X-ray Nanocomputed Tomography in Zernike Phase Contrast for Studying 3D Morphology of Li–O2 Battery Electrode
Abstract
In this work, we investigated the lithium peroxide (Li2O2) and pore size distribution in lithium-O2 battery electrodes at different states of charge using transmission X-ray microscopy coupled with Zernike phase contrast to carry out nano-Computed Tomography. We report that such technique enables, at the nanoscale, to distinguish light elements such as carbon and Li2O2 in Li-O2 battery cathode electrodes. We verified by wave-propagation simulation that this approach efficiently improves the contrast of images in comparison with the pure absorption. The Li2O2 distribution and thickness, interphases, and pore network are visualized and quantified, which give a valuable insight into our cathode architecture. From this 3D analysis, we highlight modifications of the air-cathode morphology and the Li2O2 spatial organization as well as their potential implication in terms of carbon surface passivation and pore-clogging. After the full recharge process, this technique can also reveal the spatial distribution of the residual Li2O2 and other byproducts.
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- Univ. de Picardie Jules Verne, Amiens (France). Lab. de Reactivite et Chimie des Solides (LRCS); Reseau sur le Stockage Electrochimique de l'Energie (RS2E), Amiens (France)
- Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States). Advanced Photon Source (APS)
- Univ. de Picardie Jules Verne, Amiens (France). Lab. de Reactivite et Chimie des Solides (LRCS); Nanyang Technological Univ. (Singapore)
- Univ. de Picardie Jules Verne, Amiens (France). Lab. de Reactivite et Chimie des Solides (LRCS); Reseau sur le Stockage Electrochimique de l'Energie (RS2E), Amiens (France); Inst. Univ. de France, Paris (France); ALISTORE-European Research Inst., Amiens (France)
- Univ. de Picardie Jules Verne, Amiens (France). Lab. de Reactivite et Chimie des Solides (LRCS); Reseau sur le Stockage Electrochimique de l'Energie (RS2E), Amiens (France); ALISTORE-European Research Inst., Amiens (France)
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- Research Org.:
- Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1785721
- Grant/Contract Number:
- AC02-06CH11357
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- ACS Applied Energy Materials
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 3; Journal Issue: 5; Journal ID: ISSN 2574-0962
- Publisher:
- American Chemical Society (ACS)
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 25 ENERGY STORAGE; Li-O2 battery; Li2O2 spatial organization; x-ray nanocomputed tomography; Zernike phase contrast; electrode architecture characterization; x-rays; oxides; electrodes; batteries; tomography
Citation Formats
Su, Zeliang, De Andrade, Vincent, Cretu, Sorina, Yin, Yinghui, Wojcik, Michael J., Franco, Alejandro A., and Demortière, Arnaud. X-ray Nanocomputed Tomography in Zernike Phase Contrast for Studying 3D Morphology of Li–O2 Battery Electrode. United States: N. p., 2020.
Web. doi:10.1021/acsaem.9b02236.
Su, Zeliang, De Andrade, Vincent, Cretu, Sorina, Yin, Yinghui, Wojcik, Michael J., Franco, Alejandro A., & Demortière, Arnaud. X-ray Nanocomputed Tomography in Zernike Phase Contrast for Studying 3D Morphology of Li–O2 Battery Electrode. United States. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsaem.9b02236
Su, Zeliang, De Andrade, Vincent, Cretu, Sorina, Yin, Yinghui, Wojcik, Michael J., Franco, Alejandro A., and Demortière, Arnaud. Tue .
"X-ray Nanocomputed Tomography in Zernike Phase Contrast for Studying 3D Morphology of Li–O2 Battery Electrode". United States. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsaem.9b02236. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1785721.
@article{osti_1785721,
title = {X-ray Nanocomputed Tomography in Zernike Phase Contrast for Studying 3D Morphology of Li–O2 Battery Electrode},
author = {Su, Zeliang and De Andrade, Vincent and Cretu, Sorina and Yin, Yinghui and Wojcik, Michael J. and Franco, Alejandro A. and Demortière, Arnaud},
abstractNote = {In this work, we investigated the lithium peroxide (Li2O2) and pore size distribution in lithium-O2 battery electrodes at different states of charge using transmission X-ray microscopy coupled with Zernike phase contrast to carry out nano-Computed Tomography. We report that such technique enables, at the nanoscale, to distinguish light elements such as carbon and Li2O2 in Li-O2 battery cathode electrodes. We verified by wave-propagation simulation that this approach efficiently improves the contrast of images in comparison with the pure absorption. The Li2O2 distribution and thickness, interphases, and pore network are visualized and quantified, which give a valuable insight into our cathode architecture. From this 3D analysis, we highlight modifications of the air-cathode morphology and the Li2O2 spatial organization as well as their potential implication in terms of carbon surface passivation and pore-clogging. After the full recharge process, this technique can also reveal the spatial distribution of the residual Li2O2 and other byproducts.},
doi = {10.1021/acsaem.9b02236},
journal = {ACS Applied Energy Materials},
number = 5,
volume = 3,
place = {United States},
year = {Tue Mar 24 00:00:00 EDT 2020},
month = {Tue Mar 24 00:00:00 EDT 2020}
}
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