Nanoscale Mechanics of the Solid Electrolyte Interphase on Lithiated-Silicon Electrodes

Haoran Wang; Huck Beng Chew

doi:10.1021/acsami.7b07626

Nanoscale Mechanics of the Solid Electrolyte Interphase on Lithiated-Silicon Electrodes

Haoran Wang, Huck Beng Chew

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Abstract

The ∼300% volume changes of lithiated silicon electrodes (Li_xSi) during electrochemical cycling lead to cracking of the solid electrolyte interface (SEI). Here, we report how strain is transferred from Li_xSi to two primary inorganic SEI components: LiF and Li₂O. Our first principle calculations show that LiF, effectively bonded on Li_xSi at x > 1, enables the entire interface structure to deform plastically by forming delocalized stable voids. In contrast, Li₂O tightly bonded to Li_xSi is stiffer, and deforms rigidly across all x. Our results explain the significantly improved ductility of SEI with higher LiF versus Li₂O content observed experimentally.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	25662-25667
Number of pages	6
Journal	ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces
Volume	9
Issue number	31
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.7b07626
State	Published - Aug 9 2017

Keywords

density functional theory
lithium-ion batteries
mechanical deformation
silicon electrodes
solid electrolyte interphase

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Materials Science(all)

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