Leveraging advanced X-ray imaging for sustainable battery design

Z Yu, H Shan, Y Zhong, X Zhang, G Hong - ACS Energy Letters, 2022 - ACS Publications
With the growing demand for sustainable battery technologies, state-of-the-art
characterization techniques become more and more critical for optimizing battery materials …

Electron backscatter diffraction for investigating lithium-ion electrode particle architectures

A Quinn, H Moutinho, F Usseglio-Viretta… - Cell Reports Physical …, 2020 - cell.com
The performance and degradation of layered cathode materials for lithium-ion batteries
depend on their morphological, surface, and crystallographic properties. A comprehensive …

Mapping Lattice Distortions in LiNi0.5Mn1.5O4 Cathode Materials

SL Spence, A Hu, M Jiang, Z Xu, Z Yang… - ACS Energy …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Spinel LiNi0. 5Mn1. 5O4 (LNMO) can adopt two crystallographic structures: an ordered P
4332 structure and a disordered Fd 3̅ m structure. The disordered phase is associated with …

Emerging chemical heterogeneities in a commercial 18650 NCA Li-ion battery during early cycling revealed by synchrotron X-ray diffraction tomography

D Matras, TE Ashton, H Dong, M Mirolo, I Martens… - Journal of Power …, 2022 - Elsevier
Synchrotron X-ray diffraction computed tomography (XRD-CT) was employed to study a
commercial 18650 cylindrical LiNi 0.8 Co 0.15 Al 0.5 O 2 (NCA) battery under operating …

Real-time multi-length scale chemical tomography of fixed bed reactors during the oxidative coupling of methane reaction

A Vamvakeros, D Matras, SDM Jacques, M di Michiel… - Journal of catalysis, 2020 - Elsevier
In this work, we present the results from multi-length-scale studies of a Mn-Na-W/SiO 2 and a
La-promoted Mn-Na-W/SiO 2 catalyst during the oxidative coupling of methane reaction. The …

Exploring cycling induced crystallographic change in NMC with X-ray diffraction computed tomography

SR Daemi, C Tan, A Vamvakeros… - Physical Chemistry …, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
This study presents the application of X-ray diffraction computed tomography for the first time
to analyze the crystal dimensions of LiNi0. 33Mn0. 33Co0. 33O2 electrodes cycled to 4.2 …

Multimodal electrochemistry coupled microcalorimetric and X-ray probing of the capacity fade mechanisms of Nickel rich NMC–progress and outlook

CD Quilty, PJ West, W Li, MR Dunkin… - Physical Chemistry …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Lithium nickel manganese cobalt oxide (NMC) is a commercially successful Li-ion battery
cathode due to its high energy density; however, its delivered capacity must be intentionally …

Mitigating the Jahn-Teller distortion driven by the spin-orbit coupling of lithium manganate cathode

S Zhang, H Chen, J Chen, S Yin, Y Mei, L Ni… - Journal of Energy …, 2022 - Elsevier
Spinel LiMn 2 O 4 is recognized as one of the most competitive cathode candidates for
lithium-ion batteries ascribed to environmentally benign and rich sources. However, the …

Cycling Rate‐Induced Spatially‐Resolved Heterogeneities in Commercial Cylindrical Li‐Ion Batteries

A Vamvakeros, D Matras, TE Ashton, AA Coelho… - Small …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Synchrotron high‐energy X‐ray diffraction computed tomography has been employed to
investigate, for the first time, commercial cylindrical Li‐ion batteries electrochemically cycled …

In situ X-ray spatial profiling reveals uneven compression of electrode assemblies and steep lateral gradients in lithium-ion coin cells

JS Okasinski, IA Shkrob, A Chuang… - Physical Chemistry …, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Coin cells are used extensively as test devices in battery research for evaluation of new
materials and optimization of cycling protocols. In this study, in situ X-ray diffraction …