Mesoscale Chemomechanical Interplay of the LiNi0.8Co0.15Al0.05O2 Cathode in Solid-State Polymer Batteries
Abstract
Complex chemomechanical interplay exists over a wide range of length scales within the hierarchically structured lithium-ion battery. At the mesoscale, the interdependent structural complexity and chemical heterogeneity collectively govern the local chemistry and, as a result, critically influence the cell level performance. Here in this paper we investigate the morphology and state of charge (SOC) inhomogeneity within secondary NCA particles that were cycled in solid polymer batteries. We observe substantial inhomogeneity in the nickel oxidation state (a proxy for SOC) and loss of structural integrity within secondary particles after only 20 cycles due to significant intergranular cracking. The formation of mesoscale cracks causes loss of ionic and electrical contact within cathode particles, triggering increases in local impedance and rearrangement of transport pathways for charge carriers. This can eventually lead to deactivation of subparticle level domains in solid-state lithium-ion batteries. Our findings highlight the importance of proper mesoscale strain and defect management in polymer lithium-ion batteries.
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- Robert Bosch LLC, Sunnyvale, CA (United States). Research and Technology Center; Karlsruhe Inst. of Technology (KIT) (Germany). Dept. of Mechanical Engineering
- SLAC National Accelerator Lab., Menlo Park, CA (United States). Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Lightsource (SSRL)
- Robert Bosch LLC, Sunnyvale, CA (United States). Research and Technology Center
- Seeo Inc., Hayward, CA (United States)
- Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States). National Center of Electron Microscopy, Molecular Foundry
- Karlsruhe Inst. of Technology (KIT) (Germany). Dept. of Mechanical Engineering; Aalen Univ., Aalen (Germany). Materials Research Inst.
- Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States). Energy Technologies Area; Univ. of California, Berkeley, CA (United States)
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- SLAC National Accelerator Lab., Menlo Park, CA (United States); Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1503545
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- OSTI ID: 1637289
- Grant/Contract Number:
- AC02-76SF00515; AC02-05CH11231
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- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Chemistry of Materials
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 31; Journal Issue: 2; Journal ID: ISSN 0897-4756
- Publisher:
- American Chemical Society (ACS)
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 25 ENERGY STORAGE; 36 MATERIALS SCIENCE
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Besli, Münir M., Xia, Sihao, Kuppan, Saravanan, Huang, Yiqing, Metzger, Michael, Shukla, Alpesh Khushalchand, Schneider, Gerhard, Hellstrom, Sondra, Christensen, Jake, Doeff, Marca M., and Liu, Yijin. Mesoscale Chemomechanical Interplay of the LiNi0.8Co0.15Al0.05O2 Cathode in Solid-State Polymer Batteries. United States: N. p., 2018.
Web. doi:10.1021/acs.chemmater.8b04418.
Besli, Münir M., Xia, Sihao, Kuppan, Saravanan, Huang, Yiqing, Metzger, Michael, Shukla, Alpesh Khushalchand, Schneider, Gerhard, Hellstrom, Sondra, Christensen, Jake, Doeff, Marca M., & Liu, Yijin. Mesoscale Chemomechanical Interplay of the LiNi0.8Co0.15Al0.05O2 Cathode in Solid-State Polymer Batteries. United States. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.chemmater.8b04418
Besli, Münir M., Xia, Sihao, Kuppan, Saravanan, Huang, Yiqing, Metzger, Michael, Shukla, Alpesh Khushalchand, Schneider, Gerhard, Hellstrom, Sondra, Christensen, Jake, Doeff, Marca M., and Liu, Yijin. Wed .
"Mesoscale Chemomechanical Interplay of the LiNi0.8Co0.15Al0.05O2 Cathode in Solid-State Polymer Batteries". United States. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.chemmater.8b04418. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1503545.
@article{osti_1503545,
title = {Mesoscale Chemomechanical Interplay of the LiNi0.8Co0.15Al0.05O2 Cathode in Solid-State Polymer Batteries},
author = {Besli, Münir M. and Xia, Sihao and Kuppan, Saravanan and Huang, Yiqing and Metzger, Michael and Shukla, Alpesh Khushalchand and Schneider, Gerhard and Hellstrom, Sondra and Christensen, Jake and Doeff, Marca M. and Liu, Yijin},
abstractNote = {Complex chemomechanical interplay exists over a wide range of length scales within the hierarchically structured lithium-ion battery. At the mesoscale, the interdependent structural complexity and chemical heterogeneity collectively govern the local chemistry and, as a result, critically influence the cell level performance. Here in this paper we investigate the morphology and state of charge (SOC) inhomogeneity within secondary NCA particles that were cycled in solid polymer batteries. We observe substantial inhomogeneity in the nickel oxidation state (a proxy for SOC) and loss of structural integrity within secondary particles after only 20 cycles due to significant intergranular cracking. The formation of mesoscale cracks causes loss of ionic and electrical contact within cathode particles, triggering increases in local impedance and rearrangement of transport pathways for charge carriers. This can eventually lead to deactivation of subparticle level domains in solid-state lithium-ion batteries. Our findings highlight the importance of proper mesoscale strain and defect management in polymer lithium-ion batteries.},
doi = {10.1021/acs.chemmater.8b04418},
journal = {Chemistry of Materials},
number = 2,
volume = 31,
place = {United States},
year = {Wed Dec 19 00:00:00 EST 2018},
month = {Wed Dec 19 00:00:00 EST 2018}
}
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