Impact of secondary particle size and two-layer architectures on the high-rate performance of thick electrodes in lithium-ion battery pouch cells

Wood, Marissa; Li, Jianlin; Du, Zhijia; Daniel, Claus; Dunlop, Alison R.; Polzin, Bryant J.; Jansen, Andrew N.; Krumdick, Gregory K.; Wood, III, David L.

doi:10.1016/j.jpowsour.2021.230429

Title: Impact of secondary particle size and two-layer architectures on the high-rate performance of thick electrodes in lithium-ion battery pouch cells

Journal Article · Thu Oct 21 00:00:00 UTC 2021 · Journal of Power Sources

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpowsour.2021.230429 · OSTI ID:1831625

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Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States); Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)
Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Lemont, IL (United States)

Increasing lithium-ion battery gravimetric energy density to > 300 Wh/kg, while simultaneously meeting a cost target of $80/kWh, is of paramount importance to increasing the driving range and affordability of electric vehicles. One way to address this goal is to reduce inactive components by increasing electrode areal capacities, but conventional thick electrode designs typically perform poorly at high discharge rates due to Li⁺ mass transport limitations. Here we compare the rate capability and cycle life of NMC 532/graphite pouch cells made with five different thick cathode and anode designs paired together in 25 combinations. We find that using different particle sizes to structure both the cathode and anode architectures in two-layer configurations results in a 2X capacity improvement over the worst-performing combination at high discharge rates (97 vs. 46 mAh/g at 2C). These different cathode/anode designs also translate to different cycle life performance, with many cells cycled at C/2 achieving ~80% capacity retention after 1000 cycles, and cells cycled at 2C showing different degrees of capacity fade. Altogether, these results demonstrate that simple, scalable changes in electrode design can significantly improve the performance of thick electrodes for high energy density batteries.

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Research Organization:: Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States); Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE); USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Energy Efficiency Office. Advanced Manufacturing Office

Grant/Contract Number:: AC02-06CH11357; AC05-00OR22725

OSTI ID:: 1831625

Journal Information:: Journal of Power Sources, Journal Name: Journal of Power Sources Journal Issue: 12 Vol. 515; ISSN 0378-7753

Publisher:: ElsevierCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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