Fracture behavior in battery materials

P Li, Y Zhao, Y Shen, SH Bo - Journal of Physics: Energy, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
The fracture of battery materials is one of the main causes of battery degradation. This issue
is further amplified in emerging solid-state batteries, where the more robust interface …

Modeling and simulation of microstructure in metallic systems based on multi-physics approaches

JR Mianroodi, P Shanthraj, C Liu, S Vakili… - npj Computational …, 2022 - nature.com
The complex interplay between chemistry, microstructure, and behavior of many
engineering materials has been investigated predominantly by experimental methods …

Computational modeling of heterogeneity of stress, charge, and cyclic damage in composite electrodes of Li-ion batteries

P Liu, R Xu, Y Liu, F Lin, K Zhao - Journal of The Electrochemical …, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
Charge heterogeneity is a prevalent feature in many electrochemical systems. In a
commercial cathode of Li-ion batteries, the composite is hierarchically structured across …

Modeling intercalation in cathode materials with phase-field methods: Assumptions and implications using the example of LiFePO4

S Daubner, M Weichel, D Schneider, B Nestler - Electrochimica Acta, 2022 - Elsevier
The multiphase-field method has great potential to advance future research on battery
materials. In this work, we discuss the modeling of phase-separating intercalation …

Computational modeling of Li-ion batteries

D Grazioli, M Magri, A Salvadori - Computational Mechanics, 2016 - Springer
This review focuses on energy storage materials modeling, with particular emphasis on Li-
ion batteries. Theoretical and computational analyses not only provide a better …

Coupled chemo-mechanical modeling of fracture in polycrystalline cathode for lithium-ion battery

A Singh, S Pal - International Journal of Plasticity, 2020 - Elsevier
A thermodynamically consistent multi-physics framework has been developed to understand
the chemo-mechanical interplay towards fracture behavior of polycrystalline microstructure …

Effects of surface tension and electrochemical reactions in Li-ion battery electrode nanoparticles

P Stein, Y Zhao, BX Xu - Journal of Power Sources, 2016 - Elsevier
The size-and shape-dependency of the chemo-mechanical behavior of spherical and
ellipsoidal nanoparticles in Li-ion battery electrodes are investigated by a stress-assisted …

Isogeometric analysis for a phase-field constrained optimization problem of morphological evolution of vesicles in electrical fields

M Ashour, N Valizadeh, T Rabczuk - Computer Methods in Applied …, 2021 - Elsevier
In this paper, we solve a constrained Willmore problem coupled with an electrical field using
IsoGeometric Analysis (IGA) to simulate the morphological evolution of vesicles subjected to …

Efficient simulation of chemical–mechanical coupling in battery active particles

GF Castelli, L von Kolzenberg, B Horstmann… - Energy …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Coupling of chemistry and mechanics causes large stresses and deterioration in battery
active particles, which undergo a phase change. The Cahn–Hilliard approach coupled to …

Phase field model coupling with strain gradient plasticity for fracture in lithium-ion battery electrodes

R Xue, X Li, H Zhao, Z Chen - Engineering Fracture Mechanics, 2022 - Elsevier
The fracture of the electrodes during the lithiation and delithiation is one of the primary
reasons behind the short cycle life of the high-capacity lithium-ion batteries. In the present …