Enhanced Lithiation Cycle Stability of ALD-Coated Confined a-Si Microstructures Determined Using in Situ AFM

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 530-537

  Becker, Collin R ^a   Prokes, S M ^b   Love, Corey T ^b  

^a U S ARMY RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

atomic force microscopy; battery; in situ; lithium ion; silicon

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM COATINGS; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; ATOMIC LAYER DEPOSITION; CARBONATION; ELECTROLYTES; ETHYLENE; LITHIUM ALLOYS; LITHIUM-ION BATTERIES; NICKEL; SILICON; SOLID ELECTROLYTES;

AMORPHOUS SILICON (A-SI); BATTERY; ELECTROCHEMICAL CYCLING; ETHYL METHYL CARBONATE; FLUOROETHYLENE CARBONATES; LITHIUM IONS; MORPHOLOGY EVOLUTION; SOLID ELECTROLYTE INTERPHASE;

AMORPHOUS SILICON;

EID: 84954446712     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acsami.5b09544     Document Type: Article

References (37)

1. Tarascon, J. M.; Armand, M. Issues and Challenges Facing Rechargeable Lithium Batteries Nature 2001, 414 (6861) 359-367 10.1038/35104644
2. Beaulieu, L. Y.; Beattie, S. D.; Hatchard, T. D.; Dahn, J. R. The Electrochemical Reaction of Lithium with Tin Studied by in Situ AFM J. Electrochem. Soc. 2003, 150 (4) A419-A424 10.1149/1.1556595
3. Chan, C. K.; Peng, H.; Liu, G.; McIlwrath, K.; Zhang, X. F.; Huggins, R. A.; Cui, Y. High-Performance Lithium Battery Anodes Using Silicon Nanowires Nat. Nanotechnol. 2008, 3 (1) 31-35 10.1038/nnano.2007.411
4. Beaulieu, L. Y.; Eberman, K. W.; Turner, R. L.; Krause, L. J.; Dahn, J. R. Colossal Reversible Volume Changes in Lithium Alloys Electrochem. Solid-State Lett. 2001, 4 (9) A137-A140 10.1149/1.1388178
5. Kasavajjula, U.; Wang, C.; Appleby, A. J. Nano- and Bulk-Silicon-Based Insertion Anodes for Lithium-Ion Secondary Cells J. Power Sources 2007, 163 (2) 1003-1039 10.1016/j.jpowsour.2006.09.084
6. Baggetto, L.; Notten, P. H. L. Lithium-Ion (De)Insertion Reaction of Germanium Thin-Film Electrodes: An Electrochemical and In Situ XRD Study J. Electrochem. Soc. 2009, 156 (3) A169-A175 10.1149/1.3055984
7. Graetz, J.; Ahn, C. C.; Yazami, R.; Fultz, B. Nanocrystalline and Thin Film Germanium Electrodes with High Lithium Capacity and High Rate Capabilities J. Electrochem. Soc. 2004, 151 (5) A698-A702 10.1149/1.1697412
8. Bogart, T. D.; Chockla, A. M.; Korgel, B. A. High Capacity Lithium Ion Battery Anodes of Silicon and Germanium Curr. Opin. Chem. Eng. 2013, 2 (3) 286-293 10.1016/j.coche.2013.07.001
9. Chen, L.; Wang, K.; Xie, X.; Xie, J. Effect of Vinylene Carbonate (VC) as Electrolyte Additive on Electrochemical Performance of Si Film Anode for Lithium Ion Batteries J. Power Sources 2007, 174 (2) 538-543 10.1016/j.jpowsour.2007.06.149
10. Dalavi, S.; Guduru, P.; Lucht, B. L. Performance Enhancing Electrolyte Additives for Lithium Ion Batteries with Silicon Anodes J. Electrochem. Soc. 2012, 159 (5) A642-A646 10.1149/2.076205jes
