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Columnar order in jammed LiFePO(4) cathodes: ion transport catastrophe and its mitigation.
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PMID:  22476114     Owner:  NLM     Status:  Publisher    
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The high-rate, high-capacity potential of LiFePO(4)-based lithium-ion battery cathodes has motivated numerous experimental and theoretical studies aiming to realize such performance through nano-sizing, tailoring of particle shape through synthesis conditions, and doping. Here, a granular mechanics study of microstructures formed by dense jammed packings of experimentally and theoretically inspired LiFePO(4) particle shapes is presented. A strong dependence of the resultant packing structures on particle shapes is observed, in which columnar structures aligned with the [010] direction inhibit diffusion along [010] in anisotropic LiFePO(4). Transport limitations are induced by [010] columnar order and lead to catastrophic performance degradation in anisotropic LiFePO(4) electrodes. Further, judicious mixing of nanoplatelets with additive nanoparticles can frustrate columnar ordering and thereby enhance the rate capability of LiFePO(4) electrodes by nearly an order of magnitude.
Authors:
Kyle C Smith; Partha P Mukherjee; Timothy S Fisher
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Type:  JOURNAL ARTICLE     Date:  2012-4-4
Journal Detail:
Title:  Physical chemistry chemical physics : PCCP     Volume:  -     ISSN:  1463-9084     ISO Abbreviation:  -     Publication Date:  2012 Apr 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2012-4-5     Completed Date:  -     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  100888160     Medline TA:  Phys Chem Chem Phys     Country:  -    
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Languages:  ENG     Pagination:  -     Citation Subset:  -    
Affiliation:
School of Mechanical Engineering and Birck Nanotechnology Center, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA. tsfisher@purdue.edu.
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