrodes and resultant battery performance. The Fe3O4 synthesis methods inevitably lead to differences in surface chemistry. For instance, the Fe3O4 particles synthesized using ammonium hydroxide appeared more dispersed, and afforded improved rate capability performance. Notably, chemical interactions between the active nanoparticles and PPBT binder were only seen with particles synthesized using triethylamine. Capacity retention and cycling performance were unaffected. Thus, this study provides fundamental insights into the significant impact of active material synthesis on the design and fabrication of composite battery electrodes.},

  doi          = {10.1016/j.electacta.2017.12.010},

  journal      = {Electrochimica Acta},

  number       = C,

  volume       = 260,

  place        = {United States},

  year         = {2017},

  month        = {12}

}

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