Communication—Identifying and Managing Reversible Capacity Losses that Falsify Cycle Ageing Tests of Lithium-Ion Cells

DOI: 10.1149/1945-7111/abbce1 Authors: Robert Burrell, Alana Zülke, Peter Keil, Harry E. Hoster Abstract: We report on a cycle ageing study of commercial NCA/Gr+Si cells, in which reversible capacity fluctuations turn a central experimental finding upside down: an...

Visualizing Lithium Ion Transport in Solid‐State Li–S Batteries Using ⁶Li Contrast Enhanced Neutron Imaging

DOI: 10.1002/adfm.202302619 Authors: Robert Bradbury, Nikolay Kardjilov, Georg F. Dewald, Alessandro Tengattini, Lukas Helfen, Wolfgang G. Zeier, Ingo Manke Abstract: Abstract The elucidation of lithium ion transport pathways through a solid electrolyte separator is a...

Optimization of lithium content in LiFePO₄ for superior electrochemical performance: the role of impurities

DOI: 10.1039/c7ra10112k Authors: Kruti K. Halankar, Balaji P. Mandal, Manoj K. Jangid, Amartya Mukhopadhyay, Sher Singh Meena, R. Acharya, A. K. Tyagi Abstract: Carbon coated Li x FePO4 samples with systematically varying Li-content (x = 1, 1.02, 1.05, 1.10) have been...

Ti surface doping of LiNi_0.5Mn_1.5O_4−δ positive electrodes for lithium ion batteries

DOI: 10.1039/c7ra12932g Authors: Fulya Ulu Okudur, Jan D’Haen, Thomas Vranken, Dries De Sloovere, Maarten Verheijen, Olesia M. Karakulina, Artem M. Abakumov, Joke Hadermann, Marlies K. Van Bael, An Hardy Abstract: The particle surface of LiNi0.5Mn1.5O4-δ (LNMO), a...

Prognostics for Lithium-ion batteries for electric Vertical Take-off and Landing aircraft using data-driven machine learning

DOI: 10.1016/j.egyai.2023.100233 Authors: Mihaela Mitici, Birgitte Hennink, Marilena Pavel, Jianning Dong Abstract: The health management of batteries is a key enabler for the adoption of Electric Vertical Take-off and Landing vehicles (eVTOLs). Currently, few studies...

Effect of coating operating parameters on electrode physical characteristics and final electrochemical performance of lithium-ion batteries

DOI: 10.1007/s40095-022-00481-w Authors: Luis A. Román‐Ramírez, Geanina Apachitei, Mona Faraji Niri, Michael Lain, Widanalage Dhammika Widanage, James Marco Abstract: Abstract The effect of coating parameters of NMC622 cathodes and graphite anodes on their physical...

Silica from diatom frustules as anode material for Li-ion batteries

DOI: 10.1039/c9ra07271c Authors: Andreas Nicolai Norberg, Nils P. Wagner, Henning Kaland, Fride Vullum‐Bruer, Ann Mari Svensson Abstract: In spite of its insulating nature, SiO2 may be utilized as active anode material for Li-ion batteries. Synthetic SiO2 will...

Applications of advanced metrology for understanding the effects of drying temperature in the lithium-ion battery electrode manufacturing process

DOI: 10.1039/d2ta00861k Authors: Ye Shui Zhang, Josh J. Bailey, Yige Sun, Adam M. Boyce, Will Dawson, C. D. Reynolds, Zhenyu Zhang, Xuekun Lu, Patrick S. Grant, Emma Kendrick, Paul R. Shearing, Dan J. L. Brett Abstract: The performance of lithium-ion batteries is...

Manipulating O3/P2 phase ratio in bi-phasic sodium layered oxides via ionic radius control

DOI: 10.1038/s43246-023-00337-8 Authors: Philip A. Maughan, Aaron B. Naden, John T. S. Irvine, A. Robert Armstrong Abstract: Abstract Bi-phasic O3/P2 sodium layered oxides have emerged as leading candidates for the commercialisation of next-generation sodium-ion...

Revealing causes of macroscale heterogeneity in lithium ion pouch cells via synchrotron X-ray diffraction

DOI: 10.1016/j.jpowsour.2021.230253 Authors: Harry Charalambous, Daniel P. Abraham, Alison R. Dunlop, Stephen E. Trask, Andrew N. Jansen, Tanvir R. Tanim, Parameshwara R. Chinnam, Andrew M. Colclasure, Wenqian Xu, Andrey A. Yakovenko, Olaf J. Borkiewicz, Leighanne C....