11. Hertzberg, B.; Alexeev, A.; Yushin, G. Deformations in Si-Li Anodes Upon Electrochemical Alloying in Nano-Confined Space J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2010, 132 (25) 8548-8549 10.1021/ja1031997
12. Luo, L.; Zhao, P.; Yang, H.; Liu, B.; Zhang, J.-G.; Cui, Y.; Yu, G.; Zhang, S.; Wang, C.-M. Surface Coating Constraint Induced Self-Discharging of Silicon Nanoparticles as Anodes for Lithium Ion Batteries Nano Lett. 2015, 15 (10) 7016-7022 10.1021/acs.nanolett.5b03047
13. Luo, L.; Yang, H.; Yan, P.; Travis, J. J.; Lee, Y.; Liu, N.; Molina Piper, D.; Lee, S.-H.; Zhao, P.; George, S. M.; Zhang, J.-G.; Cui, Y.; Zhang, S.; Ban, C.; Wang, C.-M. Surface-Coating Regulated Lithiation Kinetics and Degradation in Silicon Nanowires for Lithium Ion Battery ACS Nano 2015, 9 (5) 5559-5566 10.1021/acsnano.5b01681
14. Johnson, R. W.; Hultqvist, A.; Bent, S. F. A Brief Review of Atomic Layer Deposition: From Fundamentals to Applications Mater. Today 2014, 17 (5) 236-246 10.1016/j.mattod.2014.04.026
15. Ferguson, J. D.; Buechler, K. J.; Weimer, A. W.; George, S. M. SnO2 Atomic Layer Deposition on ZrO2 and Al Nanoparticles: Pathway to Enhanced Thermite Materials Powder Technol. 2005, 156 (2-3) 154-163 10.1016/j.powtec.2005.04.009
16. Mackus, A. J. M.; Bol, A. A.; Kessels, W. M. M. The Use of Atomic Layer Deposition in Advanced Nanopatterning Nanoscale 2014, 6 (19) 10941-10960 10.1039/C4NR01954G
17. Smith, G. L.; Rudy, R. Q.; Polcawich, R. G.; DeVoe, D. L. Integrated Thin-Film Piezoelectric Traveling Wave Ultrasonic Motors Sens. Actuators, A 2012, 188, 305-311 10.1016/j.sna.2011.12.029
18. Marin, E.; Lanzutti, A.; Paussa, L.; Guzman, L.; Fedrizzi, L. Long Term Performance of Atomic Layer Deposition Coatings for Corrosion Protection of Stainless Steel Mater. Corros. 2015, 66 (9) 907-914 10.1002/maco.201408012
19. Narayan, R.; Monteiro-Riviere, N.; Brigmon, R.; Pellin, M.; Elam, J. Atomic Layer Deposition of TiO2 Thin Films on Nanoporous Alumina Templates: Medical Applications JOM 2009, 61 (6) 12-16 10.1007/s11837-009-0081-z
20. Wang, L.; Travis, J. J.; Cavanagh, A. S.; Liu, X.; Koenig, S. P.; Huang, P. Y.; George, S. M.; Bunch, J. S. Ultrathin Oxide Films by Atomic Layer Deposition on Graphene Nano Lett. 2012, 12 (7) 3706-3710 10.1021/nl3014956
21. Piper, D. M.; Travis, J. J.; Young, M.; Son, S.-B.; Kim, S. C.; Oh, K. H.; George, S. M.; Ban, C.; Lee, S.-H. Reversible High-Capacity Si Nanocomposite Anodes for Lithium-Ion Batteries Enabled by Molecular Layer Deposition Adv. Mater. 2014, 26 (10) 1596-1601 10.1002/adma.201304714
22. Kim, J. W.; Kim, D. H.; Oh, D. Y.; Lee, H.; Kim, J. H.; Lee, J. H.; Jung, Y. S. Surface Chemistry of LiNi0.5Mn1.5O4 Particles Coated by Al2O3 Using Atomic Layer Deposition for Lithium-Ion Batteries J. Power Sources 2015, 274, 1254-1262 10.1016/j.jpowsour.2014.10.207
23. Wang, X.; Yushin, G. Chemical Vapor Deposition and Atomic Layer Deposition for Advanced Lithium Ion Batteries and Supercapacitors Energy Environ. Sci. 2015, 8 (7) 1889-1904 10.1039/C5EE01254F
