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Scanning electrochemical cell microscopy (SECCM) in a glovebox : Structure‐activity correlations in the early stages of solid‐electrolyte interphase (SEI) formation on graphite
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Martín-Yerga, Daniel, Kang, Minkyung and Unwin, Patrick R. (2021) Scanning electrochemical cell microscopy (SECCM) in a glovebox : Structure‐activity correlations in the early stages of solid‐electrolyte interphase (SEI) formation on graphite. ChemElectroChem, 8 (22). pp. 4240-4251. doi:10.1002/celc.202101161 ISSN 2196-0216.
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/celc.202101161
Abstract
Understanding the formation and properties of the solid-electrolyte interphase (SEI) will enable the development of enhanced Li-ion batteries (LiBs) and other battery types. Herein, we report scanning electrochemical cell microscopy (SECCM) in a glovebox to characterize the SEI formation on the basal surface of highly oriented pyrolytic graphite (HOPG) as a model system of negative LiB electrodes with nonaqueous electrolytes. Different grades of HOPG have been studied, which provide a range of step edge densities on the basal surface. The high-throughput and spatially-resolved character of SECCM allows thousands of measurements across a surface, revealing how surface heterogeneity in graphite affects the early stages of the SEI formation and its properties. Step edges promote electrolyte reduction resulting in a more passivating SEI than that formed on smoother surfaces. A strongly insulating but relatively unstable SEI is detected under fast formation conditions, while slow formation rates induce the steady growth of an increasingly passivating SEI. This work provides new insights on the SEI dynamic formation and demonstrates SECCM as a powerful technique to probe the effect of local structure in heterogeneous battery materials under inert atmosphere. The demonstration that SECCM can readily be deployed in a glovebox serves as a foundation for future experiments that will explore high resolution electrochemical imaging of battery electrode materials.
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||||||||
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Subjects: | Q Science > QD Chemistry T Technology > TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General) |
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Divisions: | Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Science > Chemistry | ||||||||||||
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Electrolytes , Graphite, Lithium ion batteries, Electrochemistry, Scanning probe microscopy | ||||||||||||
Journal or Publication Title: | ChemElectroChem | ||||||||||||
Publisher: | Wiley - V C H Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA | ||||||||||||
ISSN: | 2196-0216 | ||||||||||||
Official Date: | 12 November 2021 | ||||||||||||
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Volume: | 8 | ||||||||||||
Number: | 22 | ||||||||||||
Page Range: | pp. 4240-4251 | ||||||||||||
DOI: | 10.1002/celc.202101161 | ||||||||||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||||||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||||||||||
Reuse Statement (publisher, data, author rights): | This is the peer reviewed version of the following article: Martín-Yerga, D., Kang, M. and Unwin, P..R. (2021), Scanning electrochemical cell microscopy (SECCM) in a glovebox: Structure-activity correlations in the early stages of solid-electrolyte interphase (SEI) formation on graphite. ChemElectroChem., which has been published in final form at https://doi.org/10.1002/celc.202101161. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance with Wiley Terms and Conditions for Use of Self-Archived Versions. | ||||||||||||
Access rights to Published version: | Open Access (Creative Commons) | ||||||||||||
Date of first compliant deposit: | 14 October 2021 | ||||||||||||
Date of first compliant Open Access: | 4 October 2022 | ||||||||||||
Grant number: | FIRG013 | ||||||||||||
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