Horstmann, Birger and Gallant, Betar and Mitchell, Robert and Bessler, Wolfgang G. and Shao-Horn, Yang and Bazant, Martin Z. (2013) Rate-Dependent Morphology of Li2O2 Growth in Li–O2 Batteries. Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters (4), pp. 4217-4222. ACS Publications. doi: 10.1021/jz401973c. ISSN 1948-7185.
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Abstract
Compact solid discharge products enable energy storage devices with high gravimetric and volumetric energy densities, but solid deposits on active surfaces can disturb charge transport and induce mechanical stress. In this Letter, we develop a nanoscale continuum model for the growth of Li2O2 crystals in lithium–oxygen batteries with organic electrolytes, based on a theory of electrochemical nonequilibrium thermodynamics originally applied to Li-ion batteries. As in the case of lithium insertion in phase-separating LiFePO4 nanoparticles, the theory predicts a transition from complex to uniform morphologies of Li2O2 with increasing current. Discrete particle growth at low discharge rates becomes suppressed at high rates, resulting in a film of electronically insulating Li2O2 that limits cell performance. We predict that the transition between these surface growth modes occurs at current densities close to the exchange current density of the cathode reaction, consistent with experimental observations.
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Document Type: | Article | |||||||||||||||||||||
Title: | Rate-Dependent Morphology of Li2O2 Growth in Li–O2 Batteries | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Date: | 14 November 2013 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Journal or Publication Title: | Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters | |||||||||||||||||||||
Refereed publication: | Yes | |||||||||||||||||||||
Open Access: | No | |||||||||||||||||||||
Gold Open Access: | No | |||||||||||||||||||||
In SCOPUS: | Yes | |||||||||||||||||||||
In ISI Web of Science: | Yes | |||||||||||||||||||||
DOI : | 10.1021/jz401973c | |||||||||||||||||||||
Page Range: | pp. 4217-4222 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Publisher: | ACS Publications | |||||||||||||||||||||
ISSN: | 1948-7185 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Status: | Published | |||||||||||||||||||||
Keywords: | lithium−oxygen batteries; surface growth; electrodeposition; continuum modeling | |||||||||||||||||||||
HGF - Research field: | Energy | |||||||||||||||||||||
HGF - Program: | Efficient Energy Conversion and Use (old) | |||||||||||||||||||||
HGF - Program Themes: | Fuel Cells (old) | |||||||||||||||||||||
DLR - Research area: | Energy | |||||||||||||||||||||
DLR - Program: | E EV - Energy process technology | |||||||||||||||||||||
DLR - Research theme (Project): | E - Elektrochemische Prozesse (old) | |||||||||||||||||||||
Location: | Stuttgart | |||||||||||||||||||||
Institutes and Institutions: | Institute of Engineering Thermodynamics > Computational Electrochemistry | |||||||||||||||||||||
Deposited By: | Horstmann, Birger | |||||||||||||||||||||
Deposited On: | 02 Dec 2013 15:14 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Last Modified: | 10 Jan 2019 15:55 |
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