24. Li, J.; Xiao, X.; Cheng, Y.-T.; Verbrugge, M. W. Atomic Layered Coating Enabling Ultrafast Surface Kinetics at Silicon Electrodes in Lithium Ion Batteries J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 2013, 4 (20) 3387-3391 10.1021/jz4018255
25. He, Y.; Yu, X.; Wang, Y.; Li, H.; Huang, X. Alumina-Coated Patterned Amorphous Silicon as the Anode for a Lithium-Ion Battery with High Coulombic Efficiency Adv. Mater. 2011, 23 (42) 4938-4941 10.1002/adma.201102568
26. Xiao, X.; Lu, P.; Ahn, D. Ultrathin Multifunctional Oxide Coatings for Lithium Ion Batteries Adv. Mater. 2011, 23 (34) 3911-3915 10.1002/adma.201101915
27. Hy, S.; Chen, Y.-H.; Cheng, H.-M.; Pan, C.-J.; Cheng, J.-H.; Rick, J.; Hwang, B.-J. Stabilizing Nanosized Si Anodes with the Synergetic Usage of Atomic Layer Deposition and Electrolyte Additives for Li-Ion Batteries ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 2015, 7 (25) 13801-13807 10.1021/acsami.5b01853
28. He, Y.; Piper, D. M.; Gu, M.; Travis, J. J.; George, S. M.; Lee, S.-H.; Genc, A.; Pullan, L.; Liu, J.; Mao, S. X.; Zhang, J.-G.; Ban, C.; Wang, C. In Situ Transmission Electron Microscopy Probing of Native Oxide and Artificial Layers on Silicon Nanoparticles for Lithium Ion Batteries ACS Nano 2014, 8 (11) 11816-11823 10.1021/nn505523c
29. 3 Layers during Lithiation-Delithiation Cycles Nano Lett. 2011, 11 (10) 4188-4194 10.1021/nl202088h
30. Becker, C. R.; Strawhecker, K. E.; McAllister, Q. P.; Lundgren, C. A. In Situ Atomic Force Microscopy of Lithiation and Delithiation of Silicon Nanostructures for Lithium Ion Batteries ACS Nano 2013, 7 (10) 9173-9182 10.1021/nn4037909
31. McAllister, Q. P.; Strawhecker, K. E.; Becker, C. R.; Lundgren, C. A. In Situ Atomic Force Microscopy Nanoindentation of Lithiated Silicon Nanopillars for Lithium Ion Batteries J. Power Sources 2014, 257, 380-387 10.1016/j.jpowsour.2014.01.077
32. Tokranov, A.; Sheldon, B. W.; Li, C.; Minne, S.; Xiao, X. In Situ Atomic Force Microscopy Study of Initial Solid Electrolyte Interphase Formation on Silicon Electrodes for Li-Ion Batteries ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 2014, 6 (9) 6672-6686 10.1021/am500363t
33. Hatchard, T. D.; Dahn, J. R. In Situ XRD and Electrochemical Study of the Reaction of Lithium with Amorphous Silicon J. Electrochem. Soc. 2004, 151 (6) A838-A842 10.1149/1.1739217
34. McDowell, M. T.; Lee, S. W.; Harris, J. T.; Korgel, B. A.; Wang, C.; Nix, W. D.; Cui, Y. In Situ TEM of Two-Phase Lithiation of Amorphous Silicon Nanospheres Nano Lett. 2013, 13 (2) 758-764 10.1021/nl3044508
35. Nečas, D.; Klapetek, P. Gwyddion: An Open-Source Software for SPM Data Analysis Open Phys. 2012, 10 (1) 181-188 10.2478/s11534-011-0096-2
36. Self, J.; Aiken, C. P.; Petibon, R.; Dahn, J. R. Survey of Gas Expansion in Li-Ion NMC Pouch Cells J. Electrochem. Soc. 2015, 162 (6) A796-A802 10.1149/2.0081506jes
37. Wang, D. Y.; Sinha, N. N.; Burns, J. C.; Aiken, C. P.; Petibon, R.; Dahn, J. R. A Comparative Study of Vinylene Carbonate and Fluoroethylene Carbonate Additives for LiCoO2/Graphite Pouch Cells J. Electrochem. Soc. 2014, 161 (4) A467-A472 10.1149/2.001404jes