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Lu B, Yuan Y, Bao Y, Zhao Y, Song Y, Zhang J. Mechanics-based design of lithium-ion batteries: a perspective. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2022; 24:29279-29297. [PMID: 36268731 DOI: 10.1039/d2cp03301a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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From the overall framework of battery development, the battery structures have not received enough attention compared to the chemical components in batteries. The mechanical-electrochemical coupling behavior is a starting point for investigation on battery structures and the subsequent battery design. This perspective systematically reviews the efforts on the mechanics-based design for lithium-ion batteries (LIBs). Two typical types of mechanics-based LIB designs, namely the design at the preparation stage and that at the cycling stage, have been discussed, respectively. The former systemizes the structure design of multiscale battery components from the particle level to the cell level. The latter focuses on the external mechanics-related control, including external pressures and charge-discharge protocols, of in-service LIBs. Moreover, the general problems currently being faced in the mechanics-based LIB design are summarized, followed by the outlook of possible solutions.
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Affiliation(s)
- Bo Lu
- Department of Mechanics, Shanghai Institute of Applied Mathematics and Mechanics, School of Mechanics and Engineering Science, Shanghai University, Shanghai 200444, China. .,Shanghai Key Laboratory of Mechanics in Energy Engineering, Shanghai University, Shanghai 200444, China.,Zhejiang Laboratory, Hangzhou 311100, China
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- Department of Mechanics, Shanghai Institute of Applied Mathematics and Mechanics, School of Mechanics and Engineering Science, Shanghai University, Shanghai 200444, China. .,Shanghai Key Laboratory of Mechanics in Energy Engineering, Shanghai University, Shanghai 200444, China
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- Department of Mechanics, Shanghai Institute of Applied Mathematics and Mechanics, School of Mechanics and Engineering Science, Shanghai University, Shanghai 200444, China. .,Shanghai Key Laboratory of Mechanics in Energy Engineering, Shanghai University, Shanghai 200444, China
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- Zhejiang Laboratory, Hangzhou 311100, China.,Department of Civil Engineering, School of Mechanics and Engineering Science, Shanghai University, Shanghai 200444, China
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- Department of Mechanics, Shanghai Institute of Applied Mathematics and Mechanics, School of Mechanics and Engineering Science, Shanghai University, Shanghai 200444, China. .,Shanghai Key Laboratory of Mechanics in Energy Engineering, Shanghai University, Shanghai 200444, China
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- Department of Mechanics, Shanghai Institute of Applied Mathematics and Mechanics, School of Mechanics and Engineering Science, Shanghai University, Shanghai 200444, China. .,Shanghai Key Laboratory of Mechanics in Energy Engineering, Shanghai University, Shanghai 200444, China.,Zhejiang Laboratory, Hangzhou 311100, China
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Evmenenko G, Fister TT, Buchholz DB, Castro FC, Li Q, Wu J, Dravid VP, Fenter P, Bedzyk MJ. Lithiation of multilayer Ni/NiO electrodes: criticality of nickel layer thicknesses on conversion reaction kinetics. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2017; 19:20029-20039. [DOI: 10.1039/c7cp02448g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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X-ray reflectivity and transmission electron microscopy (TEM) were used to characterize the morphological changes in thin film electrodes with alternating Ni and NiO layers during lithiation as a function of the Ni buffer layer thickness.
