Visualizing the failure of solid electrolyte under GPa-level interface stress induced by lithium eruption

Haowen Gao; Xin Ai; Hongchun Wang; Wangqin Li; Ping Wei; Yong Cheng; Siwei Gui; Hui Yang; Yong Yang; Ming-Sheng Wang

doi:10.1038/s41467-022-32732-z

Nature Communications (Aug 2022)

Visualizing the failure of solid electrolyte under GPa-level interface stress induced by lithium eruption

Haowen Gao,
Xin Ai,
Hongchun Wang,
Wangqin Li,
Ping Wei,
Yong Cheng,
Siwei Gui,
Hui Yang,
Yong Yang,
Ming-Sheng Wang

Affiliations

Haowen Gao: State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces, College of Materials, Xiamen University
Xin Ai: State Key Laboratory of Material Processing and Die & Mould Technology, Department of Mechanics, School of Aerospace Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology
Hongchun Wang: State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, College of Energy, Xiamen University
Wangqin Li: State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces, College of Materials, Xiamen University
Ping Wei: State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces, College of Materials, Xiamen University
Yong Cheng: State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces, College of Materials, Xiamen University
Siwei Gui: State Key Laboratory of Material Processing and Die & Mould Technology, Department of Mechanics, School of Aerospace Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology
Hui Yang: State Key Laboratory of Material Processing and Die & Mould Technology, Department of Mechanics, School of Aerospace Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology
Yong Yang: State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, College of Energy, Xiamen University
Ming-Sheng Wang: State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces, College of Materials, Xiamen University

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-32732-z
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 9

Abstract

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The mechanism of lithium dendrites penetrating solid electrolytes remains elusive. Herein, the authors reveal the Li deposition dynamics and the associated failure mechanism of solid electrolyte by visualizing the Li|LLZO interface evolution via in situ transmission electron microscopy.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
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