In situ and operando investigation of the dynamic morphological and phase changes of a selenium-doped germanium electrode during (de)lithiation processes
Abstract
To understand the effect of selenium doping on the good cycling performance and rate capability of a Ge0.9Se0.1 electrode, the dynamic morphological and phase changes of the Ge0.9Se0.1 electrode were investigated by synchrotron-based operando transmission X-ray microscopy (TXM) imaging, X-ray diffraction (XRD), and X-ray absorption spectroscopy (XAS). The TXM results show that the Ge0.9Se0.1 particle retains its original shape after a large volume change induced by (de)lithiation and undergoes a more sudden morphological and optical density change than pure Ge. The difference between Ge0.9Se0.1 and Ge is attributed to a super-ionically conductive Li–Se–Ge network formed inside Ge0.9Se0.1 particles, which contributes to fast Li-ion pathways into the particle and nano-structuring of Ge as well as buffering the volume change of Ge. The XRD and XAS results confirm the formation of a Li–Se–Ge network and reveal that the Li–Se–Ge phase forms during the early stages of lithiation and is an inactive phase. The Li–Se–Ge network also can suppress the formation of the crystalline Li15Ge4 phase. Finally, these in situ and operando results reveal the effect of the in situ formed, super-ionically conductive, and inactive network on the cycling performance of Li-ion batteries and shed light on the design of high capacity electrodemore »
- Authors:
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- Indiana Univ.-Purdue Univ. Indianapolis (IUPUI), Indianapolis, IN (United States)
- Indiana Univ.-Purdue Univ. Indianapolis (IUPUI), Indianapolis, IN (United States); Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
- Indiana Univ.-Purdue Univ. Indianapolis (IUPUI), Indianapolis, IN (United States); Shanghai Jiao Tong Univ. (China)
- Univ. of Texas, Austin, TX (United States)
- Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
- Mississippi State Univ., Mississippi State, MS (United States)
- Zhengzhou Univ. (China)
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- National Science Foundation (NSF); USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES); Robert A. Welch Foundation
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1798830
- Grant/Contract Number:
- AC02-06CH11357; 1603847; 1603491; F-1497
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Journal of Materials Chemistry. A
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 8; Journal Issue: 2; Journal ID: ISSN 2050-7488
- Publisher:
- Royal Society of Chemistry
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 25 ENERGY STORAGE; Li-ion battery; selenium-doped Germanium; in situ synchrotron transmission x-ray microscopy; operando x-ray diffraction; operando x-ray absorption spectroscopy
Citation Formats
Li, Tianyi, Lim, Cheolwoong, Cui, Yi, Zhou, Xinwei, Kang, Huixiao, Yan, Bo, Meyerson, Melissa L., Weeks, Jason A., Liu, Qi, Guo, Fangmin, Kou, Ronghui, Liu, Yuzi, De Andrade, Vincent, De Carlo, Francesco, Ren, Yang, Sun, Cheng-Jun, Mullins, C. Buddie, Chen, Lei, Fu, Yongzhu, and Zhu, Likun. In situ and operando investigation of the dynamic morphological and phase changes of a selenium-doped germanium electrode during (de)lithiation processes. United States: N. p., 2019.
Web. doi:10.1039/c9ta09750c.
Li, Tianyi, Lim, Cheolwoong, Cui, Yi, Zhou, Xinwei, Kang, Huixiao, Yan, Bo, Meyerson, Melissa L., Weeks, Jason A., Liu, Qi, Guo, Fangmin, Kou, Ronghui, Liu, Yuzi, De Andrade, Vincent, De Carlo, Francesco, Ren, Yang, Sun, Cheng-Jun, Mullins, C. Buddie, Chen, Lei, Fu, Yongzhu, & Zhu, Likun. In situ and operando investigation of the dynamic morphological and phase changes of a selenium-doped germanium electrode during (de)lithiation processes. United States. https://doi.org/10.1039/c9ta09750c
Li, Tianyi, Lim, Cheolwoong, Cui, Yi, Zhou, Xinwei, Kang, Huixiao, Yan, Bo, Meyerson, Melissa L., Weeks, Jason A., Liu, Qi, Guo, Fangmin, Kou, Ronghui, Liu, Yuzi, De Andrade, Vincent, De Carlo, Francesco, Ren, Yang, Sun, Cheng-Jun, Mullins, C. Buddie, Chen, Lei, Fu, Yongzhu, and Zhu, Likun. Thu .
"In situ and operando investigation of the dynamic morphological and phase changes of a selenium-doped germanium electrode during (de)lithiation processes". United States. https://doi.org/10.1039/c9ta09750c. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1798830.
@article{osti_1798830,
title = {In situ and operando investigation of the dynamic morphological and phase changes of a selenium-doped germanium electrode during (de)lithiation processes},
author = {Li, Tianyi and Lim, Cheolwoong and Cui, Yi and Zhou, Xinwei and Kang, Huixiao and Yan, Bo and Meyerson, Melissa L. and Weeks, Jason A. and Liu, Qi and Guo, Fangmin and Kou, Ronghui and Liu, Yuzi and De Andrade, Vincent and De Carlo, Francesco and Ren, Yang and Sun, Cheng-Jun and Mullins, C. Buddie and Chen, Lei and Fu, Yongzhu and Zhu, Likun},
abstractNote = {To understand the effect of selenium doping on the good cycling performance and rate capability of a Ge0.9Se0.1 electrode, the dynamic morphological and phase changes of the Ge0.9Se0.1 electrode were investigated by synchrotron-based operando transmission X-ray microscopy (TXM) imaging, X-ray diffraction (XRD), and X-ray absorption spectroscopy (XAS). The TXM results show that the Ge0.9Se0.1 particle retains its original shape after a large volume change induced by (de)lithiation and undergoes a more sudden morphological and optical density change than pure Ge. The difference between Ge0.9Se0.1 and Ge is attributed to a super-ionically conductive Li–Se–Ge network formed inside Ge0.9Se0.1 particles, which contributes to fast Li-ion pathways into the particle and nano-structuring of Ge as well as buffering the volume change of Ge. The XRD and XAS results confirm the formation of a Li–Se–Ge network and reveal that the Li–Se–Ge phase forms during the early stages of lithiation and is an inactive phase. The Li–Se–Ge network also can suppress the formation of the crystalline Li15Ge4 phase. Finally, these in situ and operando results reveal the effect of the in situ formed, super-ionically conductive, and inactive network on the cycling performance of Li-ion batteries and shed light on the design of high capacity electrode materials.},
doi = {10.1039/c9ta09750c},
journal = {Journal of Materials Chemistry. A},
number = 2,
volume = 8,
place = {United States},
year = {Thu Dec 05 00:00:00 EST 2019},
month = {Thu Dec 05 00:00:00 EST 2019}
}
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