Grain boundaries control lithiation of solid solution substrates in lithium metal batteries

التفاصيل البيبلوغرافية
العنوان: Grain boundaries control lithiation of solid solution substrates in lithium metal batteries
المؤلفون: Aota, Leonardo Shoji, Jung, Chanwon, Zhang, Siyuan, Büyükuslu, Ömer K., Yadav, Poonam, Singh, Mahander Pratap, Chen, Xinren, Woods, Eric, Scheu, Christina, Kim, Se-Ho, Raabe, Dierk, Gault, Baptiste
سنة النشر: 2024
المجموعة: Condensed Matter
Physics (Other)
مصطلحات موضوعية: Condensed Matter - Materials Science, Physics - Chemical Physics
الوصف: The development of sustainable transportation and communication systems requires an increase in both energy density and capacity retention of Li-batteries. Using substrates forming a solid solution with body centered cubic Li enhances the cycle stability of anode-less batteries. However, it remains unclear how the substrate microstructure affects the lithiation behavior. Here, we deploy a correlative, near-atomic scale probing approach through combined ion- and electron-microscopy to examine the distribution of Li in Li-Ag diffusion couples as model system. We reveal that Li regions with over 93.8% at.% nucleate within Ag at random high angle grain boundaries, whereas grain interiors are not lithiated. We evidence the role of kinetics and mechanical constraint from the microstructure over equilibrium thermodynamics in dictating the lithiation process. The findings suggest that grain size and grain boundary character are critical to enhance the electrochemical performance of interlayers/electrodes, particularly for improving lithiation kinetics and hence reducing dendrite formation.
نوع الوثيقة: Working Paper
URL الوصول: http://arxiv.org/abs/2407.09374
رقم الأكسشن: edsarx.2407.09374
قاعدة البيانات: arXiv