期刊
ACS APPLIED ENERGY MATERIALS
卷 2, 期 2, 页码 1308-1313出版社
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/acsaem.8b01877
关键词
Li-ion battery; full concentration gradient; NMC811; ALD coating; electrochemistry; EELS; XPS; neutron diffraction
资金
- U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) - Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy for the Vehicle Technologies Office [DE-EE0005384, NFE-11-03678, TSA 14-587, LS-111201AMMW]
- Vehicle Technologies Office [DE-SC0010230]
- DOE Basic Energy Sciences (BES), Materials Sciences and Engineering Division
- U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) [DE-SC0010230] Funding Source: U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)
Recent achievements in high-energy batteries have been made by using Ni-rich NMC cathodes (LiNixMnyCo1-x-yO2 with x > 0.5) in conjunction with higher cell voltages. However, these gains have come at a cost of fast capacity fade and poor rate performace. In our previous study, we showed that Al2O3 ALD coatings on LiNi0.8Mn0.1Co0.1O2 (NMC811) and LiNi0.8Co0.15Al0.05O2 (NCA) cathodes prevented surface phase transitions, reduced impedance, and extended cycle life in high voltage cells. Here, neutron diffraction (ND), X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), and electron energy loss spectroscopy (EELS) are used to fully investigate the mechanism by which ALD surface coatings mitigate NMC811 cathode degredation. Refinement of ND patterns indicated no changes in the bulk crystal structure of cycled cathodes-with or without the Al2O3 coating. Rather, the improved performance of ALD-coated cathodes is clearly due to surface stabilization. EELS established that all three transition metal oxidation states were reduced at the surface of the uncoated cathode after cycling, whereas the coated cathode showed no changes in surface oxidation states relative to the bulk. The surface coatings also prevented transition metal dissolution and crossover. XPS analysis of the anode harvested from cycled cells with uncoated cathodes showed significant amounts of Mn deposited within the SEI. In contrast, no Mn could be detected on the anodes cycled with coated cathodes. These results affirm that ALD coatings can effectively reduce the reactivity of the NMC surface and prevent detrimental side reactions that shorten battery cycle life.
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