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Title: Tailoring Interfaces in Solid-State Batteries Using Interfacial Thermochemistry and Band Alignment

Abstract

Solid-state lithium ion batteries have enhanced thermal stability compared to batteries using liquid electrolytes. Although their practical implementation is limited by undesired side reactions between the electrode and electrolyte, different modification strategies have been proposed to stabilize these reactive interfaces. These approaches have been primarily based upon bulk materials properties, however, which may not necessarily be representative of the chemistry at the solid/solid interface. In this work, first principles calculations and X-ray scattering experiments are used to elucidate molecular-level reactivity and develop design principles for tailored interfaces based on surface and interfacial properties. Because of its well-known instability, the interface between the Li metal anode and the lithium lanthanum titanate (LLTO) solid electrolyte is applied as a model system. Density functional theory calculations are used to describe bulk, surface, and interfacial thermochemistry of the Li/LLTO system, and interfacial reconstruction is probed using ab initio molecular dynamics. These simulations of the Li/LLTO interface demonstrate facile decomposition concomitant with reduction of Ti4+ ions. Based on further insights from computational analysis of the surface band edge positions, La2O3 is proposed as an interlayer coating and is shown to provide an energetic barrier for interfacial charge transfer and decomposition reactions from X-ray reflectivity measurementsmore » and theoretical calculations. The findings in this work suggest that design strategies based on surface and interfacial properties can be used to kinetically stabilize electrode/electrolyte interfaces in solid-state batteries.« less

Authors:
ORCiD logo [1]; ORCiD logo [2];  [3]; ORCiD logo [2]; ORCiD logo [2]; ORCiD logo [3];  [3]; ORCiD logo [2]; ORCiD logo [2]; ORCiD logo [2]; ORCiD logo [4]
  1. Purdue Univ., West Lafayette, IN (United States); Yale Univ., New Haven, CT (United States)
  2. Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
  3. Northwestern Univ., Evanston, IL (United States)
  4. Purdue Univ., West Lafayette, IN (United States)
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES); National Science Foundation (NSF)
OSTI Identifier:
1878519
Grant/Contract Number:  
AC02-06CH11357; DMR-1720139; ECCS-1542205
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Chemistry of Materials
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 33; Journal Issue: 21; Journal ID: ISSN 0897-4756
Publisher:
American Chemical Society (ACS)
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
37 INORGANIC, ORGANIC, PHYSICAL, AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY; Interfaces; Ions; Layers; Metals; Oxides

Citation Formats

Warburton, Robert E., Kim, Jae Jin, Patel, Shane, Howard, Jason D., Curtiss, Larry A., Wolverton, Chris, Buchholz, D. Bruce, Vaughey, John T., Fenter, Paul, Fister, Timothy T., and Greeley, Jeffrey. Tailoring Interfaces in Solid-State Batteries Using Interfacial Thermochemistry and Band Alignment. United States: N. p., 2021. Web. doi:10.1021/acs.chemmater.1c02803.
Warburton, Robert E., Kim, Jae Jin, Patel, Shane, Howard, Jason D., Curtiss, Larry A., Wolverton, Chris, Buchholz, D. Bruce, Vaughey, John T., Fenter, Paul, Fister, Timothy T., & Greeley, Jeffrey. Tailoring Interfaces in Solid-State Batteries Using Interfacial Thermochemistry and Band Alignment. United States. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.chemmater.1c02803
Warburton, Robert E., Kim, Jae Jin, Patel, Shane, Howard, Jason D., Curtiss, Larry A., Wolverton, Chris, Buchholz, D. Bruce, Vaughey, John T., Fenter, Paul, Fister, Timothy T., and Greeley, Jeffrey. Tue . "Tailoring Interfaces in Solid-State Batteries Using Interfacial Thermochemistry and Band Alignment". United States. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.chemmater.1c02803. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1878519.
@article{osti_1878519,
title = {Tailoring Interfaces in Solid-State Batteries Using Interfacial Thermochemistry and Band Alignment},
author = {Warburton, Robert E. and Kim, Jae Jin and Patel, Shane and Howard, Jason D. and Curtiss, Larry A. and Wolverton, Chris and Buchholz, D. Bruce and Vaughey, John T. and Fenter, Paul and Fister, Timothy T. and Greeley, Jeffrey},
abstractNote = {Solid-state lithium ion batteries have enhanced thermal stability compared to batteries using liquid electrolytes. Although their practical implementation is limited by undesired side reactions between the electrode and electrolyte, different modification strategies have been proposed to stabilize these reactive interfaces. These approaches have been primarily based upon bulk materials properties, however, which may not necessarily be representative of the chemistry at the solid/solid interface. In this work, first principles calculations and X-ray scattering experiments are used to elucidate molecular-level reactivity and develop design principles for tailored interfaces based on surface and interfacial properties. Because of its well-known instability, the interface between the Li metal anode and the lithium lanthanum titanate (LLTO) solid electrolyte is applied as a model system. Density functional theory calculations are used to describe bulk, surface, and interfacial thermochemistry of the Li/LLTO system, and interfacial reconstruction is probed using ab initio molecular dynamics. These simulations of the Li/LLTO interface demonstrate facile decomposition concomitant with reduction of Ti4+ ions. Based on further insights from computational analysis of the surface band edge positions, La2O3 is proposed as an interlayer coating and is shown to provide an energetic barrier for interfacial charge transfer and decomposition reactions from X-ray reflectivity measurements and theoretical calculations. The findings in this work suggest that design strategies based on surface and interfacial properties can be used to kinetically stabilize electrode/electrolyte interfaces in solid-state batteries.},
doi = {10.1021/acs.chemmater.1c02803},
journal = {Chemistry of Materials},
number = 21,
volume = 33,
place = {United States},
year = {Tue Oct 26 00:00:00 EDT 2021},
month = {Tue Oct 26 00:00:00 EDT 2021}
}

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