Probing the Evolution of Surface Chemistry at the Silicon–Electrolyte Interphase via In Situ Surface-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy

Ha, Yeyoung; Tremolet de Villers, Bertrand J.; Li, Zhifei; Xu, Yun; Stradins, Paul; Zakutayev, Andriy; Burrell, Anthony; Han, Sang-Don

doi:10.1021/acs.jpclett.9b03284

Title: Probing the Evolution of Surface Chemistry at the Silicon–Electrolyte Interphase via In Situ Surface-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy

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We present a novel spectroscopic technique for in situ Raman microscopy studies of battery electrodes. By creating nanostructures on a copper mesh current collector, we were able to utilize surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) to monitor the evolution of the silicon anode-electrolyte interphase. We report the spectra show reversible Si peak intensity changes upon lithiation and delithiation. Moreover, an alkyl carboxylate species, lithium propionate, was detected as a significant SiEI component. Our experimental setup showed reproducible and stable performance over multiple cycles in terms of both electrochemistry and spectroscopy.

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National Renewable Energy Lab. (NREL), Golden, CO (United States). Materials and Chemical Science and Technology Directorate

Publication Date:: 2019-12-17

Research Org.:: National Renewable Energy Lab. (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Vehicle Technologies Office (EE-3V)

OSTI Identifier:: 1592392

Report Number(s):: NREL/JA-5900-75341
Journal ID: ISSN 1948-7185

Grant/Contract Number:: AC36-08GO28308

Resource Type:: Accepted Manuscript

Journal Name:: Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

Additional Journal Information:: Journal Volume: 11; Journal Issue: 1; Journal ID: ISSN 1948-7185

Publisher:: American Chemical Society

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 25 ENERGY STORAGE; 30 DIRECT ENERGY CONVERSION; silicon-electrolyte interphase; SiEI; in-situ surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy; SERS; reversible evolution of silicon; alkyl carboxylates

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                    Ha, Yeyoung, Tremolet de Villers, Bertrand J., Li, Zhifei, Xu, Yun, Stradins, Paul, Zakutayev, Andriy, Burrell, Anthony, and Han, Sang-Don. Probing the Evolution of Surface Chemistry at the Silicon–Electrolyte Interphase via In Situ Surface-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy.  United States: N. p., 2019. 
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                    Ha, Yeyoung, Tremolet de Villers, Bertrand J., Li, Zhifei, Xu, Yun, Stradins, Paul, Zakutayev, Andriy, Burrell, Anthony, & Han, Sang-Don. Probing the Evolution of Surface Chemistry at the Silicon–Electrolyte Interphase via In Situ Surface-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy.  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpclett.9b03284

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                    Ha, Yeyoung, Tremolet de Villers, Bertrand J., Li, Zhifei, Xu, Yun, Stradins, Paul, Zakutayev, Andriy, Burrell, Anthony, and Han, Sang-Don. Tue .  
"Probing the Evolution of Surface Chemistry at the Silicon–Electrolyte Interphase via In Situ Surface-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy".  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpclett.9b03284.  https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1592392.

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@article{osti_1592392,

  title        = {Probing the Evolution of Surface Chemistry at the Silicon–Electrolyte Interphase via In Situ Surface-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy},

  author       = {Ha, Yeyoung and Tremolet de Villers, Bertrand J. and Li, Zhifei and Xu, Yun and Stradins, Paul and Zakutayev, Andriy and Burrell, Anthony and Han, Sang-Don},

  abstractNote = {We present a novel spectroscopic technique for in situ Raman microscopy studies of battery electrodes. By creating nanostructures on a copper mesh current collector, we were able to utilize surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) to monitor the evolution of the silicon anode-electrolyte interphase. We report the spectra show reversible Si peak intensity changes upon lithiation and delithiation. Moreover, an alkyl carboxylate species, lithium propionate, was detected as a significant SiEI component. Our experimental setup showed reproducible and stable performance over multiple cycles in terms of both electrochemistry and spectroscopy.},

  doi          = {10.1021/acs.jpclett.9b03284},

  journal      = {Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters},

  number       = 1,

  volume       = 11,

  place        = {United States},

  year         = {2019},

  month        = {12}

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