Analysis of geometric and electrochemical characteristics of lithium cobalt oxide electrode with different packing densities

Lim, Cheolwoong; Yan, Bo; Kang, Huixiao; Song, Zhibin; Lee, Wen Chao; De Andrade, Vincent; De Carlo, Francesco; Yin, Leilei; Kim, Youngsik; Zhu, Likun

doi:10.1016/j.jpowsour.2016.07.119

Title: Analysis of geometric and electrochemical characteristics of lithium cobalt oxide electrode with different packing densities

Journal Article · Sat Aug 06 00:00:00 EDT 2016 · Journal of Power Sources

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpowsour.2016.07.119· OSTI ID:1393185

Lim, Cheolwoong ^[1]; Yan, Bo ^[2]; Kang, Huixiao ^[1]; Song, Zhibin ^[1]; Lee, Wen Chao ^[1]; De Andrade, Vincent ^[3]; De Carlo, Francesco ^[3]; Yin, Leilei ^[4]; Kim, Youngsik ^[5]; Zhu, Likun ^[1]

Indiana Univ. and Purdue Univ., Indianapolis, IN (United States). Dept. of Mechanical Engineering
Indiana Univ. and Purdue Univ., Indianapolis, IN (United States). Dept. of Mechanical Engineering; Shanghai Jiao Tong Univ. (China). School of Materials Science and Engineering
Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States). Advanced Photon Source
Univ. of Illinois, Urbana, IL (United States). Beckman Inst.
Ulsan National Inst. of Science and Technology (UNIST) (Republic of Korea). School of Energy and Chemical Engineering

In order to investigate geometric and electrochemical characteristics of Li ion battery electrode with different packing densities, lithium cobalt oxide (LiCoO₂) cathode electrodes were fabricated from a 94:3:3 (wt%) mixture of LiCoO₂, polymeric binder, and super-P carbon black and calendered to different densities. A synchrotron X-ray nano-computed tomography system with a spatial resolution of 58.2 nm at the Advanced Photon Source of the Argonne National Laboratory was employed to obtain three dimensional morphology data of the electrodes. The morphology data were then quantitatively analyzed to characterize their geometric properties, such as porosity, tortuosity, specific surface area, and pore size distribution. The geometric and electrochemical analysis reveal that high packing density electrodes have smaller average pore size and narrower pore size distribution, which improves the electrical contact between carbon-binder matrix and LiCoO₂ particles. The better contact improves the capacity and rate capability by reducing the possibility of electrically isolated LiCoO₂ particles and increasing the electrochemically active area. The results show that increase of packing density results in higher tortuosity, but electrochemically active area is more crucial to cell performance than tortuosity at up to 3.6 g/cm³ packing density and 4 C rate.

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Research Organization:: Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES); National Science Foundation (NSF)

Grant/Contract Number:: AC02-06CH11357

OSTI ID:: 1393185

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1398548

Journal Information:: Journal of Power Sources, Vol. 328, Issue C; ISSN 0378-7753

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Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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