Revealing and Elucidating ALD-Derived Control of Lithium Plating Microstructure
Abstract
Abstract The practical implementation of Li metal batteries is hindered by difficulties in controlling the Li metal plating microstructure. While previous atomic layer deposition (ALD) studies have focused on directly coating Li metal with thin films for the passivation of the electrode–electrolyte interface, a different approach is adopted, situating the ALD film beneath Li metal and directly on the copper current collector. A mechanistic explanation for this simple strategy of controlling the Li metal plating microstructure using TiO 2 grown on copper foil by ALD is presented. In contrast to previous studies where ALD‐grown layers act as artificial interphases, this TiO 2 layer resides at the copper–Li metal interface, acting as a nucleation layer to improve the Li metal plating morphology. Upon lithiation of TiO 2 , a Li x TiO 2 complex forms; this alloy provides a lithiophilic surface layer that enables uniform and reversible Li plating. The reversibility of lithium deposition is evident from the champion cell (5 nm TiO 2 ), which displays an average Coulombic efficiency (CE) of 96% after 150 cycles at a moderate current density of 1 mA cm −2 . This simple approach provides the first account of the mechanism of ALD‐derived Li nucleation controlmore »
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[1];
- Stanford Univ., CA (United States)
- Stanford Univ., CA (United States); SLAC National Accelerator Lab., Menlo Park, CA (United States). Stanford Institute for Materials and Energy Science (SIMES)
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- Research Org.:
- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory (SLAC), Menlo Park, CA (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES); USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE); National Science Foundation (NSF)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1769887
- Alternate Identifier(s):
- OSTI ID: 1804528
- Grant/Contract Number:
- AC02-76SF00515; SC0004782; ECCS‐1542152; DE‐SC0004782
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Advanced Energy Materials
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 10; Journal Issue: 44; Journal ID: ISSN 1614-6832
- Publisher:
- Wiley
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 25 ENERGY STORAGE; atomic layer deposition; lithium metal; morphology; thin films; titanium dioxide
Citation Formats
Oyakhire, Solomon T., Huang, William, Wang, Hansen, Boyle, David T., Schneider, Joel R., de Paula, Camila, Wu, Yecun, Cui, Yi, and Bent, Stacey F. Revealing and Elucidating ALD-Derived Control of Lithium Plating Microstructure. United States: N. p., 2020.
Web. doi:10.1002/aenm.202002736.
Oyakhire, Solomon T., Huang, William, Wang, Hansen, Boyle, David T., Schneider, Joel R., de Paula, Camila, Wu, Yecun, Cui, Yi, & Bent, Stacey F. Revealing and Elucidating ALD-Derived Control of Lithium Plating Microstructure. United States. https://doi.org/10.1002/aenm.202002736
Oyakhire, Solomon T., Huang, William, Wang, Hansen, Boyle, David T., Schneider, Joel R., de Paula, Camila, Wu, Yecun, Cui, Yi, and Bent, Stacey F. Sun .
"Revealing and Elucidating ALD-Derived Control of Lithium Plating Microstructure". United States. https://doi.org/10.1002/aenm.202002736. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1769887.
@article{osti_1769887,
title = {Revealing and Elucidating ALD-Derived Control of Lithium Plating Microstructure},
author = {Oyakhire, Solomon T. and Huang, William and Wang, Hansen and Boyle, David T. and Schneider, Joel R. and de Paula, Camila and Wu, Yecun and Cui, Yi and Bent, Stacey F.},
abstractNote = {Abstract The practical implementation of Li metal batteries is hindered by difficulties in controlling the Li metal plating microstructure. While previous atomic layer deposition (ALD) studies have focused on directly coating Li metal with thin films for the passivation of the electrode–electrolyte interface, a different approach is adopted, situating the ALD film beneath Li metal and directly on the copper current collector. A mechanistic explanation for this simple strategy of controlling the Li metal plating microstructure using TiO 2 grown on copper foil by ALD is presented. In contrast to previous studies where ALD‐grown layers act as artificial interphases, this TiO 2 layer resides at the copper–Li metal interface, acting as a nucleation layer to improve the Li metal plating morphology. Upon lithiation of TiO 2 , a Li x TiO 2 complex forms; this alloy provides a lithiophilic surface layer that enables uniform and reversible Li plating. The reversibility of lithium deposition is evident from the champion cell (5 nm TiO 2 ), which displays an average Coulombic efficiency (CE) of 96% after 150 cycles at a moderate current density of 1 mA cm −2 . This simple approach provides the first account of the mechanism of ALD‐derived Li nucleation control and suggests new possibilities for future ALD‐synthesized nucleation layers.},
doi = {10.1002/aenm.202002736},
journal = {Advanced Energy Materials},
number = 44,
volume = 10,
place = {United States},
year = {Sun Oct 11 00:00:00 EDT 2020},
month = {Sun Oct 11 00:00:00 EDT 2020}
}
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