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Title: Correlative acoustic time-of-flight spectroscopy and X-ray imaging to investigate gas-induced delamination in lithium-ion pouch cells during thermal runaway

Abstract

It remains difficult to detect internal mechanical deformation and gas-induced degradation in lithium-ion batteries, especially outside specialized diagnostics laboratories. In this work, we demonstrate that electrochemical acoustic time-of-flight (EA-ToF) spectroscopy can be used as an insightful and field-deployable diagnostic/prognostic technique to sense the onset of failure. A 210 mAh commercial lithium-ion cell undergoing thermal abuse testing is probed with in situ and operando EA-ToF spectroscopy, together with simultaneous fractional thermal runaway calorimetry (FTRC) and synchrotron X-ray imaging. The combination of X-ray imaging and EA-ToF analysis provides new understanding into the through-plane mechanical deformation in lithium-ion batteries through direct visualisation and the acoustic ToF response. Internal structural changes, such as gas-induced delamination, are identified using EA-ToF spectroscopy due to variations in the attenuation and signal peak shifts. This is corroborated using X-ray imaging, demonstrating EA-ToF spectroscopy as a promising technique for detecting onset of battery failure.

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  1. Univ. College London (United Kingdom)
  2. NASA Johnson Space Center, Houston, TX (United States)
  3. National Renewable Energy Lab. (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
  4. Univ. College London (United Kingdom); Harwell Science and Innovation Campus, Didcot (United Kingdom)
  5. Harwell Science and Innovation Campus, Didcot (United Kingdom)
  6. National Physical Lab., London (United Kingdom)
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Research Org.:
National Renewable Energy Lab. (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE)
OSTI Identifier:
1660047
Report Number(s):
NREL/JA-5400-77285
Journal ID: ISSN 0378-7753; MainId:26231;UUID:e4bf59ad-5499-4f79-92b2-16ca2e774284;MainAdminID:13821
Grant/Contract Number:  
AC36-08GO28308
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Journal of Power Sources
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 470; Journal ID: ISSN 0378-7753
Publisher:
Elsevier
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
25 ENERGY STORAGE; acoustic ToF spectroscopy; battery safety; Li-ion batteries; thermal runaway; X-ray imaging

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Pham, Martin T.M., Darst, John J., Finegan, Donal P., Robinson, James B., Heenan, Thomas M.M., Kok, Matt D.R., Iacoviello, Francesco, Owen, Rhodri, Walker, William Q., Magdysyuk, Oxana V., Connolley, Thomas, Darcy, Eric, Hinds, Gareth, Brett, Dan J. L., and Shearing, Paul R. Correlative acoustic time-of-flight spectroscopy and X-ray imaging to investigate gas-induced delamination in lithium-ion pouch cells during thermal runaway. United States: N. p., 2020. Web. doi:10.1016/j.jpowsour.2020.228039.
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Pham, Martin T.M., Darst, John J., Finegan, Donal P., Robinson, James B., Heenan, Thomas M.M., Kok, Matt D.R., Iacoviello, Francesco, Owen, Rhodri, Walker, William Q., Magdysyuk, Oxana V., Connolley, Thomas, Darcy, Eric, Hinds, Gareth, Brett, Dan J. L., & Shearing, Paul R. Correlative acoustic time-of-flight spectroscopy and X-ray imaging to investigate gas-induced delamination in lithium-ion pouch cells during thermal runaway. United States. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpowsour.2020.228039
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Pham, Martin T.M., Darst, John J., Finegan, Donal P., Robinson, James B., Heenan, Thomas M.M., Kok, Matt D.R., Iacoviello, Francesco, Owen, Rhodri, Walker, William Q., Magdysyuk, Oxana V., Connolley, Thomas, Darcy, Eric, Hinds, Gareth, Brett, Dan J. L., and Shearing, Paul R. Mon . "Correlative acoustic time-of-flight spectroscopy and X-ray imaging to investigate gas-induced delamination in lithium-ion pouch cells during thermal runaway". United States. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpowsour.2020.228039. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1660047.
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@article{osti_1660047,
title = {Correlative acoustic time-of-flight spectroscopy and X-ray imaging to investigate gas-induced delamination in lithium-ion pouch cells during thermal runaway},
author = {Pham, Martin T.M. and Darst, John J. and Finegan, Donal P. and Robinson, James B. and Heenan, Thomas M.M. and Kok, Matt D.R. and Iacoviello, Francesco and Owen, Rhodri and Walker, William Q. and Magdysyuk, Oxana V. and Connolley, Thomas and Darcy, Eric and Hinds, Gareth and Brett, Dan J. L. and Shearing, Paul R.},
abstractNote = {It remains difficult to detect internal mechanical deformation and gas-induced degradation in lithium-ion batteries, especially outside specialized diagnostics laboratories. In this work, we demonstrate that electrochemical acoustic time-of-flight (EA-ToF) spectroscopy can be used as an insightful and field-deployable diagnostic/prognostic technique to sense the onset of failure. A 210 mAh commercial lithium-ion cell undergoing thermal abuse testing is probed with in situ and operando EA-ToF spectroscopy, together with simultaneous fractional thermal runaway calorimetry (FTRC) and synchrotron X-ray imaging. The combination of X-ray imaging and EA-ToF analysis provides new understanding into the through-plane mechanical deformation in lithium-ion batteries through direct visualisation and the acoustic ToF response. Internal structural changes, such as gas-induced delamination, are identified using EA-ToF spectroscopy due to variations in the attenuation and signal peak shifts. This is corroborated using X-ray imaging, demonstrating EA-ToF spectroscopy as a promising technique for detecting onset of battery failure.},
doi = {10.1016/j.jpowsour.2020.228039},
journal = {Journal of Power Sources},
number = ,
volume = 470,
place = {United States},
year = {Mon Jun 15 00:00:00 EDT 2020},
month = {Mon Jun 15 00:00:00 EDT 2020}
}
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