Degradation of Si/Ge core/shell nanowire heterostructures during lithiation and delithiation at 0.8 and 20 A g-1
Abstract
We report that Si/Ge core/shell nanowire heterostructures have been expected to provide high energy and power densities for lithium ion battery anodes due to the large capacity of Si and the high electrical and ionic conductivities of Ge. Although the battery anode performances of Si/Ge core/shell nanowire heterostructures have been characterized, the degradation of Si/Ge core/shell nanowire heterostructures has not been thoroughly investigated. Here we report the compositional and structural changes of the Si/Ge core/shell nanowire heterostructure over cycling of lithiation and delithiation at different charging rates. The Si/Ge core/shell nanowire heterostructure holds the core and shell structure at a charging rate of 0.8 A g-1 up to 50 cycles. On the other hand, compositional intermixing and loss of Si occur at a charging rate of 20 A g-1 within 50 cycles. Lastly, the operation condition-dependent degradation provides a new aspect of materials research for the development of high performance lithium ion battery anodes with a long cycle life.
- Authors:
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- Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1469549
- Alternate Identifier(s):
- OSTI ID: 1434161
- Report Number(s):
- LA-UR-18-21413
Journal ID: ISSN 2040-3364; NANOHL
- Grant/Contract Number:
- AC52-06NA25396; AC04-94AL85000
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Nanoscale
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 10; Journal Issue: 16; Journal ID: ISSN 2040-3364
- Publisher:
- Royal Society of Chemistry
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 36 MATERIALS SCIENCE; Silicon; Germanium; Nanowire; Core/shell; intermixing; lithium ion battery anodes; degradation
Citation Formats
Kim, Dongheun, Li, Nan, Sheehan, Chris J., and Yoo, Jinkyoung. Degradation of Si/Ge core/shell nanowire heterostructures during lithiation and delithiation at 0.8 and 20 A g-1. United States: N. p., 2018.
Web. doi:10.1039/C8NR00865E.
Kim, Dongheun, Li, Nan, Sheehan, Chris J., & Yoo, Jinkyoung. Degradation of Si/Ge core/shell nanowire heterostructures during lithiation and delithiation at 0.8 and 20 A g-1. United States. https://doi.org/10.1039/C8NR00865E
Kim, Dongheun, Li, Nan, Sheehan, Chris J., and Yoo, Jinkyoung. Wed .
"Degradation of Si/Ge core/shell nanowire heterostructures during lithiation and delithiation at 0.8 and 20 A g-1". United States. https://doi.org/10.1039/C8NR00865E. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1469549.
@article{osti_1469549,
title = {Degradation of Si/Ge core/shell nanowire heterostructures during lithiation and delithiation at 0.8 and 20 A g-1},
author = {Kim, Dongheun and Li, Nan and Sheehan, Chris J. and Yoo, Jinkyoung},
abstractNote = {We report that Si/Ge core/shell nanowire heterostructures have been expected to provide high energy and power densities for lithium ion battery anodes due to the large capacity of Si and the high electrical and ionic conductivities of Ge. Although the battery anode performances of Si/Ge core/shell nanowire heterostructures have been characterized, the degradation of Si/Ge core/shell nanowire heterostructures has not been thoroughly investigated. Here we report the compositional and structural changes of the Si/Ge core/shell nanowire heterostructure over cycling of lithiation and delithiation at different charging rates. The Si/Ge core/shell nanowire heterostructure holds the core and shell structure at a charging rate of 0.8 A g-1 up to 50 cycles. On the other hand, compositional intermixing and loss of Si occur at a charging rate of 20 A g-1 within 50 cycles. Lastly, the operation condition-dependent degradation provides a new aspect of materials research for the development of high performance lithium ion battery anodes with a long cycle life.},
doi = {10.1039/C8NR00865E},
journal = {Nanoscale},
number = 16,
volume = 10,
place = {United States},
year = {Wed Mar 28 00:00:00 EDT 2018},
month = {Wed Mar 28 00:00:00 EDT 2018}
}
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