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Molecular Level Investigations of Structural and Chemical Evolution of Interfacial Processes Relevant to Energy Storage Systems


EMSL Project ID
49321

Abstract

The objectives of this proposal are to understand the reactions occurring at the electrode/electrolyte interphases in lithium-oxygen (Li-O2) batteries, and to investigate the transform mechanisms of lithium nickel manganese cobalt oxide (NMC) cathode materials for Li-ion batteries during synthesis processes. In nonaqueous Li-O2 batteries, recent reports indicated that the battery cycling can be performed via LiOH formation and decomposition by adding water and LiI as additives in electrolytes or through LiO2 by using Ir-decorated graphene electrode, both of which are different from the traditional pathway of formation of Li2O2. However, the proposed mechanism for cycling LiOH is not convincing and there is no direct experimental XRD evidence for LiO2. We also found that the temperature below and above 0 degrees C has significant effects on the discharge behaviors of the Li-O2 battery but the true mechanisms are unclear. Therefore, the investigations in Li-O2 batteries will be focused on (1) the mechanisms of oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) at the air electrode/electrolyte interphase in the temperature ranges below and above 0?C, (2) the effects of selected catalysts and moisture with and without LiI additive in electrolytes on ORR and oxygen evolution reaction (OER) at air electrode/electrolyte interphases and the cycling stability of related Li-O2 cells, and (3) the Li/electrolyte interphases during Li-O2 operations. In Li-ion batteries, the studies include (1) the phase transformation and Ni segregation in Li-rich Mn-rich (LMR) layered cathode materials during synthesis process to find out the Ni-segregation layer formation process, (2) the phase transformation mechanisms and morphological changes of Ni-rich LiNixMnyCozO2 (NMC) cathode materials during synthesis to find out the optimized calcination temperature for cathode materials synthesis, and (3) the conditions that the NMC particles start to form cracks and show deteriorated cycling stability when cycled to high voltages. All of the work is leveraged with the strong capabilities in PNNL including energy storage materials, characterizations and computational calculations.

Project Details

Project type
Large-Scale EMSL Research
Start Date
2016-10-01
End Date
2018-09-30
Status
Closed

Team

Principal Investigator

Wu Xu
Institution
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Team Members

Junhua Song
Institution
Washington State University

Xianhui Zhang
Institution
Ningbo Institute of Materials Technology and Engineering, CAS

Feipeng Zhao
Institution
Western University

Xia Cao
Institution
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Xiaoyu Wu
Institution
Washington State University Tri-Cities

Jian Qin
Institution
Wuhan University

Lianfeng Zou
Institution
Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory

Kuber Mishra
Institution
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Lu Yu
Institution
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Xiaodi Ren
Institution
University of Science and Technology of China, Chinese Academy of Sciences

Hongkyung Lee
Institution
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Xiang Wang
Institution
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Linchao Zhang
Institution
Hefei Institute of Physical Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences

Xing Li
Institution
Southwest Petroleum University

Wengao Zhao
Institution
Xiamen University

Hanlei Zhang
Institution
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Huilin Pan
Institution
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Bin Liu
Institution
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Jianming Zheng
Institution
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Yang He
Institution
Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory

Xiaolin Li
Institution
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Jiguang Zhang
Institution
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Donghai Mei
Institution
Tiangong University

Chongmin Wang
Institution
Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory

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