Journal
JOURNAL OF POWER SOURCES
Volume 245, Issue -, Pages 83-88Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpowsour.2013.06.082
Keywords
Miscibility gap; Non-equilibrium; Phase transformation; Battery; Particle shape
Funding
- NSF [ECCS-1125588]
- LSAMP Program for Undergraduates
- Directorate For Engineering
- Div Of Electrical, Commun & Cyber Sys [1125588] Funding Source: National Science Foundation
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Non-equilibrium phase transformation and effect of interfacial Li flux on miscibility gap in two-phase transformation of LiFePO4 have been explored in this study. Our previously developed Mushy-Zone (MZ) model, accounting for sluggish Li diffusion across the two-phase interface, has been employed to study the non-equilibrium phase transformation in LiFePO4 materials of Li-ion batteries. Phase transformation rate, variation of two-phase miscibility gap, and interfacial Li composition profiles have been studied for different particle shapes at varying discharge rates. Sluggish Li flux across the two-phase interface, which is believed to be the origin of the kinetically-induced non-equilibrium phase transformation, has been calculated to explain the obtained results. It is found that small particle sizes (radii of 20 nm) and slow discharge rates tend to create homogenous phase transformation (i.e., shrunk or no miscibility gap). Two-phase transformation is remarkably delayed for spherical particles at low discharge rates, leading to a lower capacity compared to that of plated-shaped particles. However, at higher discharge rates spherical particles show better capacity. (C) 2013 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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