In-situ Study of Lithium Metal Penetration in Solid State Inorganic Electrolytes

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All-solid-state Li-metal batteries aim for higher energy density and better safety than conventional Li-ion batteries due to their inflammable inorganic electrolytes and lithium metal electrode. The solid electrolytes are also believed to suppress Li-dendrite formation, which causes failure in organic liquid electrolytes. However, mechanical fracture and structural disintegration of the solid electrolytes can still occur during operation, leading to poor charge/discharge cyclic performance and increased likelihood of internal short circuits. Our research aims to understand how lithium metal penetration occurs. We will use neutron tomography, which is much more sensitive to lithium than X-ray tomography, to obtain the first observations of the progressive degradation of an all-solid-state Li-metal battery, by studying the spatial distribution of lithium.

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DOI https://doi.org/10.5286/ISIS.E.RB2010797-1
Metadata Access https://icatisis.esc.rl.ac.uk/oaipmh/request?verb=GetRecord&metadataPrefix=oai_datacite&identifier=oai:icatisis.esc.rl.ac.uk:inv/110019087
Provenance
Creator Dr Markus Strobl; Dr Genoveva Burca; Professor James Marrow; Mr Ziyang Ning; Dr Manuel Morgano; Mr Shengming Zhang; Mr Xiangwen Gao; Mr Bingkun Hu
Publisher ISIS Neutron and Muon Source
Publication Year 2023
Rights CC-BY Attribution 4.0 International; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
OpenAccess true
Contact isisdata(at)stfc.ac.uk
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Resource Type Dataset
Discipline Photon- and Neutron Geosciences
Temporal Coverage Begin 2022-10-05T07:30:00Z
Temporal Coverage End 2022-10-13T10:46:50Z