Correlating lithium-ion transport and interfacial lithium microstructure evolution in solid-state batteries during the first cycle
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Journal Article
Abstract
The formation of heterogeneous Li structures at the anode/solid polymer electrolyte (SPE) membrane interphase of solid-state Li-metal batteries (SSLMBs) is one of the key factors that impede SSLMB performance. The relationship between Li+-ion transport kinetics and Li0 structural evolution at the buried interphase is critical but challenging to characterize. Here, we report an operando correlative X-ray Compton scattering and computed tomography imaging technique that quantifies the changes of Li+-ion concentrations in the bulk cathode, SPE membrane, and anode of the SSLMB full cell using a commercially standard configuration. We then visualize Li+-ion concentration distributions as well as Li0 microstructures at the buried anode/SPE interphase. Mechanistic analyses show that the Li-stripping step forms more irregular interfacial Li morphologies at the expense of bulk anode volume shrinkage compared to the Li-plating step during the first cycle.
Date Issued
2024-06
Date Acceptance
2024-04-30
Citation
Cell Reports Physical Science, 2024, 5 (6)
ISSN
2666-3864
Publisher
Elsevier
Journal / Book Title
Cell Reports Physical Science
Volume
5
Issue
6
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© 2024 The Author(s). Published by Elsevier Inc.
This is an open access article under the CC BY license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
This is an open access article under the CC BY license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666386424002558
Publication Status
Published
Article Number
101995
Date Publish Online
2024-05-21