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- Guennadi Evmenenko
- Department of Materials Science and Engineering
- Northwestern University
- Evanston
- USA
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- Chemical Sciences and Engineering Division
- Argonne National Laboratory
- Lemont
- USA
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering
- Northwestern University
- Evanston
- USA
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- EPIC
- NUANCE Center
- Northwestern University
- Evanston
- USA
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering
- Northwestern University
- Evanston
- USA
- EPIC
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering
- Northwestern University
- Evanston
- USA
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- Chemical Sciences and Engineering Division
- Argonne National Laboratory
- Lemont
- USA
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering
- Northwestern University
- Evanston
- USA
- Department of Physics and Astronomy
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Evmenenko G, Fister TT, Buchholz DB, Li Q, Chen KS, Wu J, Dravid VP, Hersam MC, Fenter P, Bedzyk MJ. Morphological Evolution of Multilayer Ni/NiO Thin Film Electrodes during Lithiation. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2016; 8:19979-19986. [PMID: 27419860 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.6b05040] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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Oxide conversion reactions in lithium ion batteries are challenged by substantial irreversibility associated with significant volume change during the phase separation of an oxide into lithia and metal species (e.g., NiO + 2Li(+) + 2e(-) → Ni + Li2O). We demonstrate that the confinement of nanometer-scale NiO layers within a Ni/NiO multilayer electrode can direct lithium transport and reactivity, leading to coherent expansion of the multilayer. The morphological changes accompanying lithiation were tracked in real-time by in-operando X-ray reflectivity (XRR) and ex-situ cross-sectional transmission electron microscopy on well-defined periodic Ni/NiO multilayers grown by pulsed-laser deposition. Comparison of pristine and lithiated structures reveals that the nm-thick nickel layers help initiate the conversion process at the interface and then provide an architecture that confines the lithiation to the individual oxide layers. XRR data reveal that the lithiation process starts at the top and progressed through the electrode stack, layer by layer resulting in a purely vertical expansion. Longer term cycling showed significant reversible capacity (∼800 mA h g(-1) after ∼100 cycles), which we attribute to a combination of the intrinsic bulk lithiation capacity of the NiO and additional interfacial lithiation capacity. These observations provide new insight into the role of metal/metal oxide interfaces in controlling lithium ion conversion reactions by defining the relationships between morphological changes and film architecture during reaction.
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- Guennadi Evmenenko
- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Northwestern University , Evanston, Illinois 60208, United States
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- Chemical Sciences and Engineering Division, Argonne National Laboratory , Lemont, Illinois 60439, United States
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Northwestern University , Evanston, Illinois 60208, United States
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- EPIC, NUANCE Center, Northwestern University , Evanston, Illinois 60208, United States
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Northwestern University , Evanston, Illinois 60208, United States
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Northwestern University , Evanston, Illinois 60208, United States
- EPIC, NUANCE Center, Northwestern University , Evanston, Illinois 60208, United States
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Northwestern University , Evanston, Illinois 60208, United States
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Northwestern University , Evanston, Illinois 60208, United States
- Department of Chemistry, Northwestern University , Evanston, Illinois 60208, United States
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- Chemical Sciences and Engineering Division, Argonne National Laboratory , Lemont, Illinois 60439, United States
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Northwestern University , Evanston, Illinois 60208, United States
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Wang H, Zhang X, Zhang Y, Cheng N, Yu T, Yang Y, Yang G. Study of carbonization behavior of polyacrylonitrile/tin salt as anode material for lithium-ion batteries. J Appl Polym Sci 2016. [DOI: 10.1002/app.43914] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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- Haiying Wang
- Jiangsu Laboratory of Advanced Functional Material, Department of Chemistry; Changshu Institute of Technology; Changshu 215500 China
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- Jiangsu Laboratory of Advanced Functional Material, Department of Chemistry; Changshu Institute of Technology; Changshu 215500 China
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- Jiangsu Laboratory of Advanced Functional Material, Department of Chemistry; Changshu Institute of Technology; Changshu 215500 China
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- Jiangsu Laboratory of Advanced Functional Material, Department of Chemistry; Changshu Institute of Technology; Changshu 215500 China
