Chemical and Structural Stability of Lithium-Ion Battery Electrode Materials under Electron Beam
10.1038/srep05694
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Scientific Reports (297)
Abstract

AbstractThe investigation of chemical and structural dynamics in battery materials is essential to elucidation of structure-property relationships for rational design of advanced battery materials. Spatially resolved techniques, such as scanning/transmission electron microscopy (S/TEM), are widely applied to address this challenge. However, battery materials are susceptible to electron beam damage, complicating the data interpretation. In this study, we demonstrate that, under electron beam irradiation, the surface and bulk of battery materials undergo chemical and structural evolution equivalent to that observed during charge-discharge cycling. In a lithiated NiO nanosheet, a Li2CO3-containing surface reaction layer (SRL) was gradually decomposed during electron energy loss spectroscopy (EELS) acquisition. For cycled LiNi0.4Mn0.4Co0.18Ti0.02O2 particles, repeated electron beam irradiation induced a phase transition from an "Equation missing" layered structure to an "Equation missing" rock-salt structure, which is attributed to the stoichiometric lithium and oxygen removal from "Equation missing"3a and 6c sites, respectively. Nevertheless, it is still feasible to preserve pristine chemical environments by minimizing electron beam damage, for example, using fast electron imaging and spectroscopy. Finally, the present study provides examples of electron beam damage on lithium-ion battery materials and suggests that special attention is necessary to prevent misinterpretation of experimental results.

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Lin, F., Markus, I. M., Doeff, M. M., & Xin, H. L. (2014). Chemical and Structural Stability of Lithium-Ion Battery Electrode Materials under Electron Beam. Scientific Reports, 4(1).

Authors 4
  1. Feng Lin (first)
  2. Isaac M. Markus (additional)
  3. Marca M. Doeff (additional)
  4. Huolin L. Xin (additional)
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@article{Lin_2014, title={Chemical and Structural Stability of Lithium-Ion Battery Electrode Materials under Electron Beam}, volume={4}, ISSN={2045-2322}, url={http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep05694}, DOI={10.1038/srep05694}, number={1}, journal={Scientific Reports}, publisher={Springer Science and Business Media LLC}, author={Lin, Feng and Markus, Isaac M. and Doeff, Marca M. and Xin, Huolin L.}, year={2014}, month=jul }