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T1 - Nanoarchitecture factors of solid – electrolyte interphase formation via 3D nano-rheology microscopy and surface force-distance spectroscopy
AU - Chen, Yue
AU - Wu, Wenkai
AU - Gonzalez Munoz, Sergio
AU - Forcieri, Leonardo
AU - Wells, Charlie
AU - Jarvis, Samuel
AU - Wu, Fangling
AU - Young, Robert
AU - Dey, Avishek
AU - Isaaks, Mark
AU - Nagarathinam, Mangayarkarasi
AU - Palgrave, Robert
AU - Tapia-Ruiz, Nuria
AU - Kolosov, Oleg
PY - 2023/3/10
Y1 - 2023/3/10
N2 - The solid electrolyte interphase in rechargeable Li-ion batteries, its dynamics and, significantly, its nanoscale structure and composition, hold clues to high-performing and safe energy storage. Unfortunately, knowledge of solid electrolyte interphase formation is limited due to the lack of in situ nano-characterization tools for probing solid-liquid interfaces. Here, we link electrochemical atomic force microscopy, three-dimensional nano-rheology microscopy and surface force-distance spectroscopy, to study, in situ and operando, the dynamic formation of the solid electrolyte interphase starting from a few 0.1 nm thick electrical double layer to the full three-dimensional nanostructured solid electrolyte interphase on the typical graphite basal and edge planes in a Li-ion battery negative electrode. By probing the arrangement of solvent molecules and ions within the electric double layer and quantifying the three-dimensional mechanical property distribution of organic and inorganic components in the as-formed solid electrolyte interphase layer, we reveal the nanoarchitecture factors and atomistic picture of initial solid electrolyte interphase formation on graphite-based negative electrodes in strongly and weakly solvating electrolytes.
AB - The solid electrolyte interphase in rechargeable Li-ion batteries, its dynamics and, significantly, its nanoscale structure and composition, hold clues to high-performing and safe energy storage. Unfortunately, knowledge of solid electrolyte interphase formation is limited due to the lack of in situ nano-characterization tools for probing solid-liquid interfaces. Here, we link electrochemical atomic force microscopy, three-dimensional nano-rheology microscopy and surface force-distance spectroscopy, to study, in situ and operando, the dynamic formation of the solid electrolyte interphase starting from a few 0.1 nm thick electrical double layer to the full three-dimensional nanostructured solid electrolyte interphase on the typical graphite basal and edge planes in a Li-ion battery negative electrode. By probing the arrangement of solvent molecules and ions within the electric double layer and quantifying the three-dimensional mechanical property distribution of organic and inorganic components in the as-formed solid electrolyte interphase layer, we reveal the nanoarchitecture factors and atomistic picture of initial solid electrolyte interphase formation on graphite-based negative electrodes in strongly and weakly solvating electrolytes.
KW - electrochemical analysis
KW - Rechargeable batteries
KW - batteries
KW - SPM
KW - scanning probe microscopy
KW - atomic force microscopy
KW - AFM
KW - 3D Nanorheology
KW - 3D electrochemical nanorheology
KW - UFM ultrasonic force microscopy
KW - electrical double layer
U2 - 10.1038/s41467-023-37033-7
DO - 10.1038/s41467-023-37033-7
M3 - Journal article
VL - 14
JO - Nature Communications
JF - Nature Communications
SN - 2041-1723
M1 - 1321
ER -