In Situ and Ex Situ TEM Study of Lithiation Behaviours of Porous Silicon Nanostructures
Abstract
Here in this work, we study the lithiation behaviours of both porous silicon (Si) nanoparticles and porous Si nanowires by in situ and ex situ transmission electron microscopy (TEM) and compare them with solid Si nanoparticles and nanowires. The in situ TEM observation reveals that the critical fracture diameter of porous Si particles reaches up to 1.52 μm, which is much larger than the previously reported 150 nm for crystalline Si nanoparticles and 870 nm for amorphous Si nanoparticles. After full lithiation, solid Si nanoparticles and nanowires transform to crystalline Li15Si4 phase while porous Si nanoparticles and nanowires transform to amorphous LixSi phase, which is due to the effect of domain size on the stability of Li15Si4 as revealed by the first-principle molecular dynamic simulation. Ex situ TEM characterization is conducted to further investigate the structural evolution of porous and solid Si nanoparticles during the cycling process, which confirms that the porous Si nanoparticles exhibit better capability to suppress pore evolution than solid Si nanoparticles. The investigation of structural evolution and phase transition of porous Si nanoparticles and nanowires during the lithiation process reveal that they are more desirable as lithium-ion battery anode materials than solid Si nanoparticles and nanowires.
- Authors:
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- Univ. of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA (United States). Mork Family Dept. of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science
- Univ. of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA (United States). Mork Family Dept. of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science; Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States). National Synchrotron Light Source II (NSLS-II)
- Pacific Northwest National Lab. (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States). Environmental Molecular Sciences Lab. (EMSL)
- Univ. of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA (United States). Ming Hsieh Dept. of Electrical Engineering
- Univ. of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA (United States). Mork Family Dept. of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science; Univ. of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA (United States). Ming Hsieh Dept. of Electrical Engineering
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES); USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Vehicle Technologies Office (EE-3V); USDOE Office of Science (SC), Biological and Environmental Research (BER)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1351726
- Report Number(s):
- BNL-113705-2017-JA
Journal ID: ISSN 2045-2322
- Grant/Contract Number:
- SC0012704; AC02-05CH11231; 6951379
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Scientific Reports
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 6; Journal Issue: 1; Journal ID: ISSN 2045-2322
- Publisher:
- Nature Publishing Group
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 36 MATERIALS SCIENCE; 25 ENERGY STORAGE; Batteries; Nanoparticles; Transmission electron microscopy
Citation Formats
Shen, Chenfei, Ge, Mingyuan, Luo, Langli, Fang, Xin, Liu, Yihang, Zhang, Anyi, Rong, Jiepeng, Wang, Chongmin, and Zhou, Chongwu. In Situ and Ex Situ TEM Study of Lithiation Behaviours of Porous Silicon Nanostructures. United States: N. p., 2016.
Web. doi:10.1038/srep31334.
Shen, Chenfei, Ge, Mingyuan, Luo, Langli, Fang, Xin, Liu, Yihang, Zhang, Anyi, Rong, Jiepeng, Wang, Chongmin, & Zhou, Chongwu. In Situ and Ex Situ TEM Study of Lithiation Behaviours of Porous Silicon Nanostructures. United States. https://doi.org/10.1038/srep31334
Shen, Chenfei, Ge, Mingyuan, Luo, Langli, Fang, Xin, Liu, Yihang, Zhang, Anyi, Rong, Jiepeng, Wang, Chongmin, and Zhou, Chongwu. Tue .
"In Situ and Ex Situ TEM Study of Lithiation Behaviours of Porous Silicon Nanostructures". United States. https://doi.org/10.1038/srep31334. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1351726.
@article{osti_1351726,
title = {In Situ and Ex Situ TEM Study of Lithiation Behaviours of Porous Silicon Nanostructures},
author = {Shen, Chenfei and Ge, Mingyuan and Luo, Langli and Fang, Xin and Liu, Yihang and Zhang, Anyi and Rong, Jiepeng and Wang, Chongmin and Zhou, Chongwu},
abstractNote = {Here in this work, we study the lithiation behaviours of both porous silicon (Si) nanoparticles and porous Si nanowires by in situ and ex situ transmission electron microscopy (TEM) and compare them with solid Si nanoparticles and nanowires. The in situ TEM observation reveals that the critical fracture diameter of porous Si particles reaches up to 1.52 μm, which is much larger than the previously reported 150 nm for crystalline Si nanoparticles and 870 nm for amorphous Si nanoparticles. After full lithiation, solid Si nanoparticles and nanowires transform to crystalline Li15Si4 phase while porous Si nanoparticles and nanowires transform to amorphous LixSi phase, which is due to the effect of domain size on the stability of Li15Si4 as revealed by the first-principle molecular dynamic simulation. Ex situ TEM characterization is conducted to further investigate the structural evolution of porous and solid Si nanoparticles during the cycling process, which confirms that the porous Si nanoparticles exhibit better capability to suppress pore evolution than solid Si nanoparticles. The investigation of structural evolution and phase transition of porous Si nanoparticles and nanowires during the lithiation process reveal that they are more desirable as lithium-ion battery anode materials than solid Si nanoparticles and nanowires.},
doi = {10.1038/srep31334},
journal = {Scientific Reports},
number = 1,
volume = 6,
place = {United States},
year = {Tue Aug 30 00:00:00 EDT 2016},
month = {Tue Aug 30 00:00:00 EDT 2016}
}
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