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Title: Understanding Evolution of Lithium Trivanadate Cathodes During Cycling via Reformulated Physics-Based Models and Experiments

Abstract

Degradation of lithium trivanadate ( Li x V 3 O 8 ) cathodes has been widely reported in the literature, but studies have offered little insight towards developing a detailed understanding of the evolution of the active material, and have been inconclusive as to the root cause of degradation. Here, we refit a validated physics-based model to discharge curves over the course of cycling at C/5, and use the evolution of the model parameters to track evolution of the cathode. A regularization penalty for adjusting model parameters from the validated model is introduced as a framework to identify which model parameters can explain a significant portion of the observed change in the voltage profile over the course of cycling. SEM reveals that lithium trivandate particles fracture upon cycling at C/5, consistent with the results of the parameter estimation, deactivation of lithium trivanadate and faster diffusion of lithium within the active particles. The physics-based model is then used to design modified cycling protocols which identify the phase transformation during discharge of lithium trivanadate as the driver of the particle fracture and capacity fade.

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Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)
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USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)
OSTI Identifier:
1835375
Alternate Identifier(s):
OSTI ID: 1798487
Report Number(s):
BNL-221696-2021-JAAM
Journal ID: ISSN 0013-4651
Grant/Contract Number:  
SC0012704
Resource Type:
Published Article
Journal Name:
Journal of the Electrochemical Society
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Name: Journal of the Electrochemical Society Journal Volume: 168 Journal Issue: 5; Journal ID: ISSN 0013-4651
Publisher:
The Electrochemical Society
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
25 ENERGY STORAGE

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Mayilvahanan, K. S., Kuang, J., McCarthy, A. H., Wang, L., Takeuchi, K. J., Marschilok, A. M., Takeuchi, E. S., and West, A. C. Understanding Evolution of Lithium Trivanadate Cathodes During Cycling via Reformulated Physics-Based Models and Experiments. United States: N. p., 2021. Web. doi:10.1149/1945-7111/abff67.
Mayilvahanan, K. S., Kuang, J., McCarthy, A. H., Wang, L., Takeuchi, K. J., Marschilok, A. M., Takeuchi, E. S., & West, A. C. Understanding Evolution of Lithium Trivanadate Cathodes During Cycling via Reformulated Physics-Based Models and Experiments. United States. https://doi.org/10.1149/1945-7111/abff67
Mayilvahanan, K. S., Kuang, J., McCarthy, A. H., Wang, L., Takeuchi, K. J., Marschilok, A. M., Takeuchi, E. S., and West, A. C. Tue . "Understanding Evolution of Lithium Trivanadate Cathodes During Cycling via Reformulated Physics-Based Models and Experiments". United States. https://doi.org/10.1149/1945-7111/abff67.
@article{osti_1835375,
title = {Understanding Evolution of Lithium Trivanadate Cathodes During Cycling via Reformulated Physics-Based Models and Experiments},
author = {Mayilvahanan, K. S. and Kuang, J. and McCarthy, A. H. and Wang, L. and Takeuchi, K. J. and Marschilok, A. M. and Takeuchi, E. S. and West, A. C.},
abstractNote = {Degradation of lithium trivanadate ( Li x V 3 O 8 ) cathodes has been widely reported in the literature, but studies have offered little insight towards developing a detailed understanding of the evolution of the active material, and have been inconclusive as to the root cause of degradation. Here, we refit a validated physics-based model to discharge curves over the course of cycling at C/5, and use the evolution of the model parameters to track evolution of the cathode. A regularization penalty for adjusting model parameters from the validated model is introduced as a framework to identify which model parameters can explain a significant portion of the observed change in the voltage profile over the course of cycling. SEM reveals that lithium trivandate particles fracture upon cycling at C/5, consistent with the results of the parameter estimation, deactivation of lithium trivanadate and faster diffusion of lithium within the active particles. The physics-based model is then used to design modified cycling protocols which identify the phase transformation during discharge of lithium trivanadate as the driver of the particle fracture and capacity fade.},
doi = {10.1149/1945-7111/abff67},
journal = {Journal of the Electrochemical Society},
number = 5,
volume = 168,
place = {United States},
year = {Tue May 18 00:00:00 EDT 2021},
month = {Tue May 18 00:00:00 EDT 2021}
}

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