Anode Overpotential Control via Interfacial Modification: Inhibition of Lithium Plating on Graphite Anodes
Abstract
Lithium-metal deposition on graphite anodes limits the cycle life and negatively impacts safety of the current state of the art Li-ion batteries. Herein, deliberate interfacial modification of graphite electrodes via direct current (DC) magnetron sputtering of nanoscale layers of Cu and Ni is employed to increase the overpotential for Li deposition and suppress Li plating under high rate charge conditions. Due to their nanoscale, the deposited surface films have minimal impact (~0.16% decrease) on cell level theoretical energy density. Interfacial properties of the anodes are thoroughly characterized by atomic force microscopy (AFM), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), and spatially resolved mapping X-ray absorption near edge structure (XANES) spectroscopy. The spectroscopic measurements indicate that the Cu and Ni coatings form oxide upon exposure to an ambient environment, but they are reduced within the electrochemical cell and remain in a metallic state. Li plating is quantified by X-ray diffraction and associated electrochemistry measurements revealing that the surface treatment effectively reduces the quantity of the plated Li metal by ~50% compared to untreated electrodes. Furthermore, these results establish an effective method using interfacial modification to achieve deliberate control of Li-metal deposition overpotential and reduction of lithium plating on graphite.
- Authors:
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[2];
[4];
[1];
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- Stony Brook Univ., NY (United States)
- Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)
- Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States); Univ. of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA (United States)
- Stony Brook Univ., NY (United States); Univ. of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA (United States)
- Stony Brook Univ., NY (United States); Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Energy Frontier Research Centers (EFRC) (United States). Center for Mesoscale Transport Properties (m2mt); Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES). Scientific User Facilities Division; USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Vehicle Technologies Office (EE-3V)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1593243
- Report Number(s):
- BNL-213556-2020-JAAM
Journal ID: ISSN 1944-8244
- Grant/Contract Number:
- SC0012704; EE0007785; SC0012673
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 11; Journal Issue: 50; Journal ID: ISSN 1944-8244
- Publisher:
- American Chemical Society (ACS)
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 25 ENERGY STORAGE; lithium plating; lithium-ion battery; fast charging; interfacial modification; graphite anode
Citation Formats
Tallman, Killian R., Zhang, Bingjie, Wang, Lei, Yan, Shan, Thompson, Katherine, Tong, Xiao, Thieme, Juergen, Kiss, Andrew, Marschilok, Amy C., Takeuchi, Kenneth J., Bock, David C., and Takeuchi, Esther S. Anode Overpotential Control via Interfacial Modification: Inhibition of Lithium Plating on Graphite Anodes. United States: N. p., 2019.
Web. doi:10.1021/acsami.9b16794.
Tallman, Killian R., Zhang, Bingjie, Wang, Lei, Yan, Shan, Thompson, Katherine, Tong, Xiao, Thieme, Juergen, Kiss, Andrew, Marschilok, Amy C., Takeuchi, Kenneth J., Bock, David C., & Takeuchi, Esther S. Anode Overpotential Control via Interfacial Modification: Inhibition of Lithium Plating on Graphite Anodes. United States. doi:10.1021/acsami.9b16794.
Tallman, Killian R., Zhang, Bingjie, Wang, Lei, Yan, Shan, Thompson, Katherine, Tong, Xiao, Thieme, Juergen, Kiss, Andrew, Marschilok, Amy C., Takeuchi, Kenneth J., Bock, David C., and Takeuchi, Esther S. Fri .
"Anode Overpotential Control via Interfacial Modification: Inhibition of Lithium Plating on Graphite Anodes". United States. doi:10.1021/acsami.9b16794. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1593243.
@article{osti_1593243,
title = {Anode Overpotential Control via Interfacial Modification: Inhibition of Lithium Plating on Graphite Anodes},
author = {Tallman, Killian R. and Zhang, Bingjie and Wang, Lei and Yan, Shan and Thompson, Katherine and Tong, Xiao and Thieme, Juergen and Kiss, Andrew and Marschilok, Amy C. and Takeuchi, Kenneth J. and Bock, David C. and Takeuchi, Esther S.},
abstractNote = {Lithium-metal deposition on graphite anodes limits the cycle life and negatively impacts safety of the current state of the art Li-ion batteries. Herein, deliberate interfacial modification of graphite electrodes via direct current (DC) magnetron sputtering of nanoscale layers of Cu and Ni is employed to increase the overpotential for Li deposition and suppress Li plating under high rate charge conditions. Due to their nanoscale, the deposited surface films have minimal impact (~0.16% decrease) on cell level theoretical energy density. Interfacial properties of the anodes are thoroughly characterized by atomic force microscopy (AFM), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), and spatially resolved mapping X-ray absorption near edge structure (XANES) spectroscopy. The spectroscopic measurements indicate that the Cu and Ni coatings form oxide upon exposure to an ambient environment, but they are reduced within the electrochemical cell and remain in a metallic state. Li plating is quantified by X-ray diffraction and associated electrochemistry measurements revealing that the surface treatment effectively reduces the quantity of the plated Li metal by ~50% compared to untreated electrodes. Furthermore, these results establish an effective method using interfacial modification to achieve deliberate control of Li-metal deposition overpotential and reduction of lithium plating on graphite.},
doi = {10.1021/acsami.9b16794},
journal = {ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces},
number = 50,
volume = 11,
place = {United States},
year = {2019},
month = {11}
}
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