Nature Communications (Jul 2020)

Impact of dual-layer solid-electrolyte interphase inhomogeneities on early-stage defect formation in Si electrodes

  • Chunguang Chen,
  • Tao Zhou,
  • Dmitri L. Danilov,
  • Lu Gao,
  • Svenja Benning,
  • Nino Schön,
  • Samuel Tardif,
  • Hugh Simons,
  • Florian Hausen,
  • Tobias U. Schülli,
  • R.-A. Eichel,
  • Peter H. L. Notten

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-17104-9
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 11, no. 1
pp. 1 – 10

Abstract

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Severe structural deformation during (de)lithiation is the main factor limiting the stability of Si anodes in Li-ion batteries. Here, a multi-modal approach is used to visualize these deformations in their early-stage and link them to inhomogeneities in the dual-layer solid-electrolyte interphase.