Hollow-core optical fibre sensors for operando Raman spectroscopy investigation of Li-ion battery liquid electrolytes

Ermanno Miele; Wesley M. Dose; Ilya Manyakin; Michael H. Frosz; Zachary Ruff; Michael F. L. De Volder; Clare P. Grey; Jeremy J. Baumberg; Tijmen G. Euser

doi:10.1038/s41467-022-29330-4

Nature Communications (Mar 2022)

Hollow-core optical fibre sensors for operando Raman spectroscopy investigation of Li-ion battery liquid electrolytes

Ermanno Miele,
Wesley M. Dose,
Ilya Manyakin,
Michael H. Frosz,
Zachary Ruff,
Michael F. L. De Volder,
Clare P. Grey,
Jeremy J. Baumberg,
Tijmen G. Euser

Affiliations

Ermanno Miele: Nanophotonics Centre, Department of Physics, Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge
Wesley M. Dose: Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge
Ilya Manyakin: Nanophotonics Centre, Department of Physics, Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge
Michael H. Frosz: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Light
Zachary Ruff: Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge
Michael F. L. De Volder: The Faraday Institution, Quad One, Harwell Science and Innovation Campus, Didcot
Clare P. Grey: Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge
Jeremy J. Baumberg: Nanophotonics Centre, Department of Physics, Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge
Tijmen G. Euser: Nanophotonics Centre, Department of Physics, Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-29330-4
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 10

Abstract

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New analytical tools are needed to identify chemical degradation and failure mechanisms in Li-ion batteries. Here, the authors report an operando Raman spectroscopy method, based on hollow-core optical fibres, that enables monitoring the chemistry of liquid electrolytes during battery cycling.

Published in Nature Communications

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