Understanding capacity fade in silicon based electrodes for lithium-ion batteries using three electrode cells and upper cut-off voltage studies

JOURNAL OF POWER SOURCES

卷:302

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Beattie, Shane D.¹  Loveridge, M. J.¹  Lain, Michael J.¹  Ferrari, Stefania¹  Polzin, Bryant J.^2,3  Bhagat, Rohit¹  Dashwood, Richard¹ 

[1] Univ Warwick, WMG, Coventry CV4 7AL, W Midlands, England

[2] Argonne Natl Lab, CAMP Cell Anal Modelling & Prototyping Facil, Argonne, IL 60439 USA

[3] Argonne Natl Lab, Support Grp, Argonne, IL 60439 USA

关键词: Voltage;    Capacity;    Silicon;    Cathode;    Amorphous;   

DOI  :  10.1016/j.jpowsour.2015.10.066

来源: Elsevier

【 摘 要 】

Commercial Li-ion batteries are typically cycled between 3.0 and 4.2 V. These voltages limits are chosen based on the characteristics of the cathode (e.g. lithium cobalt oxide) and anode (e.g. graphite). When alternative anode/cathode chemistries are studied the same cut-off voltages are often, mistakenly, used. Silicon (Si) based anodes are widely studied as a high capacity alternative to graphite for Lithium-ion batteries. When silicon-based anodes are paired with high capacity cathodes (e.g. Lithium Nickel Cobalt Aluminium Oxide; NCA) the cell typically suffers from rapid capacity fade. The purpose of this communication is to understand how the choice of upper cut-off voltage affects cell performance in Si/NCA cells. A careful study of three-electrode cell data will show that capacity fade in Si/NCA cells is due to an ever-evolving silicon voltage profile that pushes the upper voltage at the cathode to >4.4 V (vs. Li/Li+). This behaviour initially improves cycle efficiency, due to liberation of new lithium, but ultimately reduces cycling efficiency, resulting in rapid capacity fade. (C) 2015 The Authors. Published by Elsevier B.V. This is an open access article under the CC BY license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).

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