Revisiting Conversion Reaction Mechanisms in Lithium Batteries: Lithiation-Driven Topotactic Transformation in FeF2
Abstract
Intercalation-type electrodes have now been commonly employed in today’s batteries as such materials are capable of storing and releasing lithium reversibly via topotactic transformation, conducive to small structural change, but they have limited interstitial sites to hold Li. In contrast, conversion electrodes feature high Li-storage capacity, but often undergo large structural change during (de)lithiation, resulting in cycling instability. One exception is iron fluoride (FeF2), a conversion-type cathode that exhibits both high capacity and high cycling stability. Herein, we report a lithiation-driven topotactic transformation in a single crystal of FeF2, unveiled by in situ visualization of the spatial and crystallographic correlation between the parent and converted phases. Specifically, conversion in FeF2 resembles the intercalation process but involves transport of both Li+ and Fe2+ ions within the F-anion array, leading to formation of Fe preferentially along specific crystallographic orientations of FeF2. Throughout the process, the F-anion framework is retained, creating a checkerboard-like structure, within which the volume change is largely compensated, thereby enabling the high cyclability in FeF2. Lastly, findings from this study, with unique insights into conversion reaction mechanisms, may help to pave the way for designing conversion-type electrodes for the next-generation high energy lithium batteries.
- Authors:
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- Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States). Sustainable Energy Technologies Dept.
- Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States). Dept. of Condensed Matter Physics and Materials Science
- Univ. of Wisconsin, Eau Claire, WI (United States). Materials Science & Engineering
- Univ. College Cork, Cork (Ireland). School of Chemistry and the Tyndall National Inst.; Trinity College Dublin, Dublin (Ireland)
- Rutgers Univ., Piscataway, NJ (United States). Dept. of Materials Science and Engineering
- Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States). Center for Functional Nanomaterials (CFN); Univ. of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA (United States). Dept. of Materials Science and Engineering
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1492791
- Report Number(s):
- BNL-210929-2019-JAAM
Journal ID: ISSN 0002-7863
- Grant/Contract Number:
- SC0012704
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Journal of the American Chemical Society
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 140; Journal Issue: 51; Journal ID: ISSN 0002-7863
- Publisher:
- American Chemical Society (ACS)
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 25 ENERGY STORAGE
Citation Formats
Karki, Khim, Wu, Lijun, Ma, Ying, Armstrong, Mark J., Holmes, Justin D., Garofalini, Stephen H., Zhu, Yimei, Stach, Eric A., and Wang, Feng. Revisiting Conversion Reaction Mechanisms in Lithium Batteries: Lithiation-Driven Topotactic Transformation in FeF2. United States: N. p., 2018.
Web. doi:10.1021/jacs.8b07740.
Karki, Khim, Wu, Lijun, Ma, Ying, Armstrong, Mark J., Holmes, Justin D., Garofalini, Stephen H., Zhu, Yimei, Stach, Eric A., & Wang, Feng. Revisiting Conversion Reaction Mechanisms in Lithium Batteries: Lithiation-Driven Topotactic Transformation in FeF2. United States. doi:10.1021/jacs.8b07740.
Karki, Khim, Wu, Lijun, Ma, Ying, Armstrong, Mark J., Holmes, Justin D., Garofalini, Stephen H., Zhu, Yimei, Stach, Eric A., and Wang, Feng. Tue .
"Revisiting Conversion Reaction Mechanisms in Lithium Batteries: Lithiation-Driven Topotactic Transformation in FeF2". United States. doi:10.1021/jacs.8b07740. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1492791.
@article{osti_1492791,
title = {Revisiting Conversion Reaction Mechanisms in Lithium Batteries: Lithiation-Driven Topotactic Transformation in FeF2},
author = {Karki, Khim and Wu, Lijun and Ma, Ying and Armstrong, Mark J. and Holmes, Justin D. and Garofalini, Stephen H. and Zhu, Yimei and Stach, Eric A. and Wang, Feng},
abstractNote = {Intercalation-type electrodes have now been commonly employed in today’s batteries as such materials are capable of storing and releasing lithium reversibly via topotactic transformation, conducive to small structural change, but they have limited interstitial sites to hold Li. In contrast, conversion electrodes feature high Li-storage capacity, but often undergo large structural change during (de)lithiation, resulting in cycling instability. One exception is iron fluoride (FeF2), a conversion-type cathode that exhibits both high capacity and high cycling stability. Herein, we report a lithiation-driven topotactic transformation in a single crystal of FeF2, unveiled by in situ visualization of the spatial and crystallographic correlation between the parent and converted phases. Specifically, conversion in FeF2 resembles the intercalation process but involves transport of both Li+ and Fe2+ ions within the F-anion array, leading to formation of Fe preferentially along specific crystallographic orientations of FeF2. Throughout the process, the F-anion framework is retained, creating a checkerboard-like structure, within which the volume change is largely compensated, thereby enabling the high cyclability in FeF2. Lastly, findings from this study, with unique insights into conversion reaction mechanisms, may help to pave the way for designing conversion-type electrodes for the next-generation high energy lithium batteries.},
doi = {10.1021/jacs.8b07740},
journal = {Journal of the American Chemical Society},
number = 51,
volume = 140,
place = {United States},
year = {2018},
month = {11}
}
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