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- Jiangsu Laboratory of Advanced Functional Material, Department of Chemistry; Changshu Institute of Technology; Changshu 215500 China
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- Jiangsu Laboratory of Advanced Functional Material, Department of Chemistry; Changshu Institute of Technology; Changshu 215500 China
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- Jiangsu Laboratory of Advanced Functional Material, Department of Chemistry; Changshu Institute of Technology; Changshu 215500 China
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Liu L, Lyu J, Li T, Zhao T. Well-constructed silicon-based materials as high-performance lithium-ion battery anodes. NANOSCALE 2016; 8:701-722. [PMID: 26666682 DOI: 10.1039/c5nr06278k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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Silicon has been considered as one of the most promising anode material alternates for next-generation lithium-ion batteries, because of its high theoretical capacity, environmental friendliness, high safety, low cost, etc. Nevertheless, silicon-based anode materials (especially bulk silicon) suffer from severe capacity fading resulting from their low intrinsic electrical conductivity and great volume variation during lithiation/delithiation processes. To address this challenge, a few special constructions from nanostructures to anchored, flexible, sandwich, core-shell, porous and even integrated structures, have been well designed and fabricated to effectively improve the cycling performance of silicon-based anodes. In view of the fast development of silicon-based anode materials, we summarize their recent progress in structural design principles, preparation methods, morphological characteristics and electrochemical performance by highlighting the material structure. We also point out the associated problems and challenges faced by these anodes and introduce some feasible strategies to further boost their electrochemical performance. Furthermore, we give a few suggestions relating to the developing trends to better mature their practical applications in next-generation lithium-ion batteries.
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- Lehao Liu
- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi'an 710072, PR China. and Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, USA
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi'an 710072, PR China. and Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, USA
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi'an 710072, PR China.
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi'an 710072, PR China.
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Guo H, Zhang X, He W, Yang X, Liu Q, Li M, Wang J. Fabricating three-dimensional mesoporous carbon network-coated LiFePO4/Fe nanospheres using thermal conversion of alginate-biomass. RSC Adv 2016. [DOI: 10.1039/c6ra00125d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Three-dimensional mesoporous carbon network-coated LiFePO4/Fe nanospheres with high-rate capability.
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- Hui Guo
- Institute of Materials Science and Engineering
- Qilu University of Technology
- Jinan 250353
- China
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- Institute of Materials Science and Engineering
- Qilu University of Technology
- Jinan 250353
- China
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- Institute of Materials Science and Engineering
- Qilu University of Technology
- Jinan 250353
- China
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- Institute of Materials Science and Engineering
- Qilu University of Technology
- Jinan 250353
- China
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- Institute of Materials Science and Engineering
- Qilu University of Technology
- Jinan 250353
- China
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- Institute of Materials Science and Engineering
- Qilu University of Technology
- Jinan 250353
- China
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- Institute of Materials Science and Engineering
- Qilu University of Technology
- Jinan 250353
- China
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Synthesis and characterization of Fe@Fe2O3 core-shell nanoparticles/graphene anode material for lithium-ion batteries. Electrochim Acta 2014. [DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2014.03.068] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Chen J, Yang L, Rousidan S, Fang S, Zhang Z, Hirano SI. Facile fabrication of Si mesoporous nanowires for high-capacity and long-life lithium storage. NANOSCALE 2013; 5:10623-10628. [PMID: 24057146 DOI: 10.1039/c3nr03955b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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Si has the second highest theoretical capacity among all the known anode materials for lithium ion batteries, whereas it is vulnerable to pulverization and crumbling upon lithiation/delithiation. Herein, Si mesoporous nanowires prepared by a scalable and cost-effective procedure are reported for the first time. Such nanowire morphology and mesoporous structure can effectively buffer the huge lithiation-induced volume expansion of Si, therefore contributing to excellent cycling stability and high-rate capability. Reversible capacities of 1826.8 and 737.4 mA h g(-1) can be obtained at 500 mA g(-1) and a very high current density of 10 A g(-1), respectively. After 1000 cycles at 2500 mA g(-1), this product still maintains a high capacity of 643.5 mA h g(-1).
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- Jizhang Chen
- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shanghai Jiaotong University, Shanghai 20024, P.R. China.
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