Operando Synchrotron Measurement of Strain Evolution in Individual Alloying Anode Particles within Lithium Batteries
Abstract
Alloying anode materials offer high capacity for next-generation batteries, but the performance of these materials often decays rapidly with cycling because of volume changes and associated mechanical degradation or fracture. The direct measurement of crystallographic strain evolution in individual particles has not been reported, however, and this level of insight is critical for designing mechanically resilient materials. Here, we use operando X-ray diffraction to investigate strain evolution in individual germanium microparticles during electrochemical reaction with lithium. The diffraction peak was observed to shift in position and diminish in intensity during reaction because of the disappearance of the crystalline Ge phase. The compressive strain along the [111] direction was found to increase monotonically to a value of -0.21%. This finding is in agreement with a mechanical model that considers expansion and plastic deformation during reaction. As a result, this new insight into the mechanics of large-volume-change transformations in alloying anodes is important for improving the durability of high-capacity batteries.
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- Georgia Inst. of Technology, Atlanta, GA (United States)
- Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
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- Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1417191
- Grant/Contract Number:
- AC02-06CH11357
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- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- ACS Energy Letters
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 3; Journal ID: ISSN 2380-8195
- Publisher:
- American Chemical Society (ACS)
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 25 ENERGY STORAGE
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Cortes, Francisco Javier Quintero, Boebinger, Matthew G., Xu, Michael, Ulvestad, Andrew, and McDowell, Matthew T. Operando Synchrotron Measurement of Strain Evolution in Individual Alloying Anode Particles within Lithium Batteries. United States: N. p., 2018.
Web. doi:10.1021/acsenergylett.7b01185.
Cortes, Francisco Javier Quintero, Boebinger, Matthew G., Xu, Michael, Ulvestad, Andrew, & McDowell, Matthew T. Operando Synchrotron Measurement of Strain Evolution in Individual Alloying Anode Particles within Lithium Batteries. United States. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsenergylett.7b01185
Cortes, Francisco Javier Quintero, Boebinger, Matthew G., Xu, Michael, Ulvestad, Andrew, and McDowell, Matthew T. Fri .
"Operando Synchrotron Measurement of Strain Evolution in Individual Alloying Anode Particles within Lithium Batteries". United States. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsenergylett.7b01185. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1417191.
@article{osti_1417191,
title = {Operando Synchrotron Measurement of Strain Evolution in Individual Alloying Anode Particles within Lithium Batteries},
author = {Cortes, Francisco Javier Quintero and Boebinger, Matthew G. and Xu, Michael and Ulvestad, Andrew and McDowell, Matthew T.},
abstractNote = {Alloying anode materials offer high capacity for next-generation batteries, but the performance of these materials often decays rapidly with cycling because of volume changes and associated mechanical degradation or fracture. The direct measurement of crystallographic strain evolution in individual particles has not been reported, however, and this level of insight is critical for designing mechanically resilient materials. Here, we use operando X-ray diffraction to investigate strain evolution in individual germanium microparticles during electrochemical reaction with lithium. The diffraction peak was observed to shift in position and diminish in intensity during reaction because of the disappearance of the crystalline Ge phase. The compressive strain along the [111] direction was found to increase monotonically to a value of -0.21%. This finding is in agreement with a mechanical model that considers expansion and plastic deformation during reaction. As a result, this new insight into the mechanics of large-volume-change transformations in alloying anodes is important for improving the durability of high-capacity batteries.},
doi = {10.1021/acsenergylett.7b01185},
journal = {ACS Energy Letters},
number = ,
volume = 3,
place = {United States},
year = {Fri Jan 05 00:00:00 EST 2018},
month = {Fri Jan 05 00:00:00 EST 2018}
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Figure 1: Experimental setup. a) The incident x-ray beam illuminates the electrode through a window inside the battery. The diffracted beam is transmitted through the remainder of the cell and collected at a 2D detector positioned at the Debye-Scherrer ring for Ge {111}. To collect the three-dimensional shape of themore »
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